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Tigers of South India & Western Ghats
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Photo and information credits: Alex Kirichko
Patrolling The Area. India, Kabini. July 2016.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Vasudevan Parthasarathy
The CAT WALK !! Nagarhole Forest August 2016 (More at “Enchanting Wild“ -http://www.facebook.com/EnchantingWild)  *This image is copyright of its original author The Showstopper !! Mastigudi Male | Kabini Nov 2014 (More at “Enchanting Wild“ -http://www.facebook.com/EnchantingWild)  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Jayaprakash Bojan Photography
"Female Tigress, Nagarhole, India"  *This image is copyright of its original author
Yogeshwarakrishnan Krishnanand
Poster Boy of Kabini "Mastigudi AKA EUCO"|Jan 15 The Dominant Tiger of Kabini Who Ruled Significant Portion of Zone A and Complete Zone B..Fathered to 2 Cubs with Back Water Female..The Tiger Changed the Land of Leopard to Tiger Hot Spot..Who Walks Majestically Patrolling his Territory without even bothered about the Tourist Vehicles Lined Up.Entire Charm of Kabini Majorly the Backwater area has been taken off after his Killing in Mysterious Way..Forest Department has Cooked up the Entire Event and Came up with their Own Story to Convince the Wildlife Lovers but in Vain...Hope the Female Male Cub Keep up to its Father Name"Dominant and Dashing Mastigudi"... Now , Many more tigers Like Munna,Sultan,Deendu,Jai, Veeru have disappeared for Months together...Hope all the Tigers are tracked and Restored to their Kingdom..... "Long Live the Legend Of Kabini"-One and Only Mastigudi  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author The Monarch of Kabini! This magnificent male tiger was spotted by our naturalist – Mr. Shanmuga Kumar, during a vehicle #safari, last week. The #Tiger is the ‘apex predator’ (animal residing at the top of the food chain) in the #Kabini region. A healthy tiger population signifies a thriving forest, and Kabini has one of the highest densities of tigers in India, making #OrangeCountyResorts, #Kabini one of the best places to visit to sight this awe-inspiring animal.  *This image is copyright of its original author Lazy Evening Euco, a big male tiger gave us two splendid sightings during my trip to Kabini. On this particular evening, he was on a hunt and after sitting around and lazing in the greens for a while, he stalked and chased a herd of deer. The attempt was unsuccessful but our trip surely wasn't! EOS 7D mark ii, 300mm f2.8. Kabini, Rajiv Gandhi Natioanl Park  *This image is copyright of its original author Male tiger , kabini , june 2014  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Praveen Siddannavar Photography
Prince – An Old Warrior of Bandipur! He is massive, big, and powerful and strongly believes in hunting bigger prey; Gaur (Indian bison) tops the list in his food menu. He believes in “Conquer and Rule”, he covers a very large territory of the Bandipur forests; there is no doubt he is dominant, a great hunter and believes in knocking out his enemy without any mercy. We at BWP (Bangalore Wildlife Photographers Group) visited bandipur on the weekend and had some amazing sightings of Prince and the highlight was to witness him chasing a herd of gaurs. Prince is approx. 9-10 years old, he has been injured on many occasions and we have seen his injuries healing over a period of time. However one can notice his hind right leg that has a large tumor and at times he seems lipping. When we spotted him on the first day (Saturday) he was starving with hunger, the chasing of gaurs was unsuccessful, however finally on Sunday he hunted down a Sambar and was seen resting in a large water body. #BWP 10th September 2016 Bandipur tiger reserve, karnataka, India  *This image is copyright of its original author I love water! – Prince of Bandipur... A typical behavior of a big cat, leopards are exceptions, however especially tigers love water and soak in the water after making a kill and consuming part of the meat. Heat generates at high intensity while hunting and more so after consuming the fresh meat, this was the case here with Prince. He was seen hunting down a sambar and later he walked straight towards this water body and was not just seen relaxing but I was fortunate to document him wag his tail on several occasions to splash water on his back to cool him off. It’s always a great feeling to document various behaviours of these cats. Will share few more behaviours that I documented including splashing of water using his tail. A lot of them must be wondering why tigers sit moving their back first in waters, despite tigers loving water so much they will do anything to avoid water touching or splashing their eyes, that’s one reason that they are seen entering into water in reverse direction. On the other hand leopards don’t fancy water except to quench their thirst… 11th September 2016 Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India  *This image is copyright of its original author Prince scent marking - Its always a treat to our eyes to spot tigers and more so to document their behaviours. Here’s one such behaviour that I was fortunate to document during our recent BWP trip to Bandipur. Scent marking, also known as territorial marking or spraying when this involves urination as seen in this image. This is a behavior used by tigers and other cats to identify their territory. Most commonly, this is accomplished by depositing strong-smelling substances contained in the urine, faeces, or from specialised scent glands located on various areas of the body. Other ways of marking territory are by rubbing the chin to tree trunk, these cats have scent gland in their cheeks that attracts females or warns a male tiger in the same territory. Location- Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka State, India.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Sushvingowda's Wildlife Photography
