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Explore Wild India Nature Wildlife Conservation Discover Volume I Issue 07 October 2018 100
#Corbett Conservation • Brahminy kite
The Long Path – Towards Conservation # India’s Wildlife from the Sundarbans.
Introducing Editor DEVESH KUMAR
Principal Advisor K.BIHARI, AMRAWATI
WIF India
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Photography RIDHHI MUKHERJEE ,HIMANSHU YADAV, ABHISHEK BHATT, JAYDEEP SINGH YADAV, CHANDAN MRUTHYUNJAY , MAHAVIR SURANA, MRUNAL KHATPE , RAJAT MEHTA, FARHAN KHAN
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Ridhhi Mukherjee Photographer // Explorer
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Shruti Shrisvastva Sketcher // Artist // Designer
Himanshu Yadav Naturalist // Photographer
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On the Cover : Riddhi Mukherjee
Author Page / WIF India
In a land where the Bay of Bengal follows the rivers, high tide follows low tide and rainbows follow rain and storms, lives an apex predator – feared but not hated, worshipped as the deity Dakshin Roy but not loved. The mangrove delta of Sundarbans stretches its arms between two countries, namely India and Bangladesh - making it the largest mangrove delta in planet earth. The mud covered terrain which hosts an astonishing plethora of flora and fauna and the lush green water of the rivers, rivulets and creeks that engulfs the forest during high tide and falls back from its arm in low tide forms the birthplace of myths and folklores. No man other than local villagers who collect honey or gather woods or catch shrimps and fishes ever dared to venture inside these forests, whereas the legend says, fate often surprises one in the shape of an orange and black stripped beast with claws and teeth. And this makes the Sundarbans one of its kinds, as beautiful as a muse and as fearsome as the instrument of justice of old Greek tragedies.
For the past four years, I’ve seen these magical mangroves through sunshine and storm, collective glory and individual failure, turbulent tides and sleepy evenings. In a terrain where water washes away almost every trace of animal movement every six hours, where human eye cannot gaze beyond two feet of the mangrove thicket and where tigers, the unquestionable rulers, are as cunning and as brave as only a tiger can be, even seeing a tiger gets extremely difficult, leave alone tracking and photographing them. The locals and forest guides were kind enough to share with me their wealth of bush knowledge and mesmerizing tracking skills, which indicated me that finding and photographing a tiger over here may not be as impossible as it seemed at first. With months after months spent in this delta and knowledge gathered from various sources, now we have been able successfully identity a few individuals and track their movement pattern, including that of a dominant male. These discoveries and information’s has led us to a massive success by making tiger sightings almost an everyday occurrence in the Sundarbans, an event which seemed as a far fetched
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Day dream even only a couple of years back. And major photographic breakthroughs finally enabled us to share with the world the secret world of a majestic and beautiful creature - whom we fondly call the "swamp tiger". But Sundarbans is not only about these tigers. It never was. Even it is not all about its diverse ecosystem. Sundarbans is a never ceasing poetry of human saga brilliant success for the forest department and conservational efforts, a magical juxtaposition of natural forces and mortal bravery. It is a saga written by the tear drops of widows whose husbands went into the forest and never came back, the strong hands and legs and sweat and heart of brave forest guards and researchers, and by the eye of the tiger acts as a prevailing force upon the mangrove world of pneumatophores and crocodiles. And only the ebbs and flows of the muddy rivers stand as the sole witnesses to this testament on a personal note, I'm documenting various aspects of the Sundarbans for the past four years as a photographer and helping guests to discover thus breathtaking landscape as a tour mentor. And the love for “the beautiful forests"(or, the Bengali synonym for that phrase, "Sundarbans") is only growing with time! ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ This Magazine is presented by WIF India Society Group all Over India. Managing at: (WIF India Society Contribution Chaitanya Vihar Phase 1, Chaitanya Vihar, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh 281121)
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Contents
Photo: Ridhhi Mukherjee
On the Cover: The Pair of Brahminy kite from the #Sundarban: Ridhhi Mukherjee Captured the Beauty of Sundarban National Park.
●Storyteller
● Photo feature
13. Conservation Need!
43. Photo of the Month: Red Panda
17. Himalayan Griffon Vulture
● Quick’s Facts
23. Sightings: Story of Photo: Valparai
45. Owl: By Rajat Mehta
● People
47. Species Focus: Salt Water Crocodile from Sundarbans
30. Special Interview: Talk with Jayaprakash Bojan 34. Wildlife in Art: Kartik Bhoir 36. Special Mention: Jayaprakash Bojan
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LETTER @RADHIKA SINGH KRISHNAVANSHI / WIF INDIA
Location-Agumbe Story- Monsoons are the hatching season of the elusive King Cobras, and we were fortunate enough to be volunteering with the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS) that has played a huge role in King Cobra conservation and research, we were monitoring the nest there and we were all so thrilled when the day finally came when the neonates that had hatched had to collected and data was recorded with respect to their length and weight, vital data was collected regarding the materials used to build the nest by the female King Cobra, the temperature of the nest during the incubation period, the size of the nest were recorded, and the newly hatched Kings were released into the wild, which is when this image was shot, a beautiful experience indeed.
