Art Everywhere Photographed by Radha Rangarajan Photograph Description: Rainforests, for me, are synonymous with fungi. I love photographing fungi and I think they represent rainforests and the monsoon best. Wading knee deep in a stream one night in Valparai, I came across this cluster of Mycena fungi on a drifting piece of wood. While they looked […]
Snake feeding on Earthworm Photographed by Vinodh Venugopal Photograph Description: It was a pleasant day with intermittent rain. During our field visit in the afternoon, we found this beautiful snake – a Large-scaled Shieldtail (Uropeltis macrolepis) – on a pathway. The snake caught an earthworm and started feeding on it. The earthworm struggled hard, but the snake […]
A few days ago, someone pointed me to a photography tour to Rajasthan announced at shoesonloose.com/holiday/iso-incredible-shots-of-rajasthan/ While browsing through the tour detail and the images on the page, I was taken aback to see one of my images being used on the page without my knowledge! The image of two silhoutted camel walking against a […]
Our previous post in this series was about a diurnal (day-time) predator in the forests of Andamans – Andaman Serpent Eagle. This week we look at a mysterious nocturnal predator. Craaaw. The call came all of a sudden. Soft and mellow, totally unlike the harsh call of a crow. It was well past sunset and we […]
If someone asked me to showcase India to the maximum extent possible in a span no longer sixty minutes, I would not think twice but ask them to take a walk along the ghats of Varanasi. The three kilometer stretch from Assi Ghat to Dasaswamedh — a long series of steps leading to the waters […]
Do you remember how many species of birds are considered endemic to the Andaman Islands? 🙂 Check the Endemic Birds of Andamans post to see if you got it right! This week, we look at an apex predator in the Andamans. One that looks dressed to kill. The Andaman Serpent Eagle (Spilornis elgini). […]