As we climbed to the tank bund, I saw these puppies rolling around in the gutter. They were squealing and rolling around! One looked up at me curiously as I clicked.


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On Good Friday, Anjali, Gopal, Rohan, Tharangini, Yeshoda and I went to

Valparai

in the aNNAmalai range (Coimbatore district) in Tamil Nadu.

The

LION-TAILED MACAQUE


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Do I sound like one of those "Carry off the elite evening with this excellent sable coat" fashion types? Sorry, because the fun that I have with fur is in capturing it, not for putting it on, but on the original mammal ( Read more... )

Sunday's trip to Nandi Hills was particularly satisfying, as Kannan had his wish for the Tickell's Blue Flycatcher fulfilled..really FULL filled! Here are two poses by the beautiful bird:


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No, I'm not referring to the birds here! There were two creatures that my friends were very eager to see....the

HOOLOCK GIBBON

and the

BLACK-CAPPED LANGUR

(Well, they wanted a few more, but those....they didn't get!)

We were able to see the male Hoolock Gibbon first....


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If God is great....


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Here's Mr KM, with the monkey balloon that I bought him (for various obscure reasons)....


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Of course we went to Bannerghatta again today....there were 9 of us...thank, you, Veena, for bringing along Deepak,Jyoti, Manohar, and Puneeth....and we were the LJ gang... anushsh, itsalouwelylife,mohanvee, and I ( Read more... )

A suddenly-hatched plan with Vijay Hegde meant that we took the bus early on Saturday morning to Bannerghatta...and just wandering around the area near the Butterfly Park, and the water body nearby was pretty productive! Vijay saw, for the very first time, the male white ASIAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER. I couldn't get a photograph, but just seeing his ( Read more... )