There are countless forest streams and rivulets that criss-cross the Bhabhar landscape, bordering the Shivalik mountain ranges. Together, the Shivaliks and Bhabhar form the very foothills of the mighty Himalayas. These water channels drain excess water out of the mountains during the rainy season and for the remaining part of the year, some remain perennial, […]
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A tiger takes cover when cover is available
By nature, tigers are shy creatures. The preferred habitat of tigers is forests with undergrowth and grasslands with tall grasses. In its natural habitat, coloration and stripe pattern of tigers helps them camouflage. When a tiger finds itself exposed to the human presence, it avails the nearest possible cover. Especially during the summer months, tigers […]
King Cobra in a forest stream
King Cobra is the largest venomous snake in the world, growing to a length of 19 feet in the wild. It is also the only snake in the world that is known to make its own nest. The female lays eggs in a heap of decomposing leaf-litter. When the eggs are about to hatch, the […]
Black-rumped Flameback drinking from a bamboo post
Woodpeckers are highly evolved predominantly insectivorous birds with several special physiological features adapted to suit their lifestyle. Their diet includes insects, especially wood-boring insects, grubs, spiders, ants, tree sap, nuts, seeds, berries, fruit, fruit sap, and flower nectar. Woodpeckers are known to hammer at the tree trunks to reach the insects hiding under the bark […]
Mud puddling Butterflies
Mud puddling is an interesting behavior seen in butterflies whereas a congregation is witnessed on a damp muddy ground, on animal excreta, decomposing vegetation or flesh. The butterflies are known to obtain nutrients from these materials, using their tube like sucking organ called proboscis. As per a study conducted in Borneo in 1998, data was […]
Our mini dinosaurs – the Bengal Monitor at Jim’s Jungle Retreat
Pre-historic in its appearance, the monitor lizards remind one of a miniature dinosaur of the bygone eons. By lizard standards, the monitor lizards are large creatures. There are approximately 80 species of monitor lizards found in Africa, Asia and the Oceania. While the largest of the monitor lizards is the three meter long Komodo Dragon, […]
A Checkered Keelback hunting a frog at Jim’s Jungle Retreat
Checkered Keelback is a medium-sized non-venomous snake found in South Asia, Southern China and South-east Asia. It is aquatic in behaviour and can commonly be seen in the forested streams, rivers, ponds and similar waterbodies in Corbett Tiger Reserve. There is a good presence of Checkered Keelback in the waterholes of Jim’s Jungle Retreat. Its […]
World Migratory Bird (spring) Day
There are hundreds of species of birds that cross the Himalayas during autumn/winter period and spread across the length and breadth of the country. During early spring, birds start moving northwards towards their breeding grounds on the high Himalayas or in the regions across. This phenomenon is known as Spring Bird Migration. Corbett Tiger Reserve […]
In summer, water is the key to an elephant’s survival!
During winter months, Elephants may venture to slightly higher slopes in search of juicy bamboo and other favourite food items that grow in such places. However, when it starts getting warm and the water sources on the slopes dry up, they congregate in the low-lying river valleys, forest streams and near water sources where they […]
The ghost of the Jungle
If the tiger is the spirit of the jungle, the leopard is the ghost of the jungle. Nobody knows when it emerges and where it disappears, for the leopard in the jungles dominated by the tigers, lives in the shadow of the bigger cat. Being the smaller of the two cats, the leopard has to […]
A naturalist describes a surprise sighting of a Tiger
It was a leisurely morning safari with no agenda of finding anything in particular. We were happy looking for birds and talking about the funnel-web spiders and the tinder fungus, locally known as elephant-foot fungus, observing a Jackal tearing the last bits of flesh from a dead monkey and an Ashy Drongo indulging in aerobatics […]
State of panic
The Spotted Deer are blessed with amazing senses of smell, hearing and sight. When a predator is on the move, the deer can smell it from a great distance when the wind direction is correct. The ears of the spotted deer are large and can be moved in all directions to capture the slightest sound […]
A butterfly that smells with its legs
Blue Pansy is medium-small butterfly with a wingspan of 45-60 mm. It is distributed from Africa to south and south-east Asia and into Australia with over 25 different races found across its range. Though a common butterfly of north India, it is not a common species found in Corbett Tiger Reserve and surrounding areas, where […]
Tiger Streams
Tigers are highly territorial and aggressive when it comes to protecting their territories. In summer months, the competition for territorial claims on the waterbodies including forest streams and waterholes reaches a mad frenzy. Tigers depend heavily on water sources for their survival during summer and fiercely fight for these prized real estate wilderness spots. A […]
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