One big––really big––caution applies to birding in Kanha Tiger Reserve: Tigers abound, and they find people quite as tasty as a Sambar deer. Therefore, birding is primarily pursued from the confines of a jeep. And therefore, big birds are the easiest to spot and to … Continue readingBirds of Kanha, India: Raptors
Our last wildlife sanctuary in India (on this Naturalist Journeys trip!) is Kanha Tiger Reserve. Located in the heart of north-central India, Kanha Tiger Reserve is comprised of lands having several designations: Kanha-Kisli National Park covers about 360 square miles and has a surrounding buffer … Continue readingTiger Time!
Sundarbans National Park protects the world’s most extensive mangrove forest––3900 square miles of mangroves!––located in the delta of the combined Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers. About a third of the mangroves are in neighboring Bangladesh. Both governments are committed on paper to preserving this important coastal … Continue readingSundarbans: World-Class Mangroves!
One morning en route to Kaziranga, when the fog was thick, we stopped at a local restaurant for hot tea to accompany our packed breakfasts. Towering over the restaurant was a giant fig tree, laden with fruit and birds. Great Hornbills reached delicately with their … Continue readingA Feast of Figs, India-Style
Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeastern India, is among India’s finest national parks. The great Brahmaputra River flows through it, bringing annual cycles of flood to replenish the swamps and grasslands along its shore. The park holds a vast expanse of … Continue readingKaziranga’s Grand Rhinos
Come with me to the Himalayan fastness of Singalila National Park, high along the border of India and Nepal, and home to the superlative Red Panda. Red Panda, Singalila National Park (All photos by Narca) Recently I joined an India tour run by Naturalist Journeys … Continue readingRed Pandas!
What fine examples we found of ecotourism bringing needed revenues to small, impoverished villages! The organizer and catalyst for ecotourism in Cambodia is the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation, working in conjunction with its international partner, Wildlife Conservation Society. WCS founded SVC in 2006 … Continue readingConservation in Cambodia
Calling all adventurers! I invite you to join me on a Naturalist Journeys tour this fall to Scotland. We’ll focus on the Scottish Highlands and (for the trip extension) on the remote and wild Outer Hebrides. Fall is a very fine time to visit here––the … Continue readingScottish Highlands––This Autumn!
Ron Allicock, a very skilled Macushi guide from the deep Guyanan rainforest, emailed me that a Harpy Eagle nest near his village now holds one young chick. (Isn’t it amazing how email now connects someone in a remote Amazonian thatched cottage to another person in … Continue readingGuyana’s Harpy Eagle Nest!