Nature Archives - Whistling Trails

Hampi – Temples, Monuments, Ruins & Wildlife

Rudy Birding Hotspots, Featured, Nature, Wildlife February 29, 2016November 28, 2017achuta rayas temple, bear, daroji sloth bear sanctuary, hampi, hemakuta hill, Indian eagle owl, matanga hill, painted sandgrouse, painted spurfowl, sloth bear, stepped tank, tungabhadra river, virupaksha temple, vittala temple, yellow-throated bulbul, yellow-throated bulbul at hampi 1 Comment

Winter season being the best times for exploring birds and wildlife, we some how managed to pull off the 1st weekend this February and plan a quick 3 day trip to Hampi. As we were planning for a trip filled with architectures, monuments and landscapes; we soon found out about the unique and buzzing wildlife activity around Hampi – The globally threatened Yellow-throated Bulbul, the colourful Painted Spurfowl and Painted Sandgrouse, the mighty Indian Eagle Owl, the Sloth Bears… Read more

tete-a-tete with an Indian Wolf

Rudy Birds, Nature, Wildlife December 22, 2015October 9, 2017booted eagle, Indian Wolf, pune grasslands, pune outskirts, quails, scrub lands, short toed snake eagle 7 Comments

It was yet another bird-watching session in Pune outskirts; and again in the arid grassland habitats. Its been around 6-8 months we have been visiting these habitats and we have been pleasantly surprised with the wide variety of wildlife these grasslands have to offer. This time was no different, rather it was our best outing in the grasslands till date as we got blessed by nature to observe the Apex predator of grasslands – Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Read more

The Flowersome Kaas Plateau

Rudy Nature, Travel September 27, 2015October 9, 2017ceropegia jainii, drosera burmanni, drosera indica, exacum lawii, kaas lake, kaas pathar, kaas plateau, pleocaulus ritchiei, smithia, topli karvy 0 Comment

We missed visiting Kaas last year, hence we were almost certain visiting it this year. We could not join the Wild India Eco Tours trip due to Ganesh Chaturthi but finally managed to visit Kaas on friday, 25th Sep 2015. We (Me, Sandip, Shraddha & Remya) had planned to start by 5 AM but a flat tyre right at start ensured we dirtied our hands right in the beginning of the trip and finally the journey began at 5:45 AM. Read more