Monthly Archives: October 2014
Click on the pics to load them in higher resolution This is a small but very dainty and elegant butterfly found in the Western Ghats. Each hindwing of this butterfly has a long tail and black spots. The spots possibly … Continue reading
Ever since I watched one of Rom Whitaker’s documentaries on the King cobra I’ve wanted to go to Agumbe. Apparently Rom himself had caught his first King Cobra in Agumbe in 1971 and he maintains that Agumbe remains for him … Continue reading
Click on the pics to load them in high resolution Vernal hanging parrot The vernal hanging parrot (or the lorikeet) is a tough bird to see since it’s a small bird which sticks mostly to tree tops. Locating one for … Continue reading
Click on the pics themselves to see them in high resolution. In my last column we got introduced to the first of the ‘Big Four’ venomous snakes: the Russell’s Viper. This time let’s get to know its close but much … Continue reading
Click on the pics to load them in high resolution The fulvous forest skimmer (Neurothemis fulvia) is a medium-sized dragonfly with transparent wing tips. The first two pics below are of male specimens. The last two are of a female. … Continue reading
Click on the pics to load them in high resolution The following are a few photographs I took while shooting a pilot film with filmmaker and friend Mrinal Bahukhandi over three days in the Little Rann of Kutch Wild Ass … Continue reading
All these shots were taken at a small water body on the Arrosim beach. Since the water body was only ten odd meters from the crashing waves of the sea I imagine it had been created by the sea overflowing … Continue reading