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.
(Yala National Park; May 2014)
One afternoon, inside the Wilpattu national park, we came across this monarch bird’s nest, which has a distinctive cone shape. There were two chicks in the nest, and two adults were hovering around them. We stopped to watch the commotion and realized that they were teaching the chicks to fly out of the nest. While…
On one evening inside the Yala national park, we ran in to a mini traffic jam, where all the safari vehicles were stopped. We were told it was because of “Gemunu”, the lone tusker who was notorious for demanding food from passing vehicles. We had seen Gemunu in our previous visits to Yala. Our safari…
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is an annual fair held at the Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1922, this fair runs in every early November. Visitors can see varieties of livestock, rabbits, birds, horses and ponies. They also have a display of crops and vegetables. Visitors get an opportunity to see the educational…
We were able to capture this picture of a Sri Lankan Land Monitor sun bathing with the house cats on a roof top in Sri Lanka. Albeit the home owner’s attempts to cover the openings, this clever lizard had managed to creep in to the ceiling and make itself a home, thereby becoming a nuisance…
When we were traveling along the banks of a water body one evening in the Wilpattu national park, a serpent eagle suddenly dashed in front of our vehicle and landed on the edge of the water. Puzzled by what we saw, we looked to see that the eagle was trying to capture a land monitor….
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…