Hymakar Valluru
24-06-2013, 12:16 PM
Its been quite some time i had posted... After my last postings to Ranthambore and TATR had been to Kabini twice...
Myself and Sucheth had visited Kabini on June 15th and 16th.
With Monsoons arriving early, the sight at Kabini has completely changed vs what i had seen in April. Its all green all around and has been raining continuously.
Kabini looks amazingly beautiful in monsoons but sightings will be lower and also will be for a very brief period. Other than when a lazy leopard decides to sleep on a tree branch closer to the safari path.
Surprisingly on 16th morning we had sighted these two jackals, I think we were returning from sunset point to the junction there and took a left turn as soon as we took the turn this beautiful pair of jackals were running in the middle of the road and came head on.
They were very shy after seeing the jeep they left the road for the jeep and got on to the grass. They stared at us for few seconds and then moved on their way to the sunset point.
Forgot to mention, in monsoons you will find spotted deer in hundreds everywhere in Kabini, There were few hundred spotted deers at the sunset point and the moment these Jackals took turn towards that point of backwaters.. the deers started running very fast to a safer distance. I dont think Jackals were interested in deers, they may take down a fawn when they single it out from a herd... i dont think they can bring down a fully grown Deer and that too when they are in such large herd. Still deers being deers they always have to run..
Jackals left the deers and had gone towards back waters.
Looked like they came only to make an appearance and get clicked by me and Sucheth. Whole Safari we ended up reaching the place wherever they had gone and we were the only jeep to have got to see them.
Though we did not have super sightings of the big cats but this pair of Jackals had more than made up for the loss.
Exif Details:
Canon EOS 60D
AV Mode
1/166 sec
f/6.4
ISO 640
420 mm ( 300mm/f4+1.4 TC)
Center Weighted Average Metering
Cropped around 30% of the image
Myself and Sucheth had visited Kabini on June 15th and 16th.
With Monsoons arriving early, the sight at Kabini has completely changed vs what i had seen in April. Its all green all around and has been raining continuously.
Kabini looks amazingly beautiful in monsoons but sightings will be lower and also will be for a very brief period. Other than when a lazy leopard decides to sleep on a tree branch closer to the safari path.
Surprisingly on 16th morning we had sighted these two jackals, I think we were returning from sunset point to the junction there and took a left turn as soon as we took the turn this beautiful pair of jackals were running in the middle of the road and came head on.
They were very shy after seeing the jeep they left the road for the jeep and got on to the grass. They stared at us for few seconds and then moved on their way to the sunset point.
Forgot to mention, in monsoons you will find spotted deer in hundreds everywhere in Kabini, There were few hundred spotted deers at the sunset point and the moment these Jackals took turn towards that point of backwaters.. the deers started running very fast to a safer distance. I dont think Jackals were interested in deers, they may take down a fawn when they single it out from a herd... i dont think they can bring down a fully grown Deer and that too when they are in such large herd. Still deers being deers they always have to run..
Jackals left the deers and had gone towards back waters.
Looked like they came only to make an appearance and get clicked by me and Sucheth. Whole Safari we ended up reaching the place wherever they had gone and we were the only jeep to have got to see them.
Though we did not have super sightings of the big cats but this pair of Jackals had more than made up for the loss.
Exif Details:
Canon EOS 60D
AV Mode
1/166 sec
f/6.4
ISO 640
420 mm ( 300mm/f4+1.4 TC)
Center Weighted Average Metering
Cropped around 30% of the image