The stare that mesmerizes you! An amazing experience to witness the release of juvenile King Cobra's into the wild! Ajith Padiyar // WIF India.
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Trending Now
Kunal Khinwasara
This picture reflects one of the handsome male tiger of Ranthambhore National Park, popularly known as "T25".
My love for tigers and entire wildlife started since I was 8 years old. Professionally I'm an electrical engineer but by passion I'm a wildlife photographer. I'm working for promotion and conservation of wildlife through my picture.
(Kunal Khinwasara)
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EXPLORE WILD INDIA । Editor Notes
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Editor’s Note SHRUTI SHRIVASTVA
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J
im Corbett National Park is very close to my heart. Jim Corbett was a great man,
conservationist, naturalist, who hunted a large numbers of man-eating tigers & leopards in India. “Col. Jim Corbett”by K R Pandey is an interesting book. I read this book recently. The time has now come that we will do something for wildlife. The need for conservation is increasing. We are encouraging the whole country's wildlife lovers for conservation. We all have to do something for the wildlife. When I was 8 years old, I had love for wildlife. I dreamed that I would put my country's wildlife in before everyone. I want to show People “How India has incredible wildlife.” So I started a wildlife media agency named WIF India and Magazine “Explore Wild India” This magazine is dedicated to wildlife conservation & I am very grateful to all the things for which my family, My God Krishna and Radha Rani has given me a lot. Jai Shree Krishna! Radhe Radhe !
(EDITOR ) DEVESH KUMAR -
( Journalist / Editor Explore Wild India / WIF Media Group )
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Conservation Need!
The village Perwa in the recent years has come in the limelight for the extraordinary sighting of Leopards and has thus become a destination for wildlife enthusiasts, photographers. I personally have been going to sight Leopards there since the age of 15. Like any other day, I along side my dad and my cousin went for a game drive and as soon as we arrived inside the Leopards forte we could sense that we would be blessed with some amazing sighting and with that hope we went forward. We had to wait for a while as it was quite sunny and we were waiting for the weather to turn pleasant so that the Leopards also could come out and enjoy. With almost half an hour in the game drive we saw someone peeking at us from behind the rocks and beneath the tree and as soon as we saw that we silently parked our jeep and waited for the leopard to come out. Within ten minutes the grown up cub from last year came out from the den and gave us a breathtaking sighting for a good twenty-twenty five minutes and then went to the other side of the mountain in search of food. We ended up sighting two more Leopards that day for a short span of time. Overall a wonderful game drives with even better photographic memories. Aditya Singh Rathore // WIF India. 13
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Title- The habitat of the Malabar Pit Viper! Location- Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary.
Story- Me and a group of friends were at the Sharavathi wildlife sanctuary during the monsoon season trying to document the beautiful plant and animal species that inhabit these pristine jungles of the Western Ghats, that is when we managed to spot this beautiful yellow morph of the pit viper perched elegantly on a branch over a stream, that is when this image was made in order to showcase the habitat of this beautiful creature.
Photo: Ajith Padiyar // WIF India.
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Last year when I visited my native village, I was just wandering in search of birds. I had just started and I noticed this tree hole and it was just 10-12 ft away from me. I didn't see anything in there so I decided to walk ahead. As I was just about to move, a Parakeet came out from it. The Parakeet kept on calling loud for over 15 minutes and it was flying away and coming back. Before flying away for the final time, when it paused for a moment, I took a photograph and it came out like this. These small villages that lie in the foothills of The Himalayas never fail to amaze us. Despite not having considerable resources for dwelling of the species, these areas are rich in wildlife. Thank you. Abhishek Bhatt // WIF India Dehradun.
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I had taken this shot at Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar Gujarat. After taking 21 shots, finally I got this shot.
Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Chordata | Class: Aves | Order: Cuculiformes | Family: Cuculidae | Genus: Hierococcyx | Species: H. varius Photo: RakEysh Danor
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Bird Id - Himalayan Griffon Vulture Location - Barkot Yamunotri Highway near (Jankichatti)
I was on my Uttarakhand trip and it was our last day on the mountains. We decided to leave for Dehradun early morning, from Jankichatti (Yamunotri). On the way, I got a glimpse of something huge on the tree along the valley. In that very moment, I asked the driver to stop the car, while I took out my camera. I walked back a few metres along the road, and there it was - The Himalayan Griffon Vulture our car's sound alerted the Vulture and it stared at me for a minute or so Realizing I was no threat, it continued to inspect the valley down the mountain for its prey. Not knowing how much time I had to capture it on my camera, I quickly adjusted myself according to the composition I wanted and took some memorable clicks. - Mahavir Surana // WIF India
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Storyline!
On a misty morning day, I started my quest for the Indian pitta in the lush forests of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. After a long two hour trek and photographing few birds, I heard a loud call. I quickly rushed to the direction of the call; after a few minutes search on the canopy a large bird flew above my head and perched on a tree. To my surprise it was a beautiful Coucal. Took my camera, adjusted the setting and snapped some shots. I was behind a bush which gave my image a tint of green, also the Coucal posed for the camera Greater Coucal is a beautiful terrestrial bird, and although it resembles pheasants, it belongs to Cuculidae family, but it is not a brood parasite. It is also known as Crow Pheasant or Coucal.
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The blue eyed bush frog or Raorchestes Luteolus is a frog species endemic to the Western Ghats of India. I was on a macro photography tour in Agumbe, Karnataka. After looking for reptiles all day long, I thought we'd call it a day. But to my surprise there was one last session left. So we headed into the Agumbe rainforests in search of frogs and these blue eyed frogs were heard almost everywhere we went. Since they're small it was very difficult to spot them at night. But looking at them and observing their behaviour in their natural habitat was something extremely interesting and has me hooked. I shall be going back soon to look for more and understand the behaviour of these amphibians a little more. Regards Aditya Nataraj // WIF India.
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It was December 2018 when I went on a vacation to Goa with friends and family. One of my friend & I decided to move early in the morning to explore Dr Salim Ali Sanctuary. We reached there and took a boat ride in the river. As we move ahead, I noticed this Brahminy Kite sitting on a tree but it was too far. We approached it indirectly but then it flew and to our luck, it sat on this branch. We kept a safe distance and once it became bit comfortable we moved ahead to get this shot.
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a wildlife enthusiast Valparai is treasure for macro photography lovers and bird photographers. Valparai is home of Indian gaur, wild leopard, endangered Lion – Tailed Macaque.. One of the most beautiful attractions in Western Ghats is to watch behaviour of Nilagiri Tahr. These endangered wild mountain goats – found only in high altitudes in India’s Western Ghats. Nilgiri Tahr is closely related to the Himalayan Tahr. An estimated 700-800 Nilgiri Tahr inhabit Eravikulam National Park. One day we are travelling to Valparai with my friends. At that time at the view point of Valparai hill we found this Nilagiri Tahr in their habitat. That time we waited for Tahr to go upper bushes for good composition. After 20 minutes they moved slowly at upper slops. We are ready with camera. While they moved there we started to photograph their habitat. Anish S // WIF India.
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On 9th September I went to Kabini forest at evening safari suddenly I heard
the peacock sound but I can't see the peacock then the besides of the mud road we saw a big serpent eagle on a huge tree. Its colour was awesome its eyes pretty good, then I take a picture like that.
Shashi // WIF India
Kingdom - Animalia | Phylum – Chordata | Class – Aves | Order – Accipitriformes | Family –Accipitridae | Genus – Spilornis | Species – s .cheela
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Hunt- This was shot in the dragging a monitor lizard into the bushes while the lizard struggled ADVT
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- Motherhood
This Photo is from Mahamaya Temple in Dhubri district of Assam. Dhubri is situated on the banks of Brahmaputra and Gadadhar Rivers. The Temple is renounced for its Shakti peethas . On My Visit to the temple I witnessed how the primates had adapted themselves with the environment. There were so many monkeys in and around the temple for which we were strictly instructed to be careful of our belongings being snatched away.
Amidst the commotion, I found a quiet place for myself, where I happened to notice the inexplicable bond of the mother and the child. I had strong urge to capture the moment nut also was apprehensive to take out my camera on the other. After waiting for a while, I was able to capture the moment to my heart’s content. But Soon I realized I was surrounded by a troop of monkeys which left me petrified. Thereafter the temple authorities were called immediately for assistance. However the most wonderful part was later part of the day, when I was able to feed all of them a dozen bananas.
Sanghmitra Bora // WIF India .
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Campus Wildlife
Title - Pearl of City Forest.
