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Contents
Photo: Pooja Dev
On the Cover: Tiger in #Dudhwa by Siddhesh Mungekar
●Photo feature
●Storyteller
40. The Black Roar
11. Cubs of the Elusive Black Panther
● Quick’s Facts
16. The Glimpse of South India.
44. Species-Focus: necked parakeets
27. Storyline: #Dudhwa by Vinit Arora.
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46. Quick facts – Hog deer (Indian)
29. Special art: Royalty thy name is Machali!
48. Online Discussion – The Bamboo Eater Book.
32. The Cliff Goat - A Story of Hope
Back Cover Image: Aditya Sharma Parashar Lake Himachal Pradesh.
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Now the “Bamboo Eater” Book has been reached at different countries. It’s very awesome moment for me that it is liked by many from India to international. In this Edition Photos are mostly featured from South India, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and many more.
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Beldanda Male Captured in Kishanpur wildlife sanctuary, Dudhwa by me during last winter. The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts and comprises the Dudhwa National Park (600 sq km), Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary (230 sq km) and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (400 sq km). It covers an area of 1,284.3 km2 (495.9 sq mi) and includes three large forest fragments amidst the matrix dominated by agriculture. In 1987, the Dudhwa National Park and the Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary were brought under the purview of the ‘Project Tiger ‘as Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.
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Cubs of the Elusive Black Panther
Kabini was the former hunting grounds of the Maharajas of Mysore and the woods of Kabini have been a hot spot among wildlife lovers across the globe for sighting leopards and tigers. Considered in the wildlife map as the ‘land of leopards’, Kabini has and continues to attract wildlife lovers from across the globe to soak in its raw foresting beauty. Other than leopards and tigers which are common across the forests of south what else made Kabini so popular? A rare Black Panther has been spotted and been in fame for the last couple of years. The origin and venture of this creature into the woods of Kabini continues to remain an enigma. When I visited Kabini this February, I was lucky to see his mate and two cubs. The cubs are normal leopards and I wish them Godspeed as Kabini is home to other leopards and tigers and they will face a struggle in the ‘survival of the fittest’- as in the evolution of Charles Darwin. Photo: Amal George
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Being an wild life enthusiast and ornithologist whenever time permits I explore new places in search of new bird species, That day also on 27th May 2019 me along with my friend went to a location in search of Indian Eagle Owl in the outskirts of Indore.
We started early in the morning around 5:30Am with our photography kit, with so much hope and excitement. We keep on moving into deep forest as time was passing it was getting hotter and we started losing hope as we were not able to find anything new.
The moment we thought that it is the time to return, for our surprise we noticed a big owl camouflaged into the woods, it was Indian Eagle Owl, without disturbing its natural habitat we tried to take a few shots from far distance and we got lucky to get a few. But the bird was smart enough to see us doing an activity Flew away.
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Than we walked ahead into the woods in search of other birds. We went a little far and for our surprise we noticed four owls flew from a tree. We chase them and used our binocular to identify them once they perched on a tree. That family of owls was Mottled Wood Owl, a rare seen owl, especially at that location. They allow us to capture quite a few good moments, before they flew away. We are sure that no other birder would have noticed them earlier at that place.
So that lucky day we witness two rarely seen owl species sharing common habitat. We felt ecstatic to found them. They were treasures of nature and rarely seen for common people.
Photo: Rahul Khadiwala
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This image was shot few minutes after sighting a tigress from Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park; it is a wildlife reserve in the South Indian state of Karnataka. The look of this predator bird was not less when compared to the mighty tiger, with similar intent and motivation! To Survive! To Kill! And hence the title "Killer looks" - Ajith Arjunan Title of the Image: Killer looks Bird Id: Crested serpent eagle Location: Nagarhole National Park (Karnataka, India) Chandan Mruthyunjay
It was Pre-monsoon rain period where life comes to action in wild after the hot summers in South Indian showers give a sign of relief to people and animal indicating that summers going to end and monsoons are on its way. It’s the time where reptiles come out from their summer hibernation, this is the beauty of rain it brings back the life.
