I have spent many evenings sitting up on trees along prominent game trails, silently watching unsuspecting animals walk right past the tree without ever noticing me. It was 4:30 pm that day as I took my place on a large Koli tree, and the plan was to be there till around 6:30 pm, before walking …
It was an uneventful evening with the herd of spotted deer numbering around 50 and the 4 female Gaurs grazing peacefully in the grassland in front of the cottages. All that was about to change as the Sun slowly moved West and eventually dipped behind the mighty Brahmagiri mountain ranges, casting a deep long shadow …
Though Manu wanted to call her Spotty, Avni decided to call her Bambi – (for obvious reasons!), and being the youngest of the lot, we all decided to christen her Bambi! Every evening, by 5pm, Bambi’s mom would move away from the herd and walk towards JC2 (for those who have stayed with us, JC2 …
I have seen her a few times while on my walks around our farm, and I am sure she has seen me a lot more during the last 4 years since she moved in. The first time I saw her was on the Thirunelli road and she was just a cub then, and I clearly …
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night…” Read More »
Animals have an innate fear of humans, we have been hunting them for generations and they know that no good would come to them if they ever came too close to a man. Though a lot of animals visit our watering hole regularly, there are very few who feel comfortable out in the open grasslands …
It was 7:45 am and as you know, carnivores are most active between 5:30 am to 7:00 am and our hopes of getting a carnivore sighting were dwindling by the minute. Since it was a bright and sunny day, we knew that there was a chance of something showing up at the waterhole to quench …
Wednesday was an interesting day with alarm calls coming from the Northern side of the farm, it was clear that a kill has happened during the early hours of the day. Our resident female was with 3 cubs, and listening to the call, I believed that the Tigers had killed a spotted deer at around …
There is nothing better than camping out in the jungle and since I traveled alone that weekend to Wayanad, I decided to swap the comfort of my wooden cabin for the hammock near the riverbed adjoining the property. There are a few things I always keep in mind while camping out, the most important one …
News travels fast in this neck of the woods and if you know what to listen for, how to decipher the call of the animals, it can open up a fascinating new world, especially if you are a wildlife lover. I enjoy taking my camera and going for aimless strolls through our farm, aimless it …
Imagine! You are in a semi open jeep, tarpaulin top, sides open. It is 7 am, you are inside the jungle on a safari drive. It is just you and the jeep driver, familiar to you by now, it is the 5th time you both are out in the jungle. You reach a watering-hole, you …
