Chinkara and Dry Grass

[Shyamala Kumar]

Nikon 850+200-500 ,ISO 250 ,1/450s f/7.1 .March 2021 ,Tipeshwar ,late morning.

[Subhash Shrivastava]

It's a Chinkara, Shyamala ma'am. Great find in Tipeswar. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing.
Do let me know where did you stay. I have stopped going there due to accommodation issues etc.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely alert pose captured. It blends in so nicely against the dry grass in the background. Seems it has only one short horn. Thanks for sharing.

[Shyamala Kumar]

It's a Chinkara, Shyamala ma'am. Great find in Tipeswar. Congratulations. Thanks for sharing.
Do let me know where did you stay. I have stopped going there due to accommodation issues etc.

Great to know it is Chinkara .It would be a first for me . We stay at Anant Heritage a couple of times .This is on the main highway to Nagpur about 6 km from the sanctuary.Once we stayed at Foxtail resort next to the sanctuary . This has tents which get very hot during day .

[Shyamala Kumar]

Request Mrudul to please change the thread name to "Chinkara and dry grass ". Thank you.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of the female Chinkara. Elegance is essence of its pose. One horn is shorter, it may occur. Thank for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lovely image of a Chinkara. Changed the title. I am not sure why one horn appears like a stub. It can grow later. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Apropos of my post on 12/7/21, I may add Chinkara is the only antelope in India whose female also possesses thin horns.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Madum Mrudul,
I think, Antelope's horn being permanent in nature, it will not grow further once broken or if one is short and studlike.
Regards, SaktiWild

[Shyamala Kumar]

Sakipadaji ,thank you for the valuable informative inputs .

[Vineet Shrivastava]

Beautiful image and an alert pose captured. I try to look for the black, horse like tails of chinkaras as opposed to the brown tails of Black bucks. Thanks for sharing.