DAILY PHOTO: Young Tusker in the Marsh

Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park in Kenya

DAILY PHOTO: Langur in the Green: A Portrait

Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park in Kenya

DAILY PHOTO: Macaques of Bharachukki Falls

 

Taken in July of 2014 at Bharachukki Falls


POEM: Bird’s Life Haiku





hawk’s spiral swoop
snatches a sack skyward
morsels spilling



crow tugs rat carcass
like a combat comrade
cursing pal’s flab



Maribu meeting
looks formal: coat and tie
civil as Congress



DAILY PHOTO: Peacock

Taken on September 30, 2017 at the Kamla Nehru Zoo in Ahmedabad

Above are male (hence, peacock) Indian Peafowl (a.k.a. Blue Peafowl or Pavo cristatus.)

DAILY PHOTO: Common Indian Monitor & Amber Waves

Taken in June of 2015 near Manali

DAILY PHOTO: Scene from a Watering Hole

Taken in May of 2017 in Botswana

DAILY PHOTO: Llama on the Wall

Taken in July of 2010 at Machu Picchu

DAILY PHOTO: Hoolock Gibbon

Taken at Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary near Jorhat

DAILY PHOTO: Elephantine Threats: or, Warning Displays

Circling the wagons around the youngin’s





Ears out at dusk





Shaking head with ears out





Ears out and head aligned; Taken in April of 2017 in Botswana