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We all know wild is always vulnerable, unexpectedly we saw this wonderful creature next to a small water pit which was formed by the previous night’s Heavy rain. It just gave a few glimpses to capture before vanishing into the bushes of the jungle.
The Glimpse of South India
Morning mist was fading away in the early dawn, jeep was speeding up and my curiosity was reaching high to witness leopards of Kabini for the very first time. And after few minutes we had a sight of him, lying down on a branch between woodland. The rosettes were the eye catching element of locating him in a camouflaged background. -
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The central Indian plains and the forests one summer morning, the forest floor was tinder dry and no fauna in sight, eyes burning in the scorching sun looking out for the elusive cats, when suddenly out of the blue nature presents a spectacle so beautiful, I could not take my eyes of it, against a bleak background appeared a handsome peacock filling the whole landscape with a riot of colours, proving his worth for been called the national bird of India. Text and Image : Puneet Jain 17
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Hidden Beauty – Kabini Kabini offers a variety of landscapes with its mix of dry and moist deciduous forests. On a beautiful foggy summer the forest appears aqua coloured ( blue-green shade), during one such morning as a part of the routine during safari we were on the way to check a tiger frequented watering hole called Tiger Tank. Before heading to the tank there is a cross road junction one road leading to a place called double salt pit road where tourists had sighted a tiger the previous evening, some kind of inner feeling struck us and we decided to stop and wait at the junction for a few seconds. Anticipating to hear alarm calls we all went pin drop silence. Once silent we could feel wind blowing and the beautiful forest floor creating music from the fallen dried leaves (please note it was foggy and visibility was too low) it was an experience to cherish. We could feel the forest come alive with the common cuckoo singing to glory and the babblers chirping between themselves, it was a musical treat by mother nature. After few minutes we struck gold, feebly but clearly we could hear grunting and growling of a mammal. Most of us in the vehicle saw at each other and we were sure there is a leopard on the tree or even better a mating pair. We still could only hear the voice but couldn’t locate due to lack of visibility and thick undergrowth. A few minutes lapsed and our good old ancestors the langurs gave away the leopards location by giving calls looking at them. Our fortunes were good & on that day the stars also aligned in the best pattern, we sighted the beautiful mating pair of a well built male leopards along with a seemingly young and dynamic female leopard. They finished their mating ritual and moved 2 trees apart form each other. The male decided to descend down the tall slender tree he had perched upon. While descending he stopped midway to check for clearance on the ground that’s when we saw him eye to eye. It was a surreal experience. Finally he leaped to the ground and was gone. The female leopard stayed on relaxing on a tree perch. Text and Image : Vinay NP
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Conservation status: Least Concern – STABLE Phylum: Chordata Scientific name: Psittacula columboides Order: Parrot
Photo : John Joseph Blue-winged parakeet or Malabar parakeet
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The Jungle Frame Photo : Subramanya C JIM CORBETT | UTTARAKHAND
An enchanting morning at Corbett Tiger Reserve was crowned by a male tiger sighting. And when it was time for elephants to cross a particular point, the setting became mesmerizing. We waited at the precise point hoping for a tusker to cross the road and this female arrived with all pomp and gusto. She crossed the road in a hurry, trumpeting and running to join her mates on the other side of the forest.
