Bandhavgarh Diary Mar-15

Tigers are aggressively territorial solitary animals. Every forest has one dominant male, who controls and guards the prime area, which has the highest density of prey species.
Tigers mark their territory is a number of ways. The primary method of doing this is by spraying urine and a fowl smelling fluid from their anal glands on trees, bushes and rocks in their area. They specially spray areas that remain protected from elements of the weather, which reduce the duration of their effectiveness. They also leave scratch marks on trees and on the ground.
Canon EOS 7D , Canon 75-300mm f/4 -5.6 non IS , 1/2000 , ISO-800 , f/4 , 85mm focal length.

Nice image. You captured the right moment. Difficult lighting conditions. The vertical composition works well here. While male is this? Thanks for sharing.

Nice moment beautifully framed

Nice behavior record.
TFS
Roopak

Nice sighting, harsh lighting. It would have been great if you were parallel to the tiger. Thanks for sharing.