https://wildlifeindia.net/blog.html Field notes and photo essays from wildlife photography trips across India — Sattal, Bharatpur, Ranthambore, Kaziranga, Kanha, Jhalana. en-in ashokbisht84@gmail.com (Ashok Bisht) © Ashok Bisht / Wildlife India — Grand Tour https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-dec-2020.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-dec-2020.html Sattal Frosted oak leaves, woodsmoke from a tin-roofed teashop, and a Himalayan rubythroat that arrives like a struck match. Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-apr-2021.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-apr-2021.html Sattal Spring leaves unrolling, ultramarine flycatchers passing through, and three patient evenings with a Brown Wood Owl. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-dec-2021.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-dec-2021.html Sattal A short return to Sattal at midwinter — a Brown Wood Owl, a Greater Flameback at golden hour, and the discipline of going home with five photographs you actually love. Wed, 29 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-apr-2024.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sattal-apr-2024.html Sattal An entire morning at one waterhole, watching the forest queue up for a drink. A different way of seeing. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-jan-2021.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-jan-2021.html Bharatpur Keoladeo just after the New Year — a Eurasian Wryneck holding court, sunbirds at the bottlebrush, and a kingfisher silhouetted against a winter sun. Sun, 31 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-nov-2021.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-nov-2021.html Bharatpur Painted storks lifting off the marsh in slow rotations of pink and black, an Oriental Darter holding a fish like a question, and a Crested Serpent Eagle on a watch-tree. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-feb-2022.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/bharatpur-feb-2022.html Bharatpur Late-season Bharatpur — the imperial eagles still in the marsh, sarus cranes feeding in flooded paddy, and a python the size of a fire hose draped across a winter path. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/ranthambore-2022.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/ranthambore-2022.html Ranthambore Tigress T-111 walks the same sandstone path her grandmother walked. Some thrones, you inherit. Mon, 30 May 2022 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/ranthambore-2023.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/ranthambore-2023.html Ranthambore A second visit, a hotter month, a different zone. New cubs, an old fort, the same patient way of waiting for a tiger to choose you. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/jhalana-aug-2022.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/jhalana-aug-2022.html Jhalana A leopard reserve inside Jaipur city limits, drives through wet rocky scrub, and a Shikra in mid-flight against monsoon cloud. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/kanha.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/kanha.html Kanha Sal forest, barasingha herds, and an unbelievable hour with one of the world's smallest wild cats. Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/kaziranga-feb-2023.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/kaziranga-feb-2023.html Kaziranga A floodplain in the cold dry season — rhinos in elephant grass, fish eagles, and the slow turn of a great river. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sultanpur-dec-2021.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/sultanpur-dec-2021.html Sultanpur A short morning at a small wetland an hour from Delhi — Red Avadavats and Scaly-breasted Munias on bare reedstalks against a pale winter sky. Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0530 https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/misc-visits.html https://wildlifeindia.net/blog/misc-visits.html Field Notes A loose collection — barbets, a barn owl in an old stable, a hoopoe on a Delhi lawn, an Indian Vulture against thunderclouds. Wed, 31 May 2023 06:00:00 +0530