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Walking Titanic in the woods
We had just begun our safari in Jhirna Zone at Jim Corbett National Park. Our previous safaris in Bijrani and Dhikala had already offered us the sightings of the striped cat but we wanted to have an encounter with the Humongous TUSKERS. Our guide kept us informed about sightings of elephants, which were common in Jhirna and one never leaves without sighting elephants. But witnessing such close encounter is rare and we just got luckier. After an astonishing tigress encounter on day one around noon hours and spending almost an hour of sighting, the next morning we started to ascent narrow hilly paths in the wilderness of Jhirna. We knew elephants were somewhere close as their presence was well evident with fresh dungs & pug marks. The narrow hilly path was leading us in the dense forest, the route was rocky which made our climbing too slow. We took a sharp turn on the blind curve and there it was, standing tall a mammoth styled elephant as we call ‘THE GREAT INDIAN TUSKER’. We were scared like hell as driving in reverse was the only option left to stay at a safe distance unharming it’s tranquility. However, our friend was in a good mood and it allowed us to take some clicks. But this did not last longer and he wanted to make its presence feel avenging towards us. Respecting its privacy we departed from the vicinity but it gave us some thrilling and fond full memories. IMAGE AND TEXT BY SANJAY PATEL
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The Delight Beauty | Praising the colors – Rahman Khan
Scientific name: Pavo cristatus Class: Aves Order – Galliformes Least Concern – stable
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Photo by Vinit Arora at #Dudhwa
“In Search of a New Home" On our evening excursion in Satiana zone of Dudhwa National Park, we came across this Tusker that appeared to be in his prime. Sighting him from a long distance, we preferred to wait for him to come close as the camera settings were just ideal for some amazing habitat frames. Elephant sightings in Dudhwa are somewhat scarce due to their sparse population, the ones that are sighted are mostly those that stray down from the Nepal side and enter Dudhwa. We came to know about this Tusker from our guide, who also informed us that he is the one that leads a group of 18, all having migrated from Nepal side. He obliged us with this frame before disappearing in thE tall saal trees.
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At May, 2016 I went to Pangolakha wildlife sanctuary for birding. Pangolakha wildlife sanctuary is a excellent place for birding. There was no guide with me at that time. But fortunately my driver was genius, he had excellent eyes to spot. When I was returning back from Dzuluk to Padamchen suddenly our drive was shouting from the car, Sir Ullu Ullu. I said that keep silence. Then the car was taken the position, I shoot first Himalayan wood owl picture from the car. Then I spent near about 45 minutes with that owl. It was sitting on the same perch, same way. After that many other tourist stopped the car at that place and we located the owl to them. They all are happy to see this. After certain time I also leave that place happily. I am very lucky that I got this rare owl in a daylight condition. I don't know when I will be able to see this again. Thanks to God as I am able to see that beautiful creature on earth. -
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Royalty thy name is Machali!
It was in 2017, a thought popped up in my mind to paint a tiger. I wanted both the painting and the tiger to be unique. I searched in my brain's RAM and it said, "The Tiger Queen”, reminding me of a wildlife documentary directed by cinematographer Mr. S Nallamuthu that I watched in my college's Eco Club as a student.
‘Machali' her name struck upon me the boldest and the oldest lived tigress of the world. Machali was named after the noted fish like mark on her left cheek. As the name Royal Bengal tiger, she lived up to her legacy ruling the forts of Ranthambhore. And she was rightly called, “the Queen of Ranthambhore". Besides, she also had other names including "the Tiger Queen" and the "Crocodile killer", and sobriquets as the most famous tigress of the world, most photographed wild tiger, and very interestingly, the long lived tiger in wild.
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She lived for 20years which is rare for a wild tiger. Longevity of a tiger's life depends on the food supply it gets. This directly indicates that she lived in healthy forest conditions or someone must have sung her the birthday song, "happy long life to you".
India being home to 70% of worlds’ tiger population faced a drastic decline in 2006. Immediate steps were taken nationwide to fight against poaching and illegal wildlife trade and the population started seeing a rise. The fame of Machali also played a major role in bringing back the population.
But are our tigers safe at the present scenario? Sadly, not very safe. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)says that 100 tigers died in 2018 alone. The majority of them were either poisoned or electrocuted by humans. What a big shame to see the national animal being electrocuted! Elephants are also falling for the same trap.
Why is this happening? Thanks to the Developmental projects. They have become more important than the Country's natural pride and its wonderful creatures. Most of the projects end in habitat fragmentation and loss of such beautiful creatures along with their habitat. If this continues fragmented landscape may not support larger mammals and we won't be lucky enough to see Machali anymore. We can escape the scenario only if the Government implements strict penalties and conducts proper Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) before sanctioning any new developmental plans that affect forests.
With this painting I want to put a reminder for ourselves and believe that she will roar in our hearts forever.