On one fine evening after a heavy rain I went for a quick walk to check some reptiles into a fragmented forest near my home. On my walk I've noticed some common birds & spiders busy in their schedule after rain. On my way back to home I heard some panic sound of bulbuls & sparrow so I decided to check the area and as I was looking for some snake ot predator I got one more friend ,Mr. Spotted Owlet near my home. These fragmented forest area are key to conserving such common species as well as best way to keep urban area free from pollution & heat. Himanshu Yadav, ( Naturalist & Conservationist. ) // WIF India Group Media 2018 25
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ANDARPAUNI QUEEN In October 2017, the speculations of Maya giving birth to cubs was the most talked about topic in tadoba, more so when she remained elusive for a continuous period of 8 days since 20th October 2017. Having learned about no recent sighting of maya, we then decided to try our luck for Sonam at telia but our chances dwindled there as well. While returning back from telia, we were told in Khatoda camp about Maya's sighting in pandarpauni by a number of gypsies, we then rushed to reach there but the drive to pandarpauni was filled with desolation when we met the returning gypsies coming back for Moharli telling us that maya had finally vanished into the labyrinths. With low expectations we reached pandarpauni only to encounter her reemergence within few seconds.
Jaydeep Singh Yadav // WIF India.
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"From the Foothills of Himalayas" This was my very first trip to Corbett and I was very much excited to shoot wild elephants. This image was made at Dhikala zone. There is a place called 'Chaud Maidan" in Dhikala zone which is the most beautiful part of the park to sight and shoot elephants. A Tusker started moving towards us from the grasslands with Hills in the background which i liked the most and made this image.
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Photo: Aditya Mangrolia
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. ADVT Wildlife SOS was established in 1995 by a small group of individuals inspired to start a movement and make lasting change to protect and conserve India’s natural heritage, forest and wildlife wealth. Today, the organization has evolved to actively work towards protecting Indian wildlife, conserving habitat, studying biodiversity, conducting research and creating alternative and sustainable livelihoods for erstwhile poacher communities or those communities that depend on wildlife for sustenance
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Jungle! Inbox
Prasad Takale
Look at those beautiful glowing horns/antlers of these Barasingha's and we didn't want to leave this beautiful scenario and capture it with our naked eyes.
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World Trending Talk with Jayaprakash bojan WIF INDIA SOCIETY GROUP MEDIA
Jayaprakash bojan talks about himself & wildlife, Recently Jayaprakash bojan has been Interviewed By WIF India‘s Editor Devesh Kumar.
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1. How do you see India as Wildlife Country? India as a country has a wealth of wildlife, we have approximately 120 National Parks and close to 500 wildlife sanctuaries. We also have some of the most bio- diverse regions of the world.
2. When did you first realize to select Wildlife Photography? I grew up in village in the hills of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu surrounded by abundant wildlife; I think it was a natural progression for me to take up wildlife photography. Started as a hobby and now over the last few years it’s a full time profession for me.
Photo: Jayaprakash bojan
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3. Corbett or Rajaji which one you will select to Photograph Wild Animals? Personally love Corbett and Nagarhole National Park. The landscape of Corbett is unique with the rivers, grasslands and the mountains all coming together to create magic both during summer and winter. Enjoy watching the elephants in the Grasslands which is also unique to Corbett.
4. Tell us about your Nat Geo Feature Photo _____? The Nat geo winning series happened when I was in Tanjung Putting National Park, Indonesia looking to photograph wild orangutans for a book project, one morning I was taking to a local ranger and he mentioned he had seen a Male Orangutan crossing the river in another stretch of the river 50 miles away a few months ago. Deforestation of these beautiful rainforest for palm oil farms has had a huge negative impact on these red apes, they hate water and there is no reason for them to venture into a crocodile infested waters. I am not a scientist but to me it looks like they are doing their best to adapt to the changing landscape of these once pristine rain forests.
5. You Favorite Food? My favorite food is South Indian Idlis, dosas, sambar and the coconut chatnee.
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Jayaprakash Bojan Winner NatGeo Nature Photographer of the Year 2017, Singapore Wildlife Photographer of the year, Highly Honoured @ Nature’s best Asia Awards .
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Wildlife in Art
Finely detailed pencil colored sketch of a snake. I dream to be an artist and once bought new steadier colored pencils, on the same day I saw a photograph on a free website so tried to sketch the same. -
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This is a sketch of a tiger, India's national animal and my favorite animal too. The sketch was made using charcoal pencils and graphite pencils. Mrunal Khatpe. 35
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“Footsteps in the dark Zone , A blcak leopard basking in light “ Photo : Jayaprakash Bojan // WIF India .
