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Explore Wild India Nature Wildlife Conservation Discover Volume I Issue 04 July 2018 100
Diversity of Indian Jungles Explore Western Ghats !
Introducing Editor DEVESH KUMAR
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WIF India
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Photography GOVIND VASANT NAIK ,MALVIKA RUDRA, ARPIT KUBBA, RIYA ROY PAHUJA, MEENAKSHI RATHORE , BHARATH AND SHREYAS , DHAVALSINH MAHIDA , VINEET PERLA, PRANJALI MAYEKAR , SANJANA RAJ , SAYONG THAKUR , APARNA WARRIER , KOMAL DEE , PRADEEP HEGDE .
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Riya Roy Pahuja Banker by profession and wildlife enthusiast/ photographer by passion currently based in Goa.
Govind Naik, A typical middle class man who likes to keep the things simple. Out of his own kind of working schedule, he try to do a little wildlife trips and try to absorb the vibes of nature.
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Girish Choure is an Architect by Profession, He has been Rescuing snakes, birds and reptiles since 11 years .
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been 11 Years I have been rescuing snakes and other reptiles. And always had one big dream, to see King Cobra in wild in action. It is world’s biggest Venomous snake and for all snake lovers King cobra is a dream. I have been Herping for, king cobra for 6 years in wild, but it’s not that easy. King Cobra is extremely swift snake with amazing speed. It’s not that easy after all it has its name to carry. I have been to all western ghat hot spots. I always wanted to see king cobra in action. Many years of failure. Every failure made me strong. So again I give a try but this time it was North East, Mizoram. I loved these places when I first saw the palace and habitat .I had very positive feeling when I reached there. After few days of herping I got few kings in wild .But I wanted to see king cobra hunting another snake. After few days we get 5
a rescue call from a nearby village saying that there are two different snakes. One is Black in colour and it’s huge and other is bit smaller and brownish in colour. We knew that moment; this was our chance without wasting time we left. After 35 minutes of travelling. Rescue spot. Place was crowded with people. Paddy field surrounded with forest in background. King Cobra was behind Indochinese rat in open area snake. We made people understand the importance of the king cobra and ask them not to disturb them and told the snake means no harm, it’s just behind its food and it will go away. After monitoring snake for 20 minutes King cobra ate the rat snake and left the place quietly and I got my dream shot. King Cobra caught in action.
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Contents On the Cover: King Cobra Photograph by Girish Choure at Mizoram .
●Storyteller 09. Unexplored Pench! : Sarang Mhaskar
18. Malabar Grey Hornbill / Inchara 20. Sightings: Kanha National Park
● People 50. Special Interview: Bharath and Shreyas 56. Wildlife in Art: Swagata Sarkar 60. Special Mention: Shreyas
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● Photo feature 70. Photo of the Month: Ameya Punalekar
I Love to capture Wildlife of India, in Birds specially I like Raptors, Grey-headed fish eagle click is my Dream comes true in Pench, I'm feeling shocked when I listen its sound 1st time, it is fully louder and attitudes – Vishal Thakur
72. The Red Eye: Ritobroto Moitra ● Quick Facts 77. Species Focus: Jayaram’s Bush Frog ●Online Discussions 78. Photo: Pankil Desai
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Editor’s Note
MANALI Nature Park is a really beautiful Place. Himachal Pradesh is one of my favourite palaces . I really enjoyed there & it is famous for its picturesque magnificence too. In this Edition you will find lots of Information regarding Amboli which lies in Western Ghats of India . I Would like to thanks my all wonderful photographer friends and my close friend Priya Singh for giving me motivation and also Shreyas for the wonderful article on Agumbe. My Friend Girish Choure captured the beauty of King Cobra which got selected as on front cover of this Edition . “Lets Come and Save the Nature and Jungles” .
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Unexplored Pench !
