The Doe eyed beauty in shady bower -Nilgai in Bor wls

[Shyamala Kumar]

Canon 60D+100-400MM ISO640 FL300MM F7/.1 1/250S NOV 2013.The antelopes here were very shy and virtually impossible to catch out in the open

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice to see a Nilgai from Bor. Would like to know the ecology of this place. I heard from Gajanan Bhai but would also like to hear from you since you have just visited. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this.they are quite fearless in some places...

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Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Emotive eyes. Ears full of white hairs inside, dorso-ventrally flattened short tail, just a glimpse of white ring on leg; all make this largest Asiatic Antelope so different from a sambar hind. Nice image from Bor. Did you see any Sloth Bear? Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Shyamala Kumar]

Murugan , this little gem of a place is about 70km south west of Nagpur.Though only 127sq km (the safari trail covers only 20km) it has a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.The landscapes vary from hilly terrains of tall trees to flat plateaus of long grass ,rippling streams of clear water flowing through large pebbled beds.On the whole a very enchanting destination.They claim to have 12 tigers regularly sighted during the summers, only 2 lepards(maybe because of the high density of tigers) sloth bear ,boar ,wild dogs ,sambhar, chital, nilgai and a rich variety of birds
Saktipadaji , the guide told us of instances of nine sloth bears together, sighted drinking from waterholes, on the plains ,during the height of summer(those provided by forest dept).They descend from the hills( where they are generally located)during the summer, for the water.We did not sight any.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. I have seen these nilgai to be shy in places where they are poached (both Greater and lesser rann of kutch). In other places where they raid crops and are not killed, they are pretty much fearless as Roopak has said.

Normally Hindus don't kill it for meat. Dunbar Brander in his book "Wild Animals in Central India" has said that the meat of Nilgai is not good. However, this hasn't deterred people from illegally killing it for meat in some places.