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I had only seen the black panther once before in the last 3 years but never really had an opportunity to photography this elusive panther. I was travelling back to India from singapore for a a few days and decided to make a quick visit to Nagarhole National park or fondly known as kabini. On a afternoon safari with my friend Giri Cavale who is known for his Cat luck and tracking capabilities , I had jokingly said that it was his responsibility to show me the black panther considering his track record of spotting cats. The forest was very quiet and I was sleepy after the long journey and heavy lunch. There were no warnings calls and it was too warm for cats to show up, But a few seconds later I hear Giri say black panther on he road, I looked up and he was very far away on the track walking right into us. The light trickling down into the canopy as he walked made a great frame, I decided to use a shorter focal length to make this frame so I could capture him in his kingdom and translate my emotions an feelings in to the frame. Thanks & Regards JP
Image: Aditya Mangrolia
“The Ferocious Paw” Panna Tiger Reserve
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When the sun went down on his last Ray's of the day he sparkled like a Crown on the temple- Stones don't move but the stories do in the land of many stories he remains the supreme of all. The Legend Temple Male (Torn Ear) Dream Frame.
He sits on a ruined temple (Gopal Devara Gudi) in the jungle so he is called by the name The Temple Male by the Forest Department it's a dream come true moment to Photograph him sitting on the temple.
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Wildlife of India: The Past, Present, and the Future Picture: Paresh Deshmukh
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The jungle has so many beautiful moments to offer, if one decides to look for them! While returning from a morning drive in May, we stumbled upon one such amazing natural moment. The "caw-caw" of a group of crows brought us to a halt on the main road. Though it was behind a cluster of tall grass, it did not take us long to realize what was going on. Through the grass, we could first see a pair jackals running around with small pieces of meat in their mouths. Then arrived a family of wild boars, followed by two vultures. The jungle crows were in their company all along. We could not believe our luck, as, within a few minutes, we had all the jungle's major scavengers in front of us in the same frame.
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Amphibia Anura Polypedates P. leucomystax
Photo: Avijan Saha // WIF India The perfect climber from Rhacophoridae. Common tree frog, Buxa tiger reserve, WB.
• Scientific name: Polypedates leucomystax. | Conservation status: Least Concern! Higher classification: Polypedates Rank: Species
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“ A Pied KF in flight । Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve “
Mass: 84 g (Adult) Scientific name: Ceryle rudis Higher classification: Ceryle Conservation status: Least Concern Length: 25 – 28 cm Photo: Ridhhi Mukherjee // WIF India.
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This Image of Red Panda Sundhakpu.
Photo of the Month Photo: Sumant Pinnamaneni
Here is the thing happened that day in April near Sundhakpu. We were all waiting for guides who went in inside the Singalila national park bordering Nepal. After three and half hours of waiting and shooting birds of the beautiful hillocks of Himalaya, the guide came running that he has spotted the Elusive Red panda. The distance from the place was is approximately a 1 and half kilometer but each step at such a high altitude was tough. Thanks to my porter who went running placed my camera and tripod near the spot where he saw the Red panda. The panda was little far and was little disturbed with our presence, but slowly he was getting relaxed and going one branch after another eating grass and bamboo. It was quite tricky as the weather kept on changing, for which it was getting difficult to get the desired results in photographing the panda. I made few good images with different climatic conditions. After spending close to two hours we left the place.
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The story behind this picture is, I was too eager to take a picture of Brown Fish Owl from last 6-7 months but due to bad weather conditions along with some bad luck, I didn't get a chance. So we were shooting a nature video in Rani Durgawati Wildlife Sanctuary, Damoh. It was almost 7 in the evening and we were rapping up our shoot to go back. After crossing some bushes we heard some noise and stopped by. Brown Fish Owl looking at us in from deep jungle. It was too dark but I somehow managed to take this picture with the setting of shutter 1/20 in fix focal length of 5.6 with ISO 16000. Which makes this first sighting of Brown Fish Owl more Special to me.
Least Concern // Brown Fish Owl Photo: Farhan Khan // WIF India
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In mid September, We have been to the surrounding areas of vadhwan (surendranagar), we were explicitly searching for Indian eagle owl, to get the perfect shot of the bird on camera we have reached to the destination before dawn. We have started searching for the owl in the small ravines; meanwhile we have seen many green bee-eaters, silver bills, stone chats, spotted owl, and many others. Right after that we have spotted an Indian eagle owl, camouflaged itself in a way that it was hardly noticeable. The owl is also known for its special ability to camouflage itself according to surroundings, and when we were trying to get closer to it, we have spotted another Indian eagle owl flying at a certain distance and I have tried my best to capture that on camera. Photo: Rajat Mehta // WIF India.
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