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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India
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  *This image is copyright of its original author the notorious Matkasur male of Tadoba.  *This image is copyright of its original author Matkasur - feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author right in his prime - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author The king of Tadoba - feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author at 5 years of age, he's a force to be reckoned with. feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Massive Matkasur male on the move. feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author male tiger crossing the river in Chitwan  *This image is copyright of its original author sub adult male walking on the road - Chitwan (November/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author injured male crossing the road - Chitwan (late summer 2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Chitwan - Late 2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Sauraha, Chitwan (Late 2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Chitwan - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Huge Male tiger from Chitwan - July/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Same guy again from Chitwan - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Huge male tiger from Neora Valley, Northern India. in the last decade, researchers believed that tigers were locally extinct in the area and in the last few tiger counts. there were absolutely no tigers found in this area. however, since the beginning of 2017. researchers have spotted a breeding female, this huge male and another tiger in the area. feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author female from Neora Valley - Jan/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author The huge male of Shuklaphanta tiger reserve - Nepal (July/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress with one of her cub from Shuklaphanta tiger reserve, Nepal (July/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author male tiger from Dudhwa, November/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author a young tigress from Dudhwa - November/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Flehmen display of a resident male from Dudhwa - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Male tiger from Dudhwa with a broken nose - October/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author same male with a broken nose - October/2016 (I might have posted this picture previously but i wasn't sure)  *This image is copyright of its original author same guy again - October/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author same guy - October/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Dudhwa with her cub, November/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author a proud mother of four cubs, November/2016 (02-14-2017, 05:37 AM)Pckts Wrote: He's Back!! he was sighted all around Agarzari range and Dewada recently and from the looks of it, his two sons are now gaining grounds and giving Khali and Moh a hard time. I pray for the safety of Khali's cubs, they have a good 3-4 months before they seperate from their mother and i hope they make it to adulthood. let's see how things end up. tfs! 
I found this image of the late lamented Jay & another stated tigress t4, his mate.
 *This image is copyright of its original author Now, can anyone here plz confirm if it is her or a cub.. 'cuz, hell he looks a bit too big!!!
^^ Check this video ... That tigress was not small but Jai makes her a tiny cub.
 (03-04-2017, 04:24 PM)Vinay Wrote: ^^ Check this video ... That tigress was not small but Jai makes her a tiny cub. Jay was one of the largest male tigers alive in his time, infact it would be fair to say that he was far larger than any big males of Tadoba, Kanha and even Pench. his summer weight was 238kg and in Winters, he could have peaked an easy 20-30kg more. give and take. I would say minimum 250kg. Quote:Woooooooooow!!!!!!!!!! Maharashtra: Study chronicles the adaptability journey of iconic tiger Jai’s cubs A year-long monitoring of his two radio-collared sub-adult Bittu and Srinivas, has for the first time shed light on how cubs take baby steps to survive in stressful territories  *This image is copyright of its original author Bittu; above, missing tiger Jai’s sub-adult cubs, were monitored through their radio collar in a year-long project. Photo courtesy WII WHEN iconic tiger Jai (T1) from Vidarbha’s Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (UKWS) went missing in April 2016, it raised a lot of questions — ranging from the quality of tiger protection and monitoring to the utility and efficacy of radio collars. A year-long monitoring of his two radio-collared sub-adult cubs T9 and T10, popularly known as Bittu and Srinivas, has for the first time shed light on how cubs take baby steps to survive in stressful territories dominated by humans and adult tigers to gain enough weight — physical and in terms of might — to throw around in the future. This is the longest period for which sub-adult male tigers have been monitored through a GPS PLUS radio collar anywhere in the country. Fitted first on March 17 last year on both the siblings, the collars were replaced with new ones in January (T10) and February (T9), which will hopefully extend the monitoring till the time the two grow into mighty adults able to challenge superior males. And the results so far have thrown up an interesting journey through thick forests and patchy corridors, streams and rivers, highways and railway tracks and farmlands and human settlements, on different trajectories. A study by Wildlife Institute of India team led by scientist Bilal Habib, his colleague Parag Nikam, researchers Pallavi Ghaskadvi and Zahidul Hussain and former Pench Tiger Reserve Field Director Srinivas Reddy has shown how the two brothers have survived through these areas living like nomads, often staying at a particular place for just 4-5 days and at least once crossing each other’s paths —which led to T9 (Bittu) getting pushed out. “We have known dispersing tigers pass through fragmented corridors and survive in non-protected forests and human-dominated landscapes, but this is the first time we have actually been able to track their journey for such a long period. The two tigers siblings were just 21 months old when first radio-collared after they showed the signs of wandering out of the eastern part of UKWS. Today, they are about 32 months old and on the cusp of full adulthood. It will be a short while before they join the league of full-grown dominant tigers living like kings in their chosen areas,” Habib told The Indian Express.  *This image is copyright of its original author Srinivas; above, tiger Jai’s other sub-adult cubs. Photo courtesy WII Today, both already weigh a huge 230 kg, only a tad below their father’s 240 kg. Interestingly, they have also been photographed with females.Starting from UKWS, the two have walked different paths to currently settle in non-protected Bramhapuri territorial forest of Chandrapur district, with T10 also switching between Bramhapuri and Paoni in Bhandara district. Incidentally, the whole non-protected landscape between UKWS fringes to Bramhapuri, about 100 km apart, has around 27 tigers, perhaps the highest number for such an area anywhere. The two had first started moving away from their mother (T3, Fairy) together. Initially, they would separate but meet in a few hours’ time. The separation grew to days and then Srinivas moved to the adjoining Paoni range and returned to the sanctuary after four days. He then started moving towards the southern part along the mighty Vainganga river, successfully hunting preys. Bittu, meanwhile, remained confined to his home range. He then followed in his brother’s footsteps to Paoni. During this period, which were monsoon months, Srinivas travelled right up to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and returned to Paoni range, covering 320 km in two months. “Tigers often choose the monsoon to walk around as there is a lot of undergrowth offering cover. And more interestingly, this was the period when a hectic search was on to locate Jai. Yet, nobody noticed the radio-collared Srinivas, showing the tiger’s ability to escape human eye,” Habib said. This journey was quite like that of his father Jai, who was known to walk from UKWS to Bramhapuri and back, covering a huge area of over 600 sq km, often pairing with as many as four tigresses in these areas. Srinivas’ tracking revealed interesting facts, like his not staying in a particular area for more than four days, swimming twice across the Vainganga, walking through farms at night and resting in forests in the daytime and generally hunting wild preys. Bittu had, meanwhile, settled in Paoni but was edged out by Srinivas after he returned there. It was here that Bittu had to start his southward journey. He, however, showed a different character. He rested at night and peak day hours and was active only at dusk and dawn. He travelled along all possible patches — roads, railway tracks, lakes and even village roads. And unlike Srinivas, he was spotted by many villagers. Ten months after the radio-collaring, Habib’s team was preparing to put the new collar around the cubs’ necks, since the batteries of the first were running out of steam. “It, however, turned out to be a very difficult task with T9 remaining elusive in Ghodazari forest in Chandrapur district for days. T10 was freshly collared in the Bramhapuri forest,” Habib said. Habib added: “The study has shown that tigers too could be as adoptable as leopards to the most trying conditions when it comes to their survival. It also prompts us to think in terms of having a conservation strategy for tigers outside PAs. If integrated with the interest of the locals, it could fetch handsome monetary dividends to the latter through conservancy tourism.” source: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/m...s-4550422/ Kingtheropod, take note of the weights of these two. interestingly both Bittu and Srinivas, around the same age as Jai's other male cub from Chandi tigress. "Jaychand" were smaller than him. here's Jaichand's recent picture from January/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author If Bittu and Srinivas are 230kg now, this guy is easily a tad bit bigger and in his prime. he will set the records straight. 238kg Jai's summer weight. 230kg Bittu (32 months old) winter weight. 230kg Srinivas (32 months old) winter weight.
I had more pictures of Jaichand from this year but i can't seem to find it, left my ipad on the plane. lol.. Im on it.
COPTERS
I changed your rating today, just after you changed mine (...). I guess I haven't been very active in the department of ratings. I encourage rookies and mods at times, but skipped those who contributed great info right from the start. I don't know why that was. Maybe I took it for granted that you always delivered good info. But it most definitely wasn't. It was and still is special. No question there. This great thread is the best on Indian tigers today. It is right at the core of this forum and also tops the view list by a margin. I watch it every time I visit our forum and used plenty of your contributions for the tiger extinction thread. It almost compares to a book. A book that is updated every day. Many thanks on behalf of all members and readers interested in tigers, Copters! Great work. Keep it coming, Peter. (03-05-2017, 12:06 AM)peter Wrote: COPTERS Thank you, Peter. for me it's always been a passion to enhance my knowledge even further each and every year and as long as the passion is there. this topic will never see it's last day. as far as the rating system goes, I'll be honest. I have never truly rated people in the past and almost ignored the fact that such a feature actually existed. today i was going over few of the topics and focussed on some of the posters and decided to give each and every user that i felt contributed deeply within the wildfact community. similary, this topic wouldn't be the same without everyone's contribution. Credits to everyone for their efforts. let's keep it up!  (03-02-2017, 01:03 AM)Roflcopters Wrote: Friends, i am not sure why is someone calling him notorious ? He is very tourist friendly tiger and in fact whole of Tadoba today, only adult male spotted regularly. Problem with Tadoba in last 2 years is that - very few adult males are spotted. Katezari male is in vasnat bandhara /bhauskhindi area which is non-tourism now. Namdev/Saturn moved to navegaon buffer. Gabbar may have moved to vasant bandhara. Navegaon male/Narsimha is shy and hardly spotted. Waghdoh moved to buffer long back. So only other male aprtf rom matkasure male , spotted intermittently is Bajrang in mohurli range. 
