Ranthambore National Park

Big Temple in twilight

Owl Encounters

One day we had a surprise visitor to our house. This guy, a Scops Owl, say bird watchers, landed up on our door step and spent the day perched on that gate. He kept an eye on me as I took the pictures and then seemed to doze off.

This one is a Great Horned Owl, photographed at Nanmangalam, the scrub jungle in the southern part of Chennai.

A shikra

At Pallikaranai Marsh, Chennai

A purple heron at the Pallikaranai Marsh


Pheasant Tailed Jacanas

Jacanas and egrets share space at Pallikaranai

A Darter Hunts

Pictures taken earlier this year at Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.

Roller on Nandi

A blue jay/Indian Roller sits on a Nandi. Picture taken at the Big Temple - Brihadiswara Temple -- in Thanjavur.