Banjaar Tola, Kanna National Park

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One of the largest and most scenic wildlife sanctuaries in India, Kanha National Park is an ideal habitat for both tigers and their prey species. The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha shelter a significant population of rare species such as tiger, leopard, sloth bear, barasingha and wild dog.

Kanha's mixed forests are interspersed with vast meadows known as maidans. These meadows support a high density of herbivores, including chital, barasingha, sambar and gaur, attracting predators such as the tiger, dhole or leopard to the fringes of the clearings. Perennial streams run through a number of such meadows, providing a source of water for the wildlife even in the hot summers. Kanha meadow, with its hundreds of chital grazing on a carpet of green grass against the backdrop of the majestic Sal forest, has been aptly referred to as 'the Ngorongoro of India".

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RARE BIRD OF PREY SIGHTED

We sighted the lesser seen Jerdon's Baza in the reserve recently, perched upon a dead tree. Thanks to my guest Alfons who is an avid birder for spotting it.

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Durgesh Singh, Date: 24 April 2011

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DRAMA IN THE GRASSLAND

It's not every day one sees the tiger walking out in the open grasslands. This is what happened during an evening game drive, which we were to find out, had something else in store for us. When we reached the grasslands, this tigress was near a waterhole. She started stalking some Barasingha (Swamp Deer) nearby. Seeing the tiger, the...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Durgesh Singh, Date: 24 January 2011

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FEEDING TIGER

Feeding on a chital, we spotterd this tiger and had an opportunity to watch it feed for a short time. While the branches may have hindered the view to some extent, it gave me the opportunity to focus on the eyes and forehead of this beautiful animal.

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Eric Gurwin, Date: 6 January 2011

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SAMBAR AT THE SPA

Winter is breeding season for a number of species of deer, including the Sambar. Samabr males are majestic fellows with large antlers. In order to attract the doe, a sambar male will usually urinate and wallow in it to give off a scent. We came upon one such male at a muddy ditch. He wallowed, oblivious to us, much to the delight of some little guests...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Ratna Singh, Date: 5 January 2011

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CHANGEABLE HAWK EAGLE IS HAWKISH

As we turned around a bend in a thick part of the park, we saw a peacock honking and running for dear life, as a hawk eagle flew very low over it. The peacock then hid in a thick bush, and the eagle perched on a branch right above the bush. Several times he swooped down and peaked into the bush. We were completely involved in watching the events...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Ratna Singh, Date: 25 December 2010

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IDENTIFYING TIGERS!

Whilst driving around the jungles, the naturalists have an opportunity to witness unusual animal behaviour, help track tiger movements, documenting all. Just like in the other lodges, even at Kanha National Park , the naturalists are a reliable source of information for the the Forest Department, identifying tigers and their movements /...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Ratna Singh, Date: 22 December 2010

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BASKING TREE SHREW

One of the lesser seen or overlooked mammal because of its similarities to the Palm Squirrel, Tree shrews are native to Southeast Asian tropical forests. Tree shrews also have a higher brain to body mass ratio because of their small size. This Southern Indian Tree Shrew was found basking on a termite mound in the cold winter morning of Kanha. Though...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Durgesh Singh, Date: 17 December 2010

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Bull Gaurs tree a Tiger!

I had seen many times leopard been treed by wild dogs and once or twice by tiger, but did not except to see Tiger on a tree! Recently on driving towards a water hole we saw a big Indian Gaur bull on the top of the water hole and staring on the other side of the road where 2 more bulls were under a big fig tree snorting. As we came closer we started to...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by Harsha J, Date: 22 May 2010

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Mating Tigers

Kanha meadow is one of the larger meadows in our National park. It has always been a good place to lookout for tiger. A big male tiger has been dominating this large area for atleast the last three years. On that morning also I went with great anticipation but I wasn’t prepared for such a great sighting. As you see the picture we saw that dominant male...

Posted: Banjaar Tola by David Raju, Date: 19 May 2010

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Tiger Kill

This happens once in life time, four tigers trying to kill a wild boar and still they couldn’t for 15 minutes. Tiger viewing from elephant back is one of the way to watch tigers in close range. That day we were the last one to go on a elephant to see the tiger. Before we getting on to the elephant we heard a screaming sound, suddenly mahouts (who rides...