When you hear the name “Jawai,” your mind likely jumps straight to the elusive Indian leopards resting on smooth granite boulders. However, the Jawai Leopard Safari in Rajasthan offers much more than just feline encounters. The region, particularly around the Jawai Bandh (Dam), is a hidden gem for bird watchers and wildlife photographers. With a
A Jawai Leopard Safari: A Guide to Birdwatching in Rajasthan Read Post »
Almost everyone who comes to Jawai comes for one animal. The leopard. I did too, the first time. But the picture I keep coming back to isn’t a cat on a rock. It’s a crocodile lying dead still in the morning sun, jaws gaping wide at the water’s edge. This post is about that other
Beyond Leopards: The Wetlands, Crocodiles, and Birdlife of Jawai Bandh Read Post »
Everyone comes to Jawai watching the hills. The leopards are up there, after all — folded into the granite like shadows that learned to breathe. But turn your back on the rocks for a moment, walk down to where the dam spreads thin and silver across the land, and a different Jawai opens up. It
Jawai is a stretch of the Aravalli hills in western Rajasthan, where a dam, a few villages and leopards We had two days here, four safaris, and a hill full of leopards that act like they own the rocks, because they do. This is the story of our Jawai leopard safari: what we saw, where
I have been asked this question more times than I can count, standing at the edge of the Kadbanwadi grasslands near Bhigwan with fellow birders squinting at a distant silhouette — is that a Short-toed Snake Eagle or a Bonelli’s Eagle? Both are big. Both are brown on top and pale underneath. Both love open
The morning light was still thin over the Ujani backwaters when I spotted it — perched high on a canopy tree above the grassland edge, dark mantle against a grey winter sky, completely indifferent to the world below. It took me a second look and a hard review of the field marks to say it
Bonelli’s Eagle at Bhigwan: Identification and Where to See It Read Post »
A bull Indian Gaur weighs over a tonne and even tigers treat it with caution. Field notes, behaviour, and original photographs from a morning safari at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
Indian Gaur at Bandhavgarh: Field Notes on India’s Largest Wild Animal Read Post »
Field Journal · Central India You Came to See a Tiger.You Stayed to See the Jungle. You booked the safari hoping to see the most famous cat on earth. But what if the most extraordinary thing you encounter has nothing to do with it? A field dispatch from Bandhavgarh, Tadoba & Panna. by Prashant S.
Tiger Safari India Guide: Beyond Tigers in Bandhavgarh, Tadoba & Panna Read Post »
Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh lost every one of its tigers by 2009. Tigers were brought back from other reserves, and today Panna is one of the great conservation comebacks in India, with open dry forest, the Ken River gorge and far fewer jeeps than the famous parks. On our April visit we saw
Panna Tiger Reserve Safari Guide: Gates, Booking, Best Time, Ken River and How to Reach Read Post »
Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary · Species Field Notes The Ospreyof Ujani India’s winter raptor that flies thousands of kilometres — and arrives at Bhigwan to do one thing with absolute, mechanical perfection. Pandion haliaetus Ujani Backwaters, Maharashtra October – March The hunter holds its post. Ujani backwaters, Bhigwan. Nikon Z50. There is a bird at Bhigwan
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