RANTHAMBORE

Ranthambore National Park famous for Tigers covers an area of 500 km. It is present at SAWAI MADHOPUR where the name has come from the palace called Ranthambore. The life of the tigers is difficult to understand and they don't show themselves outside. We had done six safaris and we were able to sight the tiger called NOOR in the fifth safari. We had been waiting for more than 3 hours for the tiger to get sighted and it was the evening 5 p.m where we heard the alarm call from the Sambhar Deer. Then followed the call where we saw the tigress NOOR in the zone 1 area. We were so excited, that our hands were shaking and photos were starting to blur. Then we focused on the background and the tiger for better image show that the contrast may change the quality of picture. NOOR had come outside to relax herself leaving her cubs in shelter while the herbivorous were thinking of great threat. Then she neglected all other animals and started walking towards the pond for water. This was the first sighting of tiger and we will not forget the the exciting moments that we experienced.

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Shutter speed-1/500 sec

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This image was taken along with background for good contrast.

The below image was taken while she was walking through the branches .

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Shutter speed-1/200 sec

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RIVERTERNS OF BHADRA

THE TALE OF RIVERTERN
JAGARA VALLEY renamed to BHADRA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY in the year 1974 is famous for both flora & fauna and mainly for the tigers. The Sanctuary is totally of 572 kms occupying by most of Guars, Deer & many other birds of different origin. During the monsoon the water rises covers all the island with a height of 180 m & during the summer the water level reduces to 100 m or less. During the summer, nearly thousands of River terns visit the island and start doing their day to day work that includes breeding. We can find different behaviors of River Terns which always plays with the fish called MINERS. The main part of River Terns is the mating where the males fight each other for a female with the fish. Just like the olden days where the queen chooses the king in the competition, River terns bring fish instead of gold or something for mating with female. The River Terns picks up the fish from fresh water lake and cleans several time again and again in the same lake for feeding it to the female.

Then the Terns then feed their females and try to show their heroism to the females. The female has the sole authority of choosing her mate.

Then the male mates with the female after overcoming such difficulty to mate. While other males try to distract the mating process to prevent from mating.

After mating they female produces the eggs which it takes nearly 3 weeks to hatch while the male brings the feed for the female she protects her eggs.

Female preserves her eggs by keeping inside the rocky areas like carves preventing from predators. The life of River Terns starts from fishing to protecting their chicks. That's the tale about River Terns.