Wildlife and Nature

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Feb 272024
 
The Golden Tusk Resort Jim Corbett National Park

NEVER A DULL MOMENT -The GOLDEN TUSK Resort Jim Corbett Ramnagar Uttarakhand     So the jungle called again and I responded, I recently visited the Golden Tusk Resort, near Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand for a FAM trip. The beauty of a forest like Corbett is that every time you visit you discover something new.  Not just inside the jungle but also in the hotels & resorts you stay. So I was looking forward to my stay at the Golden Tusk Resort, which is in the buffer zone of Corbett near the Dhela Gate in Village Dhela. We [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Dec 302022
 
My Visit to Aahana Resort - The Corbett Wilderness, Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand

Aahana – The Corbett Wilderness Where Luxury Meets Responsibility Sometime back I visited Aahana Resorts right next to the Jim Corbettt National Park and this post is about my stay with the resort.  Before I write about my stay at the Aahana as well as some of the activities you can do within the resort. A post about my safari to the Jim Corbett National Park will follow in next few days. One of the challenges of wild life resorts is to maintain a balance between responsible earth friendly travel and luxury for the well heeled.  I was glad to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 012021
 
November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Birds in Sunset

Free Download November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   The second last month of the 2nd year of pandemic is  here, and I am  praying every single moment that we should not get any third wave of Covid 19.  With those prayers on my lips and hope in my heart, I am shareing the November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar, that has this fabulous Sunset, with some large birds in foreground that was cliked by Shreeram MV. I don’t have much to write for this calendar or for month of November as we all are waiting for things to get normal. So please [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 012021
 
September  2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Portrait of a Penguin

Portrait of A Penguin by Shreeram MV – September 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   Wildlife photography is one of the toughest to master. Even if we ignore the cost of long lenses there are so many factors to consider e.g. you need to visit the habitat of the wild animals/birds. Some of the phenomena in wild happen only during a short window in the year e.g. the great Migration in Masai Mara, or migratory raptors in Tal Chapar, or nesting by Oliver Ridley Turtles in Orissa. So you may need to plan months or even years in advance to go [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 012021
 
July 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Bombax ceiba at Sunder Nursery Delhi

Bombax ceiba Blooming at Sunder Nursery – Free July 2021 Wallpaper Calendar    Monsoons are delayed this year in Delhi NCR, and have missed there promised historical average date of 29th June so we are entering in a dry July and bracing for another week or 10 days of hot weather. While this image was clicked in the short spring of Delhi sometime in February, I am sharing it for the July 2021 Wallpaper calendar, so it will be only next year spring that one will be able to actually enjoy the flowers of this handsome tree, that announces the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Apr 082021
 
Babul Tree in Sarson Ke Khet - Rural Gurgaon

 The Tree of Life: In Sarson Ke Khets of Gurgaon   Don’t get me wrong, I am aware that the tree of life is a mythical tree depicted in art that transcends religion from Jainism, Buddhism, Hindusism and even some of the Abrahamic religions like Islam show the Tree of Life in various art forms ranging from Jali work in mosques to miniature paintings.  But for me every tree is a ” Tree of Life “, and nothing symbolises this more than this Babul or Acacia tree that grows around Delhi / Gurgaon and various parts of Aravalis. Now you [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Mar 012021
 
Free Download March 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Malabar Gliding Frog

MALABAR GLIDING FROG -AGUMBE – MARCH 2021 WALLPAPER CALENDAR For the March 2021 Wallpaper Calendar let us visit one of the last surviving rainforests in India, the land of a million critters Agumbe in Karnataka. In all honesty Agumbe is a bit of an enigma even for the best of wildlife photographers, as most wildlife photographers chase the big cats in India, while others are avid birders and will spend countless days and weeks trying to catch glimpse of those rare species of birds both endemic as well as our guests that come from far flung places like cold [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 012020
 
Free Download November 2020 Wallpaper Calendar - Nilgai in Tal Chapar

While I welcome November,  I am also wondering is it not too soon for November 2020 to be here? I mean who brings  November so quickly while we are still trying to get a grip on July, August, September and October? But November is here and so is the November 2020 Wallpaper Calendar.   This month’s free wallpaper calendar features one of the most majestic male Blue Buck or Nilgai I have ever seen. This male who  totally towered above the grassland of Tal Chapar ( and me ), looked straight into the camera as I was trying to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 012019
 
Free Download September 2019 Wallpaper Calendar - Honey Bee on Ceiba speciosa flower

September 2019 Wallpaper Calendar-Honey Bee on Autumn Flowers of Delhi The Hum Of The Bee Is The Voice Of The Garden said a wise man once, a perfect quote for the September 2019 Wallpaper Calendar I say. For if there are no bees there will be no humans such is our dependence on bees for pollinating plants including many of our food sources.⠀ Anyways coming back to > The Silk Floss tree aka > Ceiba speciosa is one of the many South American trees that have made Delhi NCR home. It is one of the most colorful trees in Autumn [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 012019
 
Free Download July 2019 desi Traveler Wallpaper Calendar – Plain Tiger Butterfly

July 2019 Wallpaper Calendar – Plain Tiger Butterfly Gurgaon   Hello July: If you can do just one thing please bring some rains to the parched dusty plains of North India.  So dear reader welcome to the July 2019 Wallpaper Calendar from desi Traveler, this month we visit the wonderful Thousand Shades Butterfly Park Gurgaon, where I clicked this image of 2 Plain Tiger Butterflies.  As you can see even the plain Tiger Butterflies are a work of art by mother nature, and now imagine if you have hundreds of butterflies hopping from one flower to another in search of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]