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photograph was taken during a morning safari at Pench National Park. Out of sheer curiosity, I decided to take a different route than the usual one, hoping it would lead us to the sighting that we were seeking. I was lucky enough to get some great shots of a moulted wood owl perched on a tree, as well as a pack of wild dogs strolling through the jungle. As I moved on, a gypsy driver passing by us, told us about a leopard sighting he encountered not too far away. We decided to test our luck. Much to our amazement, we did indeed get a
sighting of the leopard who was dozing comfortably on a rock. He yawned and stretched himself, changing his positions as he reposed, as if merely to enhance the beauty of our pictures. My lens was focused and eyes were wide open, as if afraid to lose a shot amidst a blink. As I patiently watched him rest, he in fact got up and climbed down the rock. The wildlife photographer in me was on my guard, and it was just when he had climbed down and made eye contact with my lens that I managed to grab this shot of the magnificent animal.
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More at www.wifindia.in । Storyteller Pench National Park is part of Project Tiger Since 1992 and also the home of Many Species like Tigers, leopards, Jackals and Also home of over 290 Migratory and resident birds. Rated by 4.3/5 Nearest City: Nagpur
It was November 14, 2016's morning that I began my second tiger safari in Pench National Park in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh that I came across an Indian Jackal. When I looked at it from far of distance, I thought it would be some remains of the tree or something of that sort, but as the wheels further, the guide (I don't remember his name) said it to be a Jackal. This beauty lasted for
about 2-3 minutes and then the Jackal moved into the forest, out of our way. I clicked several shots. I regularly visit such places where I get to see animals in their den but this was the first such encounter where I saw a Jackal live, in his own habitat,.
Devendra Lilhore // WIF India Mumbai.
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Hunt- This was shot in the dragging a monitor lizard into the bushes while the lizard struggled f
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Jungle Owlet Kingdom – Animalia Phylum
- Chordata
Class
– Aves
Order
– Strigiformes
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- G. radiatum
IUCN
- Least Concern
The rarest sighting we had during the Pench trip was the Jungle Owlet which had most
likely fallen off its nest. The owlet was probably in the Nestling and Fledgling Stage and was hardly of the size of palm of the hand. It is extremely unlikely that it would survive the looming danger of the predators and if it does, it is unlikely that it would withstand the heavy monsoon showers. Although, we heard the calls of parent but couldn’t spot it. It would only be a miracle if it survives. Thanks to the incredible sighting prowess of the Guides and the Drivers of Pench, we were able to witness this. Rohan Deshpande // WIF India Mumbai. 12
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Jungle Cat Kingdom – Animalia Phylum
- Chordata
Class
– Mammalia
Order
– Carnivora
Species
- F. chaus
IUCN
- Least Concern
It was in Feb 2016, when we started our journey in the Sundarban’s. We boarded the ferry and were about to spend 3 days here. It was about 30mins from when ferry had set sail, when our guide started pointing to something from when ferry had set sail, when our guide started pointing to something at a distance on top of a tree. It was high tide at that point of time and the mangrove trees were mostly submerged in water. To our astonishment, the object in the distance was nothing but a big male jungle cat. Previously it was photographed at ground level, but prior to this instant there was probably no photographic evidence of it on top of a tree from the Indian Sundarban’s. It speaks a lot about the behavioral traits of the species. May be it was forced to perch upon a tree due to high tide conditions around or maybe it was just scanning the area from a vantage point. It was a treat to watch. Arijit Sen // WIF India Mumbai.
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The Beaty of Kaziranga
Faces from Kaziranga National Park
While on the safari I was having a conversation with my friend about the hard luck of how we had just passed the stretch where seconds later there was a tiger sighting at that very spot. She said looking at the deer’s which were on the side of the trail of how the deer’s never disappoint us and always show up no matter where you go on a safari. And I realized how true that is, we never appreciate the things we already are experiencing in the moment and keep getting sad thinking about the things that we missed those or which were never in our fate. Living in the present and enjoying it is really important in life. -
Komal Dee // WIF India Mumbai
Clicked this shy swamp deer in Kaziranga National Park. We almost missed her because she was so well hidden in the shadows, and she stood perfectly still peering through the darkness looking for a hint of danger. Thankfully my safari driver drew my attention towards it and I could click her. The only sound was my shutter going click and she graciously posed before sprinting off into the darkness. -
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It was my 3rd day in Dhikala, Corbett Tiger Reserve and we were looking for tigress & her cub, but after waiting for long, we saw a group of elephants coming down toward Ramganga River from Sāmbhar road. We followed the group till they reached the river. Capturing an elephant group when they are bathing is like a dream shot for any photographer. So without missing even a minute I found a perfect position to take habitat shot and made it happen." Location: Corbett Tiger Reserve May 2018.