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The Cliff Goat - A Story of Hope - Rajdeep Deb
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Nilgiri Tahr Nilgiritragus hylocrius Deep amidst the grasslands of Annamalai Tiger reserve, isolated by the rocky cliffs of Western ghats, lies home to one of the most elegant and daring mountain hikers, our ecosystem has ever perceived," The Nilgiri Tahr". Our trail for the search of this remarkable beauty started very early in the morning. With all our camera equipments and emergency gears loaded in our backpacks, we set forth towards the search of the unseen. After several hours of trekking through the high slopes of the tiger reserve, taking help from the guiding notes of forest officials given to us, we reached the spot where they routinely come down to from even higher elevations of the ghats to have their morning grab of fresh grass and subsequently bask under the first sun rays of the day. We settled down, choosing a good vantage point and organized our camera systems with utmost hope of atleast having a line of sight. While we were ripping apart our small packet of chocolates to balance our calorie intake from the tiresome trek, to our astonishment, we saw an huge Saddleback (Older Adult Nilgiri Tahr) galloping down from a 90 degree vertical slope like it was his playground. The first sighting of The Nilgiri Tahr took our breath away. The stunning aura of their greyish brown coat could be felt right into our heart. Soon followed the beast, the herd of nearly 8-10 members. It was such an amazing experience unfolding in front of our eyes. The Nilgiri Tahr, though red listed by the International Union for the conservation of nature, has increased in number from as low as 1200 during 1970's to over 2000 till date due to many successful conservation programs run by the state officials of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This magnificent caprids have glazing brown coats with white underparts and dark patches around the eyes. This species of Tahr's can reach upto a height of 1 metre and weigh 80-120kgs. The curved horns among he males can scale upto 50 centimeters in length. Even after running such successful conservation efforts, drastic climate changes has reduced their unique habitat to a very few patches of protected areas in India which raises concern for the species to survive. They often come down to the roads for grazing, which results into Human animal conflict. The forest officials of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are taking stern steps to erase the problems and revitalise their count again with a hope for a brighter future ahead.
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It's a rainy day. My friend were come to pick me for a ride of our city because of such a beautiful It's
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I am more into wildlife photography; I have been searching to capture some crazy wildlife shots. But As am in Nizamabad which is very far to go on for a safari or visiting national parks. In Near to me there’s a place named Badapahad, which is very famous for monkeys and Langurs. So I went there and had some great time with those monkeys. But when I went across this shot I was waiting for an eye contact of those three Langurs sitting on the tree. I have waited for half an hour and I dint get any contact. I decided not to wait more because it’s there resting time and I thought of why I can’t capture the exact shot to show their habitat, it’s notWILD always the │JULY eye contact EXPLORE INDIA 2019 matters. This is how I so I captured this photograph. Location: Badapahad , Nizamabad , Telangana
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it’s a rainy day. My friend were come to pick me for a ride of our city because of such a beautiful weather. I always carry my camera with me because if you are a photographer camera is the only thing you want always with you in your life, basically camera is a heart of a photographer. So we are in car and going to the jungle. We were enjoying and I suddenly saw something on a tree, so little. But I can't see this bird in my whole life. It’s an owl. basically I was not saw any type of owl in my life so it's a really big thing for me and I don't have a wildlife lenses and all. I have only my Sony 55210mm lenses and it’s very difficult to take these types of pictures from far. You have to keep calm and going near to your object silently. Then you have to click that picture but if you are doing any type of noise, you not able to click the picture you want. also thanks to god for these beautiful bird and weather.
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It was 6:30 in the morning and I was standing in the balcony of my hotel room in Shimla (Tara Devi). I had heard a lot about birding in Himachal Pradesh and wanted to click at least one good image. This was not a birding tour as I was with my family but I still had hopes (which every bird photographer has wherever he or she goes!)! The balcony had a wonderful view of thick pine trees and the hush-hush of Shimla couldn't be heard here. After a wait of an hour I thought luck won’t favor me and decided to get ready for the day!
