Long-tailed Tree Mouse
I returned home from work as usual, rested awhile, had a cup of tea and walked up to my room on the first floor. Having put my bag away, I switched on the light and walked into the bathroom to…
Red Velvet Mite
I was walking down the forest track. A little distance from where I was, was a little red creature lumbering down towards me. When I was just a few feet from it I knew what it was. And, this one…
The Flaunting Jumper
It was early winter. The guests staying at the River Tern Lodge had just left for a drive into the jungle. They were very keen on trying their luck with the larger denizens of the jungle. I stayed behind at…
Sun Spider
It was way back during the late eighties, perhaps 1988 that I saw this little creature called the Sun Spider scurrying just outside the forest guest house in Tamil Nadu. I followed it with the help of a torch before…
The mynas and the babbler
The location : Kabini River Lodge (a unit of Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd.) Being the month of March, the forests were dry, the trees almost leafless. And, I had decided to go on a safari to see if I…