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Red Vented Bulbul at Sajjangad Photograph by Ankita Gaikwad / WIF India.
On an early January morning, I took my camera and went to look for Flamingos in Mumbai’s Sewri Creek. As I made my way across a stone ridge on the boat yard, a cacophony in a tree nearby caught my attention. A group of three Alexandrine parakeets were engaged in a feeding frenzy on one of the branches. They looked like an everyday family –laughing and chatting, talking over one another, bickering playfullyall while sitting for breakfast! I could not resist capture their antiques on film. Living among humans, these birds seemed human to me. -
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Malabar Grey Hornbill / Inchara Endemic to the Western Ghats ! Malabar Grey Hornbill. Scientific Name - (Ocyceros griseus). Class - Aves
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This small, plain brownish-grey hornbill is found only in the tall wet forests of the Western Ghats.
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Title: Among the Greens... Description: “On my recent trip to Kabini, I was lucky enough to spot the black beauty just within 15 minutes of drive into the forest. As we entered the territory of the black leopard, our Jeep and another decided to go on different routes and try our luck! Just few seconds after starting the vehicle, we saw the people of the other Jeep standing up in excitement and the naturalist was pointing out at the same tree which our Jeep driver and me were looking at. Suddenly we saw a tail moving and he screamed "Blacky! Blacky!".. The Black leopard stood up on the tree and posed for us for 20 minutes and later vanished into the woods. " -
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his is a distinguished sighting in my jungle binge. As it happened when the desired
weather was not in favor. It was raining briskly and with low expectations we continued but to our surprise, a gypsy before us told about a tiger, who had crossed the dry rivulet a while back and was traversing into the jungle using the same as a path which runs adjacent to the road. It took us persistence and watchful tracking of around 30 minutes only to find him 2 kms away in the same rivulet, adjacent to road. He then appeared before us on the main road following the usual course of territory marking and later went to buffer area crossing the Banjaar River which demarcates the core and buffer area of the park. His royal presence exhibits the aura of his father, the late kingfisher male aka rajaram of Kanha .
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One of the best photos from Ranthambhore National Park Clicked by Sanyukta Kasbekar. Ranthambhore was the best experience as it was my 1st wildlife memory. On our last evening safari in zone 1 was something special. We were waiting to spot tigers. After one hour, we lost all our hopes. But, fortunately we spotted cub of Noor sleeping under a tree. We were there at least for 1hour waiting her to get up. She gave some poses though. While taking exit, there was thrill in the atmosphere as Noor T39 was coming towards our canter, and she just walked off from the sides of our canter. So we were so much happy with tiger sighting. Ranthambhore is great with biodiversity and also, Ranthambhore is the main reason why I gain interest in wildlife.
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Kanha National Park – Naveen Joyous
Caption: Every Dog has his own day
Story: It was a dry safari with no big Cats. When the team was returning with no clicks but with disappointments, this guy has come around to prove that 'Every Dog has his own Day'. Yes, Golden Jackals are usually frequently spotted subjects in Central India which most of the photographers skip to save time to spend with Cats. But, it was his day when all photographers stopped the Gypsy to shoot him under golden back light. Did You Know: Kanha National Park Is One Of The Largest National Park Of Madhya Pradesh Also Got The Status Best National Park Of Asia Famous For Bengal Tiger.
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Amboli, located 70 kilometers from Belgaum is a place to just chill out during the monsoons. Our mission was to be in the rain. Amboli is also famous for micro photography during monsoon. We went looking for frogs, insects and spiders of all kinds during our trails and we found this beautiful Malabar pit viper. We been searching for this for over 4 hours & at last got this! Gopi Gadakari // WIF India.
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Recently Meenakshi Rathore Explored Bandhavgarh !
