Thursday, January 14, 2010

Happy Uttarayan from Gujarat


Happy Uttarayan to All

from Dhirendra from Gujarat.

May this 2010 1st feastival

bring Happiness to your life.

I wish you and your family a very

Happy Makar Sankranthi.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Bandhavgarh National Park

If you are looking for a place where you and your family can relax, Bandhavgarh is an ideal place. Bandhavgarh is known for the Royal Bengal Tigers, cheetals, leopard, gaur, sambhar, and many more faunal species. Bandhavgarh is densely populated with white tigers, the highest in India. Enthusiastic naturalists unravel the mysteries of nature, while driving past the park. This is the home to 22 species of wildlife, including the regal 'gaur', umpteen varieties of deer, and carnivores such as the striped hyena, jungle cat and sloth bear and over 250 species of birds. The place is an excellent spot to watch both the predator and the prey. The reptilian species include cobras, kraits, vipers and pythons.The park is largely covered with moist deciduous forest. The terrain is broken, with rocky hill ranges, running roughly east west, interspersed with grassy swamps and forested valleys.

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary


Those who love elephants most, Periyar is the ideal place to see your favorite animal. You can see it’s swinging its trunks, in its natural habitat. Periyar is one of the world's famous wildlife reserves where one can lay their eyes on the other creatures as well. You can see more animals such as leopard, wild dog, barking deer, mouse deer, Nilgiri langur (a primate), bonnet macaque, sambhar, porcupines, squirrels, gaur (Indian bison), wild boar and sloth bear.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Kanha National Park

Kanha National Park is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Asia The place is well known for tiger reserves worldwide. It is located among the Banjar and Halon valleys in the Mandla / Balaghat districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is believed that this park formed the basis and gave the inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous Jungle Book. The park is the abode to the uncrowned king of the Kanha jungle:

The Royal Bengal Tiger.Some of the views in the park are the gaur, the world's largest cattle; the sambar, the largest Indian deer; and the chausingha, the only four-horned antelope in the world. You will also see there the Nilgai antelope, the sloth bear, the dhole, or Indian wild dog, and an occasional panther. Other wildlife attractions in the park are chital (spotted deer), chousingha, nilgai, the majestic gaur (Indian bison) and wild pig, is 'tiger country'. It is ideal for viewing both the predator and the prey.

The park comprises of varied bird species in abundance. There are other species of birds live in the park. You can watched there the egrets, flycatchers, jungle fowl, herons, kingfishers, partridges, teals, warblers, woodpeckers and quail. The Park makes an excellent spot for wildlife viewing and photography.


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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Corbett National Park

Corbett National park is a world renowned and is known as the 'Land of the trumpet, roar and song'. The kaleidoscope of flora and fauna here makes this an ideal destination for an enthusiastic naturalist. Nestling in the foothills of the Himalayas. The park is named after the famed hunter-author-photographer-naturalist, Jim Corbett.

You can see tigers which are one of the prime attractions for the tourists. If you are fond of viewing magnificent blend of green flora this is the right place you can go. It includes a diverse variety of trees, shrubs, bamboos and grasses. You can find a wildlife thee that comprises of 50 mammals, 580 kinds of birds and 25 reptile species. The kids will have fun watching the animals like elephants, Himalayan black bear in the higher elevations, sloth bear, varieties of lesser known cats, dhole -the wild dog. If you happen to be passing by the lake then one can spot crocodiles, gharials, tortoises and pythons.

The park, has over 600 species of birds, including the pied kingfisher, crested serpent eagle, fishing eagle and Himalayan grey headed fishing eagle.

Visual souce: kolkatabirds