BR Hills – BR like the br tag in html which indicates break in line, here also there was a break to our lives, totally in the middle of the forests, oblivious to the existence of humans and their development, staying in log huts in a property without fences. 32 kms (via the Kannakapura route) of supreme driving in forest trails takes you to the gates of JLR K. Gudi. Another salient point of BR hills being it is at the confluence of the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats and hence has both their flora,fauna and wildlife – double damakka to be precise. Anu & me had a superb timeout with my sister and CG thanks to their birthday gift @ JLR, couldn’t have asked for a wiser gift. Many first time sightings for me, I will not tell it out now, just glance through the photographs. A short selection of my favorite pictures are displayed here, while the entire set is available as a slideshow at the bottom of the post. I really loved the picture collection of this trip and hence didn’t want to distract you by writing too much :P
Birds
Brown Fish Owl
They have a decently small habitat range, we visited these guys over a period of 3 days and they were in an range of 100-200 meters from the same spot close to a small pond, fishes beware.
Brown Fish Owl - flight collage
Jungle Owlet
Yellow Footed Green Pigeon
Group of Yellow Footed Green Pigeons at a salt marsh
One of my Favorites - Hoopoe
Serpent Eagle
White Cheeked Barbet
Animals
Spotted Deer
Sambar Eating
Elusive and Shy Barking Deer
Wild Boar and its Piglets
Piglets Playing
Majestic Tiger - A Lifer
Tiger in its habitat
Plants, Trees
Cactus with lots of sprouts
Snake Vine Plant
Blue Skies and a Dried Tree
JigSaw pieces - Corcodile Bark Tree
Insects
Southern Bird Wing [flight] - one of the largest butterflies
Spider with its egg
Crab Spider
Wonders of the Insect Kingdom
Caterpillar with Weapons
Twin Tailed Spider
Debris Spider
Reptiles
Flying Lizard / Flying Draco
Garden Lizard
Baby Green Keelback - Loved seeing it
Landscape
Layers of Vegetation & Peaks
BR Hills
A lake bang in the middle of the forest
4 in 1 - 2 Terrapins, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Pond Heron
Portraiture
Sages
Kids - Living in villages close to the forests
Anu & Me
Monica & CG
Abstract
Forest Trail
Gaur / Bison remains after a meal by the Big Cat
Ripples
Leftovers after a bug's breakfast
What we are doing to the forests - edited
Thank You JLR
Photograph Set
Video
The mystical mist and rain close to the log huts at JLR in BR Hills.
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Monish Matthias
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