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Location: Panna Tiger Reserve ,India Camera: Canon 77D , Canon 55-250MM, Handheld Story of This Photo:
This striped Hyena is been captured by me in Panna tiger reserve by using the camera canon 77d canon 55 250 mm handheld. I was having my first safari at 9 o clock in the madla zone.. While my safari I saw this striped hyena which was searching for the food because of being hungry and then he saw that some of other animal is also there which is looking him from the back besides the shielding grass. The Striped Hyena gave a look to the back for checking out the another animal.. He found that the animal was one of the Wild hen.. And then the striped Hyena just gone back for continuing the search. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 25
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“Leopards have always been my first love”. As the full loaded canter with lot of eager eyes were searching for some extraordinary sightings, there came the sighting of the day. Luckily we spotted the spotted beauty of Kabini. The great bold Male Leopard was sitting on top of the temple. To our surprise a small cute female leopard was growling below the male Leopard.
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The Population in India. In 2015,- 7,910 leopards were estimated to live in and around tiger habitat in India And about 12,000 - 14,000 leopards were Evaluated to live in the whole country.
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They were Torn Ears and Kate; the Sunkadakatte resident pair have raised many Cubs together over the years. The moment our canter stopped the Leopardess crouched behind a small rock, the female could not be seen from our end of camera. Everybody rushed to back seat of canter to photograph the beautiful pair but only male was seen from that angle, some spark in me made me rush to the front seat were it was totally empty. I popped out of the canter to try different angle where especially with the leopardess, this triggered her curiosity as she can see someone moving out from the human pack! As she slightly popped her head to look at what I was trying to do, came this bewildering shot.
I really wanted to capture both of them in focus. So I adjusted my depth of field to fill them in focus range. Yeah finally a different decision of mine got the lifetime sighting of Leopards mating and both focused in a single frame. Viky Chillz // WIF India.
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Location : Pauni range of Umred Karhandala Wildlife Sanctuary, More at www.wifindia.in । Storyteller Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Saurabh Sukhdeve // WIF India .
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"The Angry Bird" I live in Bihpuria, a small town of Assam, India. Waking up in the early Morning of 2nd July, 2018 I was randomly shooting some oriental Magpie- robins. Suddenly I noticed an Asian barred owlet looking at me with Two dazzling eyes. The owl was taking the first ray of the day. Without Delay I started shooting her and I got a good shot. Arpan Partha // WIF India .
The Asian Barred Owlet is a Species of normal owl, founds in northern parts of the Indian SubContinent and also the parts of Southern Continent. They are Least Concern in IUCN Conservation Status.
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The Spotted owlet* It was a sunny day during the month of November when me and my team took an early morning safari to the Tala Zone located in Bandhavgarh national park in Madhya Pradesh. The reserve hosts the word’s most magnificent animal the Tiger along with a number of birds, mammals, butterflies and reptiles and lives about 250 avian species. This wildlife heaven measures 1161 sq. km with core zone being 624 sq. km with unique landscape where the animals are let free.
After the safari with a sighting of three beautiful tigers, we approached near the gates of Tala & as we paused and were astonished by a bunch of spotted owlet. These are stocky and small birds that breed in tropical Asia and are common residents of open habitats however it has also adapted living in cities. This beautiful owlet caught my eye at once with its white and streaked brown body, captivating brown eyes with yellow iris it just looked picture perfect. Akarsh Suresh // WIF India .
