Langur monkeys. Langur monkeys are a common sight in Nagarahole National Park, India. As well as providing alarm calls for the big cats, they deliver endless entertainment with their antics.
Langur monkeys – India 2023
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2023
Asian Elephants enjoy a dust bath – India 2023
Asian Elephants enjoy a dust bath. The heat was oppressive in the early afternoon in Nagarahole National Park in India. This small herd of Asian Elephants were taking advantage of the cool water of a large waterhole. They emerged from the water and we realised that...
Indian wild dogs (Dhole) on the move – India 2023
Indian wild dogs (Dhole) on the move. We came across this pack of Indian wild dogs (Dhole) in India’s Nagarahole National Park. They had just finished drinking at a near by waterhole before setting of with real purpose to hunt. These dogs are a striking colour with a...
Tiger in a waterhole – Indi 2023
Tiger in a waterhole. In Nagarahole National Park, India the morning was beginning to get rather warm. As we approached a waterhole, we were delighted to find a tiger wallowing in the cool water. The ripples caused by it moving around made for attractive footage. The...
Indian Leopards in a tree – India 2023
Indian Leopards in a tree. It is always great to see leopards moving around high up in a tree. The ease with which they jump from branch to branch is breathtaking. We saw this mating pair of leopards in Nagarahole National park, India. Spotted deer alarm calls had led...
Asian Elephants near the Kabini River – India 2023
Asian Elephants near the Kabini River. Looking out from the edge of the jungle in Nagarahole National Park, India towards the Kabini River we saw this delightful group of Asian Elephants. The light was lovely as we watched the family group with young calves wander...
A beautiful female Tiger – India 2023
A beautiful female Tiger. It was a cool morning in Nagarahole National Park, India when we came upon the spectacular female Tiger. Her cubs were close by but not visible. It was a magical sighting as the birds sang and the call of the peacock could be heard in the...
A pride of lions on the move – Maasai Mara 2023
A pride of lions on the move. The sun had just risen in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve as we encountered this pride of lions on the move to their regular shady spot in the croton bushes for the day. The light was lovely with bands of mist and and layers of...
A fabulous male Leopard goes walkabout – Maasai Mara 2023
A fabulous male Leopard goes walkabout. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, we had been watching this huge cat for sometime as it relaxed under bush. As the wind began to pick up, the male Leopard got up and set off walking. We tracked him for sometime. He gave a...
A magnificent male Leopard – Maasai Mara 2023
A magnificent male Leopard. Finding a relaxed male Leopard is a rare thing. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve we found a magnificent male leopard relaxing near the river. Such a powerful big cat! A fabulous encounter!
Leopard climbs a tree to reach its prey – Maasai Mara 2023
Leopard climbs a tree to reach its prey. Monkeys alarm calling suggested we were near a Leopard in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. We found this lovely female cat hiding in the long grass. We could see its prey in a nearby tree. So we positioned ourselves in...
Elephants cross the dried lake bed – Amboseli, Kenya 2023
Elephants cross the dried lake bed. The dried bed of Lake Amboseli provides a wonderful setting to view elephants. The bands of colour are striking. We had watched this herd of elephants approaching from the distance. We could see adults and very young calves as they...
Cheetah suckling her very young cubs – Amboseli, Kenya 2023
Cheetah suckling her very young cubs. As the sun was setting over the Kitirua Conservancy in Kenya’s Amboseli region, we came across this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs. They were hiding in bushes and difficult to see. We stayed with them hoping they wold...
Elephants on the dusty bed of Lake Amboseli – Kenya 2023
Elephants on the dusty bed of Lake Amboseli. It was hot and windy as we made our way across the dried up bed of Lake Amboseli, Kenya. In the shimmer ahead we spotted a herd of elephants heading towards us. We waited for them to get closer and then spent quite sometime...
Very young Cheetah cubs playing with mum – Amboseli, Kenya 2023
Very young Cheetah cubs playing with mum. As the sun was setting over the Kitirua Conservancy in Kenya’s Amboseli region, we came across this cheetah with her four, four month old cubs. They were hiding in bushes and difficult to see. We stayed with them hoping they...
Howling African Golden Wolf – Amboseli, Kenya 2023
Howling African Golden Wolf. Prior to 2015, the African Golden Wolf was known as the Golden jackal. But detailed genetic analysis showed that the Golden Jackal was more closely related to grey wolves than they are to Eurasian Golden Jackals. Hence the African Golden...
A very rare sighting: a melanistic (black) Serval cat hunting – Amboseli, Kenya 2023
A very rare sighting: a melanistic (black) Serval cat hunting. We had three sightings of very rare melanistic (or black) Serval cats in Amboseli/Kitirua, Kenya. Two of them were very fleeting. On this occasion, this remarkable cat was visible for quite sometime as it...
Frosty Bison by the Firehole River – Yellowstone, USA 2023
Frosty Bison by the Firehole River. It was a very cold morning as we drove along the road at the the side of the Firehole River, in Yellowstone National Park. The steam from the geysers and fumaroles lay heavy in the air. We came across these frost-encrusted Bison...
Bobcat on a Mule Deer kill – Yellowstone, USA 2023
Bobcat on a Mule Deer kill. A Bobcat had a Mule Deer kill in Firehole Canyon, Yellowstone National Park. Over three days we were to spend more than eight hours watching this cat. When we first arrived we spotted the Bobcat on the far bank of the Firehole River. It was...
American Marten in the snow – Yellowstone, USA 2023
American Marten in the snow. Canyon Village, Yellowstone National Park, was the home to this female American Marten. This snow pile was in fact on the lid of a dumpster (skip) which the Pine Marten was using as its den. It would frequently appear as out of nowhere and...