Harsha ([info]kaadupapa) wrote,
@ 2005-12-21 11:27:00
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My first Tiger!



At last a tiger - the first one after moving from Bandipur to Kapila. The wait of four to five months seemed endless and moreover even managed a decent picture of it.

Two years back when I came to Kabini for the first time with Sarath, I had heard a lot about the jungle, the elephants congregation, amazing birdlife and of course it's reputation for being the best place for big cats in South India.
In my first safari then, we came to this very nalla, it was dry and covered with beautiful bamboos
on either side. As we stopped the jeep a bright colored bird flashed in front of me and went to the bamboo patch where evening light was falling, it was a Malabar Trogon! That too male, perched in open and in evening beautiful light! "Wow!" I thought then, "even if I do not see Tiger its ok, this bird is as great as tiger for me."
Now exactly two years later at the same nalla I got to my first photograph of the Tiger!


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[info]indumol
2005-12-21 07:59 am UTC (link)
I want, I want to see a tiger too. I want a tiger cub actually.

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[info]kaadupapa
2005-12-21 09:49 am UTC (link)
ok! i'll inform the Tigeress;)

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[info]shruthi_dipali
2005-12-21 09:16 am UTC (link)
wow.. you waited that long to see a tiger huh? And I used to crib about not being lucky enough to see one during our short trips to the forests..

anyways.. nice picture..

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[info]kaadupapa
2005-12-21 09:40 am UTC (link)
yup! that too going for safari evey day almost!

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Jungle lodges
(Anonymous)
2005-12-21 10:02 am UTC (link)
Had met you during my trip to pugmark last year january.
Remember we trekked whole day from gopalswamy betta to the park entrance(almost) and lost our way, and finally the JLR jeep picked us up ?

Had been to kabini (JLR) recently about a month back and it was only then did I know about Kapila (when i saw the hoardings on the forest road). Nice photographs of the Leopard.

Spotted a "small big cat" in one of the safari rides :D, and yes saw my first tiger at BRT with kalyan :D. Looking forward to meet you sometime in kapila. costly though ;-(

- Mahesh

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[info]noelladsa
2005-12-22 08:24 am UTC (link)
Lovely Harsha..cheers to the wild tigers..may their numbers grow :|

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[info]zhenzhi
2005-12-24 10:48 am UTC (link)
wooooooooooooooW!!! that is awesome!!!! :-)

greetings of the silly season!
wishing you the very best of everything, with love xoxo :-)

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-13 06:37 am UTC (link)
HAI IAM COMMING ON SUNDAY
PLEASE TELL THE TIGER TO WAIT FOR ME IN TIGER TANK
BYE
VISHWANATH

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(Anonymous)
2006-06-22 05:06 pm UTC (link)
i have no idea how to use this web sites comment postings, but i will give it a try. i am 22 yrs old and a huge big cat addict. i love evrything to do with large carnivores. e-mail me and send some more pictures or a link if you get a chance. you have 2 really amazing shots of cats. i want more...lol thanx a lot
sincerely nick randall
gainesville, florida
nicholas.t.randall@sfcc.edu

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