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It is always a fantastic experience sighting and spending time with big cats in their home, the forests. But, sometimes a non-special or just a regular species can give us very special experiences, which are not possible to wipe out from our memory. My extremely emotional experience came from a family of Languor, Black faced Langoor. Ranthambore from Rajasthan is one of the supreme jungles of India. Tourists come here in number of thousands every week, to see their favorite tiger individuals. Like many others, I also have favorite there, a very famous tigress called “Noor”. In 2015 she was raising her two male cubs, with whom she was sighted often. Seeing her with family was on my wish list. I did my season in summer of 2015. But unfortunately, I had not seen her and the cubs so far. It was our last safari then and once again we were in her territory with our last chance to tick the wish list. We had information of her having killed a huge Sambar stag and dragged it at a place where there was a pond of water. It was obvious then that she would get her cubs to the feast. We headed straight to that place, only to know that there were already some vehicles parked in hope of her. So, we decided to park at the other end of the pond, for which we had to drive quite a bit. The place where we parked and waited for her had a 40-50 ft deep and equally broad ravine going through for quite a distance, on our right-side. On our left was an open grassland with very little green grass left now, as it was hot summer. The grass land extended like 500 ft beyond which started the dry deciduous jungle again. By the time we reached our spot on top of the ravine, we had seen pugmarks of the cubs going in the direction of the ravine. So now, it was just a waiting game for the cats to show up. We were expecting some action as the super-hot sun starts its decline towards the evening. After around an hour spent, we heard some cracking sounds from inside the bush of that ravine. The busy woodpeckers sometimes sound like that. But, it was surely not the woodpeckers, as the sound didn’t have the rhythm when it hits the bark with his strong beak. We suspected the cubs were busy eating the kill and it probably was a bone cracking sound during their feast. Almost an hour more was spent just hearing that sound occasionally, but nothing showed up. Suddenly from our left came a loud Langoor alarm call followed by one single Sambar call. Happy and excited, we all started to drive towards the jungle beyond that open grassland on our left. Soon, we reached the spot where the langoors were alert and in distress. The sambar that probably made the call was now some distance away from us but grazing peacefully. The scene of langoors got us all in confusion, as they all were still calling, but sitting on ground. One by one all most all the langoors climbed the tree, which allowed us to investigate further to know that, it was only two langoors who were actually calling in distress. But those two as well were still on ground. Generally, when a predators is sighted, they do call and climb up fast to the tree tops for the safety. Even if, it not being a BIGCAT and being a monitor lizard or a python, the languor would still be on tree and not on ground. The two langoors in front of us were still calling and calling loud. Slowly we drove a few feet closer to discover that both the calling langoors were female. When a little closer to them we could see one of them bleeding. With the fading lights of evening by then, we could not find her exact injury. Checking out from my camera’s viewfinder I suddenly noticed her baby dead at her feet. Touching and calling for that baby, actually they were trying hard to get the baby on his feet again.
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The dead baby, at his last moments of life, still had mum’s feet in his hands, like begging for the DEAR LIFE. The baby was absolutely still, the mum’s face and eyes were enough to explain her emotions, we
as well almost got into tears seeing what was in front of us. In that fading light and pitch silence the mum also seemed to have lost her hopes for the baby. But, her friend by her side, all this time, was still not giving up, as if she knew the baby will come back alive. She kept touching, circling around the baby and calling in distress as she was. All the other langoors from the same troop kept watching the drama, as we did.
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This continued for another 10-15 minutes and by that time we also were convinced that the baby was dead and it was now the time for those two females to accept the reality. But, just then, through my viewfinder again, I saw a little head tilt by the baby. This triggered random and frantic calling
From both the females again. But, the emotions attached to this calling were totally different, which we all could make out seeing their faces and specially eyes. The baby was now doing a little more movement.
The mother now started trying to lift the baby to her belly as the langoors or monkeys generally do. She was not successful quite a lot of times, but after few attempts she lifted her baby as she desired and that is when we realized and understood all the scene we were presented today.
It was actually, the baby who was injured. The injury looked very serious at the backside of his head. His right ear had almost got separated.
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The baby was bleeding heavily. So much of his blood had already been lost from that skinny baby. Even then, to our surprise, we saw that half dead baby doing attempts to hold onto her mother’s belly as she was trying to lift him to safety. Other female during all these attempts, was keenly looking and scanning the surrounding and continued calling.
Somehow, the mother and the baby managed to hold onto each other. As soon as they were together, mother leaped onto the neighboring tree so easily as if nothing had just happened. Her friend followed her on the same tree. The others from the troop looked busy doing monkey things. Langoor mothers always have their babies stuck to their belly, even when they jump from tree to tree. A misjudgment of the branches while jumping might have caused the baby to get injured badly. With the baby injured, these two females started calling and so did the sambar around. All these chronologies started to unfold in our minds now.
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for Noor and cubs, Sudden Langoor calls, blood on the mothers body, almost dead baby, friend of the mother not ready to give up, the movement again in the baby and everyone going to safety again. One thing I clearly noticed was, expressions can be clearly seen on the faces of other species as well, one just needs to be ready to read and understand them. The story we witnessed had a happy ending. With that story had ended our safari time as well.
