Trip to India's Tiger Parks with the McDonalds-2011 Photo Gallery by Tom Merigan at pbase.com

Trip to India's Tiger Parks with the McDonalds-2011

This trip was to see how many tigers we could find and photograph during 30 morning or late afternoon jeep or elephant rides in 3 leading national tiger parks in central India. India has over half the 3,000 remaining tigers in the world I found 8 and was able to get adequate pictures on 6 with very useful prolonged behavioural series on 3. A few others in the group reported on encountering up to 15. Of course we saw and photographed many other unique species including many birds.

6am jeeps out searching for tiger in the Mahongany tree jungle	Lining up for elephant ride to the tiger show	Going up the side of the jeep to the elephant back for the tiger show	Mahat instructs elephant with foot taps	Photographers on board
Photographers on board	Joe and Tom on elephant	Tom looks uncomfortable	Photographer happy on elephant	Example of the way the elephant seat can lean over
Stars of the show--- 1. 2 year old female morning wakeup	2. The old male resting in a tiger show	3. One of the 2 year old males in the PM	5.One 2 year old male	4, The other 2 year old male
First yiew of sleeping female	She wakes up	Ready for action 1.	Ready for action 2.	3. Closeup awake
Brother 1 shows up beside the jeep	We thought this was the end when he left	But when we turned the corner ,brother number 2 had stopped traffic	Quietly blocking traffic	After 1/4 hour he tired of us or the situation
After 5 minutes they are back	Time to rest	Who wants to meet this?	I was just yawning	Brother number 2 prepares to move
Number 1 prepares to rise after his rest	Heading for our jeep while other brother sits near the cars	Moving downhill	Now 10 feet away and not slowing	Both brothers are on the move from us now
Old male rest after eating	Rest continues	More rest	Something catches hie eye	Off for more adventure
2 yr male ready to leave	Pug marks -large forefeet and smaller hind feet	Scratch marks by males marking the tree	The last one was only seen leaving	Gaur (Indian Bison)
Gaur baby and mom	Gaur baby	Green Beeeater	Green Beeeater	Green Beeeater
Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Indian Roller
Indian Rollers--seeing double?	Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Indian Roller taking off
Indian Roller	Indian Roller	Common Kingfisher	Common Kingfisher	Indian Peafowl
Indian Peafowl	Indian Peafowl,male with 4 females	Indian Peafowl,male with 4 females	Indian Peafowl	Indian Peafowl,male after females turned away
Indian Peafowl	Indian Peafowl	Indian Peafowl	Black Stork	Black-necked Stork
Greater Adjutant Stork	Black Stork	Greater Adjutant Stork	Greater Adjutant Stork	Greater Adjutant Stork
Red-wattled Lapwing	Red-wattled Lapwing	Red-wattled Lapwing	Red-wattled Lapwing	Red-wattled Lapwing
Black Drongo	Black Drongo	Black Drongo	White-throated Kingfisher	White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher	White-throated Kingfisher	White-throated Kingfisher	White-throated Kingfisher	Greater Adjutant Stork
Black-necked Stork	Woolly-necked Stork	Woolly-necked Stork	Alexandine Parakeet	Plum-headed Parakeet
Alexandine Parakeet	Plum-Headed Parakeet	Plum-Headed Parakeet	Alexandine Parakeet	Crested Serpent Eagle
Shikra	Lesser Fish Eagle	Crested Serpent Eagle	Crested Serpent Eagle	Brown Fish Owl
Green Sandpiper	Spotted Owlet	Spotted Owlet	Spotted Owlets	Crested Serpent Eagle
Indian Grey Hornbill	Indian Grey Hornbill	Coppersmith Barbet	Yellow-headed Pigmy Woodpecker	Oriental Magpie Robin
Common Hoopoe	Common Hoopoe	Golden Oriole	Golden Oriole	Ruddy Shelduck
Ruddy Shelduck	Ruddy Shelduck	Yellow Wagtail	Common Sandpiper	Common Sandpiper
Greater Coucal	Greater Coucal	Greater Coucal	Yellow-wattled Lapwing	Spot-billed duck
Spot-billed duck	Spot-billed duck	White Wagtail	White Wagtail	Black-shouldered Kite
Rufous Treepied	House Crow	Laughing Dove	Euraisan Rock Pidgeon	Indian Pond Heron
Grey Wagtail	Grey Wagtail	Pied Billed Chat	Ruff	Rufff
Ruff	Scotts Owl	Red Knot	Red Knot	Little Cormorant
Intermediate Egret	_Intermediate Egret	Pied Starling	Pied Starlings	Common Moorhen
Pond Heron	House Crow	Cattle Egret	Cattle Egret	Sacred Ibis
Bar-winged Goose	Bar-winged Goose	Bar-winged Geese	Red-wattled Lapwing	Black-shouldered Stilt
Black Ibis in flight	Wild Dog	Wild Dog	Wild Dogs	Wild Dog
Wild Dog	Wild Dog	Joe and the photographer after a AM good shoot	Senic Lake	Spotted Deer drink
Spotted Deer	Python	Baby before other one pushes him	Baby elephant goes to Mom after older one pushes him	Spotted Deer
Spotted Deer	Sambar	Sambar	Sambar	Sambar
Wild Pig	Wild Pig	Wild Pig	Wild Pig	Wild Pig
Spotted Deer	Sambar	Sambar	Spotted Deer	Jungle Cat
Jungle Cat	Jungle Cat	Spotted Deer	Sambar	Elephants
Wild Pig	Spotted Deer	Spotted Deer	Sambars	Nilgai
White-throated Kingfisher	Shrikra		Langur Monkey	Langur Monkey
Langur Monkey with young child	Langur Monkey	Langur Monkey	Langer Monkeys	Gaur (Indian Bison)
Gaur (Indian Bison)	Gaur (Indian Bison)	Gaur (Indian Bison)	Gaur group of 14	Gaur baby and mom

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joseantonio		29-Apr-2011 17:13
You did a wonderful trip and we can make it with your pictures

nicolebouglouan		23-Apr-2011 15:40
Beautiful gallery with several superb shots! Well done! V

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