My Camera Log

This is continued post from JLR Kabini Back Waters in earlier post I tired to post the details of wild animals which we spotted during our safari. In this post I will be adding the details of the birds which we spotted.   Along with different wild animals this forest gives nest for variety of birds.   We spotted following birds during our safari:   I ndian Roller ನೀಲಕಂಠ - Its also state bird of our Karnataka ☺️ Indian Roller is also called Blue Jay. It is 13 inch long and is striking blue in colour. Indian Roller weighs around 80 -100 g. It's eyes and bill are black. It has a large head and short neck. Its crown, lower wings and tail are blue green in colour. The throat and upper breast are purple in colour.   The Madagascar hoopoe   is a species of hoopoe in the family Upupidae. It was previously considered a subspecies of the hoopoe, but was split due to its vocalisations and small differences in plumage. Some taxonomists still consider all three species co...

A safari in Kabini was in my wish-list for a very long time, I heard chances of spotting big cats are more if we take safari from JLR Kabini. Wanted to try my luck once. So was waiting for the opportunity to plan for one trip to Kabini JLR. On occasion of Tanay’s Birthday we planned to visit this place and celebrate his birthday in Jungle 😎 Best time to visit this place is from March to May (to spot wild animals), booked our stay from JLR website well in advance. We opted for tent stay (they have different set of options). We thought since its mid of the week, crowd will be less. But we proved wrong! After reaching our destination only we came to know that it was full.   Distance from Bengaluru to JLR Kabini is around 215 KMs, we started early morning from Bengaluru. We stopped near Srirangapattana at “Jai Bhuvaneshwari Military Hotel” for breakfast. Because of current road condition it took more than predicted time to reach our destination. Took close to 6 hours to reach Kabini. ...