We had no other option than getting out of the jungle as soon as possible. But, as soon as our vehicle had picked up some speed, the driver suddenly stopped and pointed a finger at the center of the grass. “TIGER” yes. There was a “TIGER” sleeping there. The sounds of all the vehicles like us, definitely, disturbed her a little bit.
Once only once did she lift her face, and looked at all the vehicles one by one. Not bothering about the presence of vehicles she went to her siesta again. It was my favorite NOOR, to see whom I had my heart boiling during complete season. She too had an expression, as if reminding us of the time to get out of the jungle and let her sleep peacefully with bellyful of food that she had already.
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Travancore wolf snake, found in matheran while my harping tour. It’s a beautiful snake and is usually found on tree trunks or on the banks of mud paths. This was clicked while it was entering the leaf litter while searching places to hide .
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The particular above picture is a part of the series of 7 pictures shot in burst mode of Asian koel (male) regurgitating and a part of my backyard birding. Both Photo by Riya Roy Pahuja , Hanuman Langur Clicked at Mapusa, Goa, India June 2018
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Location of Photo: Corbett Tiger Reserve Title: Elephants crossing the grasslands of Dhikala in Corbett Tiger Reserve. Credit Line: Angad Achappa
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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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Bandipur National Park : Shruthi Jayasimha .
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In deep thoughts! | Kabini Karnataka | Shruthi Jayasimha
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A Green Vine SnakeWILD Catches A Garden Lizard. EXPLORE INDIA │JULY 2018 By Pradeep Hegde // WIF India Mumbai .
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World Trending (Bharath & Shreyas) Exclusive Interview. Wildlife Photographers Mr. Bharath & Shreyas have described about their self & Wildlife as you might have seen them , Recently They both have been Interviewed By WIF India‘s Editor Devesh Kumar (@thedeveshkumar )
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1.If Not a Wildlife Photographer what you would have been? Bharath : If not a wildlife photographer then I would have been a Cricket coach! Shreyas: If not a wildlife photographer then I might have been a Pilot. 2. What is Your Opinion About Indian Wildlife Conservation? Indian wildlife conservation in recent years has been the talk across the world only because of Tigers which is great and sad at the same time. Great because the world wants to protect tigers, sad because we created this situation that the rest of the world has to step in. Good that the rules are getting stronger and more importantly being followed strictly. Tigers sit at the top of the food chain in India. So good Tiger number leads to good prey base and good prey base leads to good vegetation. Sadly we have only a small patch of jungle left but all the steps are taken to protect it from the further damage. We feel a lot of work has to be done in order to educate a lot people about the importance of Tigers.
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Photo : Bharth & Shreyas 3. When did You First Realize to Select Wildlife Photography ? Bharath : Since childhood, photography has always been my passion and I would click any random subject. After completing my studies I partnered with Shreyas and started candid wedding photography. We have covered quite a few weddings. I wasn’t so keen on wildlife photography then, but that one visit to Bandipur where I got a glimpse of a female tiger for just 2 seconds staring right at me changed everything. I wanted more and slowly I got addicted to wildlife and this obsession still continues and I wouldn’t have it any other way!!
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Shreyas : Photography is something I was always fascinated and started clicking with my father’s Yashica film camera in my childhood. I have been visiting jungle from 1990s. With photos I felt it was easy to tell the safari stories to my friends and family. That is how it started. Now we use the photos we click to spread awareness and knowledge about Wildlife and nature.
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4. Which Animal is your Favourite and Why? Bharath: Tiger is my favorite wild animal. There is some magical feeling about sighting
these big cats in wild. It’s kind of inexplicable. Shreyas: I would say its a tie between Tiger and King Cobra. I love Tiger because I was
blown away when I first saw the tiger in Bandipur on an Elephant in 1998 as a kid. Since then nothing else got my interest. King Cobra is my latest found love. The size and the presence is bone chilling. At the same time it’s amazing to see they are so gentle. 5. Great Himalayan National Park or Bandipur which one you will Select to “Photograph” Wild Animals? Bharath: Bandipur any day because I don’t get to see Tigers in the Himalayas! Shreyas: Great Himalayan NP. I have grown seeing Bandipur. Even now it is my favorite but Himalayas is a different landscape and different challenge altogether. So I want to go to Himalayas to photograph wild animals.