Pandu is spotted from time to time as well and Khali, the male that is believed to have run off Waghdoh was also spotted recently I believe. Also @shaileshsharadnaik did you see the photo I posted of Katezari a few back? I think the big fella was spotted again but I never got confirmation if it was recent or not.
(03-05-2017, 07:57 PM)shaileshsharadnaik Wrote:(03-02-2017, 01:03 AM)Roflcopters Wrote: no doubt he's tourist friendly and by notorious, I was mostly referring to the amount of challenges he faces and yet he always comes out on top.  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Kaziranga - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Bajrang the undisputed king of Moharli and Teliya  *This image is copyright of its original author BMW from Pench, MP - Jan/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Bmw on the road - Jan/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author King of Pench - Jan/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author Side profile of his face  *This image is copyright of its original author Bmw - May/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Bmw - May/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author BMW - December/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Tiger tank female from Kabini with her 3 cuties - Feb/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author Tigress from Backwaters stalking a deer - Feb/2017  *This image is copyright of its original author November/2016 It was a very chilly morning in the month of November when 6 Puneites started theirmorning safari. No tiger sighting so far. All of us closed our eyes to pray our respective God/Gods or remember what we believed could be our lucky charm and we entered the Zone B of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. Our guide was Ravi who himself was a very lucky person with amazing spotting capabilities. The jungle was cold and silent. All our cameras were inside our bags. Face, head and nose all covered. Since, the jeep was open, we could still feel the shivering of hands and legs in spite of the warm clothes we had wrapped ourselves with. We reached the end of the jungle from where we had to take a U turn. No sighting of even a Wild gaur or Elephant till then. We waited for 5 minutes . It was so silent that we could even hear the dropping of leaves.  *This image is copyright of its original author Suddenly few Jungle fowls started flying and three peacock flew and climbed up the branch of a tree one after another. All of a sudden there started alarm call. Our naturalist asked driver to stop the vehicle engine so we could hear the sound more clearly. Suddenly he started shouting in a whispering tone “Tiger Tiger Tiger.. Look to your right..” We all were standing by now, Our Lenses already zoomed in and then we see this huge male tiger coming out. There were heavy bushes and it was far far away, near the water body ,coming out after drinking water. We could see the contour of the body moving slowly and steadily. We decided to move our vehicle ahead without starting the engine so we can take a close up when it will cross the road. However, we see another vehicle coming in front of us. Out guide and driver show hands asking them to stop and also make a T sound to indicate it’s a Tiger. The purpose was to not make any vehicle sound or else the Tiger could change its course. But no, the other vehicle could neither see us nor understand our intensions. Instead it kept coming. So we had to start our vehicle and moved ahead till they could see us. Now both of our vehicles were standing at a good distance, silently waiting for the Tiger to come out. But then a 3rd jeep came. We lost all hopes. All 3 jeeps standing in a T waiting for it to come out of the bushes. We waited for 15 minutes. The tiger was in no mood to show itself. We thought it might have gone far far away from there in opposite direction. So we all moved. Now instead, we started hearing a leopard mating call and monkey alarm call. Our hopes of seeing the Tiger had died. At least we can see the leopard. We again waited 15 minutes. No luck. The other two jeeps moved ahead tracking the leopard sound. We were upset as we had lost the chance to see the Tiger again. But our Driver and Guide took the decision to come back to where we were standing initially and suddenly as we approach near the junction, our driver again started whispering loudly..”Hey Tiger Tiger…Look its crossing the road. Keep Quiet Please…”.. What a luck man. How is it possible. The Tiger had not changed it course. It was just waiting for all jeeps to leave so it could cross the road. But again as it heard us coming, it moved into the bushes. We lost him 2nd time. We moved a little ahead and decided to wait. And all of us were silent. Sometime back, we were all shivering. But now , we could not even feel the cold air. The Aura of Tiger is such that it makes you forget everything. There was only hope and silent prayers. Suddenly the tiger came out of bushes, It moved ahead, It scent marked all the trees which came its way and crossed the road. It looked at us twice. It was right behind us, a huge male tiger, beautiful and strong and ferocious and simply mesmerizing. I have never had a sighting of Tiger in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve I had this time.  *This image is copyright of its original author We were all so content and so happy that day that even if we had 1 hour left inside the park, we had all kept our cameras on the side. We just decided to enjoy the park. We didn’t click any pictures any more. The Jeep moved inside the jungle blissfully . We enjoyed the Kingfisher flying from one branch to another, the wood pecker playing hide and seek with us and the Sambar happily grazing away. The Tiger show had ended but it stayed on our face and mind for a long long time. This was a non-tourism tiger, It lives in core area called Bisalwadi and hardly comes out to the Tourism Zone, hence it is called Bisalwadi Male I was really lucky and thanked God to let us spot it and get some shots to share. This was an experience and sighting of a lifetime. |
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