Kabini Safari - Kakanakote

Safaris always thrills me! It’s not seeing the big cat, the forest itself have many things for us to offer. Maybe the mood of forest, the shades of trees, the mist,the weather, the rain, the sunny patches, birds activities, animal behaviour, alarm calls, elephants, deer, sambar deers, wild boars. If you are lucky can spot bears,tiger and leopard. 

I never came disappointed from any of the safaris, I have seen people complaining after the safaris saying ‘nothing to see’, ‘ only few elephants’, ‘ no tiger or leapord’,‘it’s waste’ …. . Apart from these expected big events seeing cats there are many things to feel and see in forest. Below are few such events captured from Kakanakote safari - Antarasanthe Kabini.

                   Crested serpent eagle

Story - Elephants Chasing Dholes

 This was very interesting - Dholes(wild dogs) are very playful which loves to imitate attack on elephants and in turn get chased. Ignoring the size of elephants these dholes tries to attack or chase elephants; elephants on other side - couldn’t withstand the dholes irritation, they keep chasing every time dholes try to near them. Below are few moments that I got chance to observe and capture.

Kabini Backwaters sightings

Kabini backwater is most favourite place which never disappoints me, the view of the backwaters, the animal activities, bird’s activity and forest view will have surprises every time we visit. When I visited in summer 2023, there was lot surprise as water level was very low compared to our earlier visits. We saw huge herd of elephants, gaurs, dholes(wild dogs), deers, wild boars and sambar deers.

    

                                      Wild dogs

                                 Sambar deers

                                     Deers

                                   Wild boars

                                      Gaurs

Bannerghatta Birding

Bannerghatta visit was a surprise as I got a chance to make Elephant mud bath Images.

                                                                        Mud Bath

                                  

                                                                       Mud Bath

                                                                        Chained

                                                                            The Family

Infant

                                                                   Green Bee Eater

Indian Robin

  

                                                                           Ashy Prinia

                                                                    Red Whiskered Bulbul

 White throated Kingfisher

Bush Chat Female