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6. What is Your Favorite Food? Bharath: Chicken Biryani and Basundi! I just love them! Shreyas: Chicken Biryani
7. Tell us About Your Photo of King Cobra in well? In July 2017, we got a King Cobra rescue call from a small village near Hebri Taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka. The village was around 25KM from Agumbe. Without wasting anytime, we took our rescue gears and started descending the Ghats. When we reached the place, a bunch of curious, astonished people were peeping into the well which was located between 3 houses in a wide open area. When we approached the well, the sight was just unbelievable. The villagers explained they heard a loud splash and rushed to the well to see this. The King Cobra (approx 11ft) was feeding on a Rat Snake (approx 5ft) in 15-18ft of water while swimming. We cleared the area to avoid disturbing the cobra. We clicked a few images while we gave the King Cobra enough time to settle before getting him out of the well and released him around 300 meters away from the well. When we observed the pictures later and recollected the event, we realized this behavior was never documented before as far we know. It’s something really rare and we were lucky to witness something this rare and rescue the cobra as well.
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Wildlife In Art Pheasant Sketch Photo Made by Swagata Sarkar . Pheasant found in the Himalayan foothills. Males and Females are different from Structure and Color. Pheasants are Least Concern in IUCN Conservation Status.
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The Indian peafowl is a large and brightly coloured bird, found in different parts of India . A Beautiful Sketech Made by Pratibha Yadav .
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gumbe is small town surrounded with thick every green forest in the beautiful western
ghats in the state of Karnataka. The Agumbe forest is known to world more as the home of the world's biggest venomous snake The King Cobra. Agumbe has one the highest density of King Cobras in the world. Agumbe is also home for the rare Lion Tailed Macaque. We are majorly involved in the human snake conflict and the behavior study of King Cobra. We assist Ajay Giri, an expert of King Cobras. As King Cobras mostly feed on other snakes and Agumbe has a verity of snakes and the humidity and the landscape itself explains why the Kings are made this as their home. King Cobras are cannibalistic .
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During monsoon apart from Kings, one can see different species of frogs, moths and snakes. Watch out for the Malabar Pit Vipers, they are all over place in Agumbe during monsoon. Agumbe also has big cats, wild dogs, Indian gaur and elephants. Locals have seen the rare
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melanistic leopard or black Panther also. Our friend and another King Cobra specialist, Dhiraj Bhaisare, has photographed the black Panther in Agumbe. Caecilian can be found during night on the road if it's raining heavily, interesting amphibians. The cute Slender Loris with big eyes is another interesting animal that are mostly found on the trees. Agumbe is also home for many waterfalls and breath taking landscapes.
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A Green Vine Snake is alive in tree species which shows activity throughout the day at low to moderate heights. It feeds on varieties of prey including frogs, lizards, birds & other snakes including venomous ones, rats etc. Found Mainly In Western Ghats of India and North East States. Venom Type – Neurotoxin Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class – Reptilia
Order – Squamata
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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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greatest to see if they are young tigers. It’s actually the sub-adult age of the growing ones, that is playful. These may just look like play or play-fights, but these are very crucial in their course to the adulthood to become real TIGERS. Their fighting skill, agility and dominance are polished doing this. These typical cubs were known to be less active. Almost no one had seen them playing like other young tiger cubs. On this day, they had just finished feasting on a freshly killed Sambar dear deep inside the bushes. We knew they will head to the nearest water point for a desperate drink. This anticipation worked right 100%. Accompanied by their mother they came to the waterhole, and next one hour was one the best hour I have spent in the wild, seeing them riding on each other, splashing water, biting on the necks and giving the partner one odd WET PUNCH like in this image. I am sure, on that day, I was one of the luckiest person on this globe.” 65
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Photography is my hobby and I love clicking pictures of birds.
