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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

Bonelli’s & the Chinkara – A spectacular wildlife moment..!

Rudy Birds, Photo Blog, Wildlife November 9, 2015January 19, 2016Bird-watching in Pune, Black stork, Bonelli's eagle and chinkara, bonellis eagle, Chinkara, northern pintail, pallid harrier, ruddy shelduck, scrubland, whistlingtrails, www.whistlingtrails.com 14 Comments

Nature has its own way of things.. and we did come across one such unique wildlife moment during a recent bird-watching trip. It was a regular bird-watching outing on a weekend and with Amur falcons on their migration path to Africa, me and my friend Sandip were off to Pune-outskirts to try our luck. We did not see the Amur falcons; but what we saw was something to be cherished for life. Read more

Snakes, Frogs & Macro.. in Goa!

Rudy Wildlife August 29, 2015October 9, 2017amboli bush frog, birding in goa, bronze-backed tree snake, herping in goa, Hump-nosed pitviper, Indian Wolf snake, little spiderhunter, Malabar Gliding Frog, red burrowing frog, Saw-scaled viper, snakes in goa, wrinkled frog 4 Comments

Since the day I had planned for this trip, I was scared as well as super-excited; and finally the day was here. I had always been wary of snakes.. hence did take me sometime to convince myself that I have to do this trip. So how was the trip..? All I can say is that it is the closest I have been to nature till date.. As soon as I entered Goa, the fresh air, the green landscapes and cloudy weather greeted me; Read more