Cherry blossom trees in Toronto were in full bloom over the weekend attracting thousands of visitors to the city parks.
Toronto’s High Park was the centre of attraction and had thousands coming to enjoy the sight that symbolized the arrival of spring. It was 60 years ago in 1959, the Japanese ambassador to Canada gifted 2000 cherry trees to Toronto and they still continue to delight many who flock to the city to view this once a year spectacle.
During one of our afternoon excursions in the Yala park, we stumbled upon this huge leopard known to safari drivers as “Harak Hora”, the cattle thief. The leopard tried to creep inside a culvert but changed his mind and went in to the jungle. The same evening, when we were returning to our park bungalow,…
While driving along the tracks of the Yala national park in the evening, we came across this young leopard cub perched on a tree branch that gave us the opportunity to take many photographs. Later only we realized that in this photo, no matter from which angle one looked, you simply cannot escape its gaze….
One morning inside the Yala national park, we came across a sloth bear on a palu (Manilkara hexandra) tree. It spent a good amount of time pulling branches and snacking on juicy yellow palu fruits. They say eating excessive amounts of this fruit, gives you an intoxicating effect. We believe this bear got ‘tipsy’ after…
Throughout the winter, we would always find fresh paw marks in the snow in our backyard which was a sure sign of a rabbit roaming around. Occasionally, we would encounter a rabbit dashing away when we opened the patio door. Last week however, the rabbit ran across the backyard upon hearing us but stopped half-way…
One morning inside the Yala national park, we saw a leopard that was sitting on an open grassy field, going in to a nearby wooded area as we approached. We circled around the wooded lot and saw that it was feasting on a kill. After some time, the leopard came out of the woods and…
Beaverville During a walk through the Scanlon Creek Conservation area, I heard the unmistakable cries of beaver kits coming from the far side of the swamp. I walked through the forest and came upon the den which beavers had built with sticks, rocks, and mud. The cries were coming from inside the den, and the…