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.
One early morning, when we were returning to the bungalow after our pre-breakfast roaming inside the Yala national park, we came across this leopard who seemed to be preying on another animal. We put our hunger aside and waited to see what was going to happen. The leopard was aiming at a rabbit. It had…
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….
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…
We spent two days inside the Wilpattu national park with only glimpses of leopards without proper photo opportunities and we were not happy. We had to leave that day, so we packed and started heading back with heavy hearts. Half way to the park exit, we suddenly saw a black spot, that looked like an…
Motherhood is an amazing wonderful skill. Humans aren’t the only species take extraordinary steps to protect, nurture and raise their babies. Even in the animal kingdom moms take time to feed, teach and take care of their offspring. I was able to capture these pictures how a mother’s instinct kicks in when their youngsters get…