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As I was going inside I saw a pink tint through the corner of my eye and saw that the tree just opposite to my balcony had moved a little. As I looked closer I saw a beautiful PlumHeaded Parakeet sitting on it. I was excited to heavens! I clicked this shot and was trying to change the lens when two more parakeets came and sat nearby. As they were hidden by the leaves I could not get a clear image of them. Nevertheless I was very happy! This one was like a cherry on the cake for me and as I hoped I got at least one good click Samruddhi karnik | SHIMLA HILLS
"Imagine having a leopardess walking to your left, a buzzard lazing away to your right and out of nowhere a peacock walks out near a watering hole and starts dancing. Fluttering its feathers, making honking sounds to lure a nearby peahen. A pure 'dilemma', if you will. Where do we point our cameras? So I picked and chose just the right time when i made this picture. After quite a while, the leopardess walked away. The buzzard flew. But the peacock remained. Giving me more time. But what needed to be pictured, I already had. Beauty is plentiful in nature; you have to go find it." Location: Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra Ajinkya Madhekar
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The Dancing Peacock: Ajinkya Madhekar
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This was shot in Bandipur, Karnataka, India . Conceiving an image of the Spotted deer in my mind I set out from my Room all excited to capture a Single Male Spotted deer in its Habitat. And yes I was granted my wish and how, it looking straight in my eyes ! I duck walked and captured this Beauty. What a moment.!! Could not have asked for more!
The Black Roar Kabini
have always left me awestruck with its beauty and abundance of wildlife
had my greatest wildlife memories from these woods, having these in mind I went back to kabini and my mind was craving for a big cat sighting, it was the end of June and the rains had left the forest with much green foliage ,amidst these we had 6 blank safaris with no cats or any movements, and there we are off to the last safari of the trip and spotted a deer kill and while searching the forest canopy we sighted a leopard far by a tree, too long even for a super telephoto lens we waited there for a good amount of time hoping it would come down, nothing happened and we decided to scout rest of the area and left, two three turns later we stopped all a sudden hearing a Langur alarm call from a distance, we were ready with our binoculars
and searched, suddenly out of
nowhere two fierce eyes gazed us and that moment we knew we were about to witness something magical, and there he was the elusive and majestic black, the crown jewel of kabini, he gave us quite a show, we took a couple of great shots And left with some more great memories to cherish.
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The Colorful Light
Shot this image on a winter morning at Bandipur Tiger reserve. I was mentoring a bunch of wildlife enthusiasts on the safari and as we drove on a cold winter morning, we were welcomed by this handsome peacock as he posed on a dry stump soaking in the early morning golden light. -
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It was during a monsoon safari drive in Kabini, we were out of luck for almost the entire safari, as it was continuously pouring down. There was no movements whatsoever except for the spotted deer which were in plenty. And at a point when we lost hope to click anything else than the deer’s, the crested serpent eagle was perched on the high canopy and was enjoying the view. It was like an affair with the rain. Completely enjoying the rain!! - Srikanth
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Rose ring necked parakeets
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Rose ring necked parakeets always fascinates me from my childhood; I always spent my time in balcony or at terrace to watch these parakeets fly over me on sunsets.
There is a park nearby my workplace which is a home for many birds including rose ring necked parakeets, alexandrine parakeets, mynas, spotted owlets, white cheeked barbets and oriental magpie robins. It is kind of bit difficult to photograph the parakeets as they fly so fast and the landings and taking off will be so fast, I always wanted to photograph a parakeet couple’s landing.
The trunk in the picture below is where they are nesting and either male or female parakeets stand guard for their chicks. The male parakeet was already landed on the trunk and the female was trying its best to land but slipped few times, and I wanted to capture it with the long shutter speed, so instead of high shutter speed like 1/1000 , I went with 1/200 to get those surreal effect of wings flappings.
And after many failed attempts, I got this perfect shot on May, 2019. Venkatesan K K
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Indian Hog Deer - Hyelaphus porcinus Class: Mammalia Herbivorous Photo : Amal Jacob Sebastian H. porcinus Zimmermann, 1780 Location : Kaziranga National Park
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