Tiger Tiger everywhere, Tadoba day -1

 

 

We are in the Jungle of Tadoba, located 87 km from Nagpur we are on our 1^st safari, safari Timings are 1530 hrs. in the evening

 

We had checked in our homestay earlier and were out in 42 degrees C in the heat, n we did not have to wait long before we had the 1^st sighting of a tiger,   the Tiger was lying on its side and there was general excitement,  in the air

Sighting a Tiger is always exciting I feel, its a special moment,  we were happy to see the tiger from a distant and seemingly sleepy.

These sightings which I refer to as Technical sightings as they have no value to a Wildlife Photographer as me, but yes we had seen a tiger, the Tiger was doing that it does best, Just lie and sleep on a hot sunny day, as do we.

 

Then suddenly on the other side of the tree another Tiger appeared magically

 

This tiger is named Bhanja and is the nephew of tiger one. Who is aptly names “ Mama", they both share the territory as they are related we were informed by the guide.

 

 

 

Wow it sure gave us a good look at itself as it sat in the shade and yawned occasionally, we had seen 2 tigers within the 1^st hour,

We were happy t

As we drove on we were rewarded with a sighting of a fishing owl.

 

 

 

 

We were plain lucky and feeling happy, the extreme heat was bearable as we were so excited with the amazing sightings we had, we drove on and as dusk was coming we chanced on 2 more tigers, Sonam and her son were on a water body cooling them self,

 

 

It was begging to get dark and we would have to exit the park soon, and then Sonam the tigress stood up and came towards us, it looked directly into the camera and then was marking tis territory as it looked into the camera and then walked away,

 

 

 

What an amazing day this was, so many  sighting, we had had on the 1^st safari and to think we had Nine more safaris to go.