This picture of Kite was shot near a small pond behind Tata power Andheri, Mumbai. When I heard from my friends that many birds are being spotted around this pond, I decided to visit this place. I reached there around 7 am and while sitting there for 4 hours, I got many good shoots of kingfisher, ducks, kites and Cuckoo. Suyog Thakur // WIF India .
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This jackal followed our jeep for almost ten minutes and then finally grew bored of us and bid us adieu after a fervent chase!! The clever, clever jackal. Photo : Malvika_rudraverma
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Genus Species
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canis Canis aureus
Indian Jackal or Himalayan Jackal are found in India , Nepal , Burma ,and Bhutan . These Species come under Family Canidae and Order Carnivora . They look like as Wolf, yellowish – brown in Color have short legs and tail. They have white Marks prevailing on its throat and dark brown at the back of the ear.
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I got this shot at Matheran Hill Station on 24th June 2018. We were herping in the daylight and we came across this little vine snake who was feeding on this frog. I immediately took the camera gears out as I, didn’t want to miss the opportunity! Text &Image: Aniket khaire
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Photo: Jithesh Surendra for WIF India Mumbai.
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This Image of Bamboo Pit Viper is taken from Amboli, Sindhudurg!
Photo of the Month Photo : Amey Punalekar
Amey Punalekar’s Photo has been selected as Photo of the Month -The image was taken from Amboli Sindhudurg! Amboli Ghat is a small part of the green lies in Western Ghats i.e. a bio-diversity hotspot of India and for the world. However, during monsoons, it looks very beautiful and full greenery all around . July to September is the best time for exploring species in Amboli. lies in the Sahayadri Hills of Western Ghats , one of the world’s “Eco Hot-Spots” .
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We are roaming around Manali for side scene and one of our friends suggest Hamta pass. During the road trip I found a group of Himalayan vulture who just attacked on calf and they are fighting for its meat and on that time one of those vulture is posing like a forest king who feel proud after hunting that calf . DhavalSinh Mahida // WIF India .
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While keeping watch on the road for any possible mammal sighting our eyes also occasionally hovered on the roadside tree branches and thickets in search of any bird/raptor. After a while, suddenly my eyes got a glimpse of something which seemed like a perched raptor on a roadside branch. Our gypsy almost passed that point from where some images could be possible. Slowly we backed up the gypsy and got into some position to take a few clear shots through the thickets. This handsome male 72
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Shikara was cooperative enough to give us ample time to take shots. It sat on the branch comfortably giving us occasional stares with It‘s lovely red eyes and showed no intention of flying away. After shooting to our hearts' content we decided to leave the bird alone and progressed with our safari. Ritobroto Moitra // WIF India.
Gems of Kotdwaar | Red-breasted Parakeet Male Photo : Thakur Ajay Singh Rajawat
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This Picture was clicked in Amboli Maharashtra.
Amboli Bush Frog The Amboli Bush Frog (Scientific name Pseudophilautus Amboli) is a rare shrub frog species endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Location: It is majorly found in the tropical forests of Amboli Hills as well as in the Amba hill station situated in Maharashtra and also in some parts of Karnataka.
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Description: It is a relatively medium-sized frog amongst its relatives. The snout–vent length of this species is approximately 34 mm (1.3 in) in males and up to 37.5 mm (1.48 inch) in females. Males have a large and transparent vocal sack which is evident during their call. The body is rather robust, while discs of its fingertips are much enlarged. The tympanum (eardrum) is dark brown in color. Its dorsum is uniform blackish brown, while throat consists of lemon yellowish color tinge with small black spots. Habitat: In Amboli it was found in extremely disturbed areas close to evergreen forest patches, although it is not known whether or not it occurs in primary evergreen forest. It breeds by direct development. Conservation Status: It has been categorized under the “Critically Endangered” conservation status, due to critical factors such as habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization and development of tourism. Akshay Dani // WIF India.
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on Jayaram’s Bush Frog . Tiny green pearl of the Western Ghats. Raorchestes jayarami, also called as Jayaram's Bush Frog, is endemic to the south Western Ghats of India. Came across a few of them (and heard many many more of them) on my trip last week. Raorchestes jayarami, also known as Jayaram's Bush Frog . Kingdom – Animalia
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Species - R. jayarami Photo : Shreeram MV // WIF India .
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