Into the greens / Basavanna Katte Male / 2016 —  *This image is copyright of its original author The Bold & The Beautiful Prince Of Bandipur One of the most photographed Tiger in South India Long Leave the King  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanakatte Male / Bandipur Hulk & Handsome :) he is going to be the future King of Bandipur. He has taken over more then half of Prince territory & its gone-be sometime before he takes over full. Little camera shy, but definitely not on this occasion, as he stayed put in the waterhole after having a big meal (gaur) .  *This image is copyright of its original author
Puneet Jain
The most iconic tiger of south india namma 'PRINCE' | SEP 2016 |  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Praveen Siddannavar Photography
Hello Good morning! As you would have rightly guessed, I'm a new male marking and my territory here. I'm not used to humans and safari vehicles hence as soon as I heard your vehicle noise from a distance, I jumped off and sneaked into the lantana bushes. I was keeping a close watch on you though, and in no time I could sense that you aren't harmful nor any threat to me. Hence I decided to come out with boldly and show up. This is my home from now on and I hope to explore other parts of tourism zones with your good wishes and support. Do visit my territory again and I will be more than happy to greet you with a smile. I really appreciate the way you gave me my space by maintaining distance, I'm a new bloke in the area, wish me luck for my wellbeing and also to find my mate?. Friends spotted this new male on 5th October 2016 at 7am. Location - Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India  *This image is copyright of its original author New Male of Bandipur! This is a early morning shot when we spotted a new male, initially he shied away but in no time he was seen out in the open. It seemed he was on his morning stroll marking his territory and interestingly apart from the traditional urine spray he rubbed his cheek/chin on the tree trunk. This is a very unique way to mark territory, scent glands are present on cheek/chin and this scent can remain upto several days. Marking territory warns the intruding male tigers in the area and also invites females for courtship. I simply love documenting such behaviours of these cats... View full screen recommended 4th October 2016 Location - Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India  *This image is copyright of its original author Mystery Continues.. New Male of Bandipur - Flehmen response or just a Growl? - Flehmen response for me:) Photographing tigers is always an amazing experience however documenting them with typical behavior is even more exciting. Such was one of the sightings we had while shooting this new hilltop male tiger. Tigers or any other animals may perform the flehmen response when investigating sites of particular interest, or perhaps odors or tastes. The animal curling back its top lips exposing the front teeth and gums, then inhaling and holding the posture for several seconds characterizes this response. The behavior may be performed over particular locations, in which case the animal may also lick the site of interest, or it may be performed with the neck stretched and head held high in the air for a more general gustatory investigation. The flehmen response often gives the appearance that the animal is "grimacing", "smirking" or "laughing". This behavior helps in identifying reproductive status - male individuals commonly use the flehmen response as an olfactory mechanism for identifying the reproductive state of females of the same species based on pheromones in the female's urine or genitals. This generally occurs most frequently on the day before estrus when the ewes are sexually receptive. 4th October 2016 Location - Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (10-28-2016, 01:23 AM)Ngala Wrote: Photo and information credits: Praveen Siddannavar Photography And it is at this moment that Raja II goes into power (possibly)...
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"The erstwhile queen of Balle, Kabini"  *This image is copyright of its original author
  *This image is copyright of its original author Agasthya the old ruler of Bandipur  *This image is copyright of its original author Agasthya from (April/2009)  *This image is copyright of its original author Shettikere Male (last seen in 2011)  *This image is copyright of its original author close up of Shettikere (Jan/2010)  *This image is copyright of its original author Ram, one of Raja's earliest rival and allegedly his brother as well.  *This image is copyright of its original author Another photo of Ram  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanna Katte, the big male of Bandipur  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanna Katte  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanna Katte (August/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanna Katte (Dec/2015)  *This image is copyright of its original author Basavanna Katte  *This image is copyright of its original author Young Basavanna Katte male (2013)  *This image is copyright of its original author Young Basavanna Katte male (2013)  *This image is copyright of its original author Raja (September/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author Raja (April/2016)  *This image is copyright of its original author The Warrior Prince of Bandipur During our first safari there was hardly any movement in the forest, the gloomy weather was not helping much too. I was beginning to believe even our second safari was going to be quiet as well. One of the jeeps had seen a leopard cross one of the safari tracks and all the vehicles was actively trying to trace it again. There were a few alarm calls but nothing conclusive. It was about 8.30AM and soon it would have been time for us to head back. Just then, we found fresh pugmarks of a male tiger headed in the opposite direction of our jeep. Knowing that this could be Prince who's now crossed over from the other side, our search began. There was excitement nonetheless about what we're going to find. In less than 10 mins, we found Prince walking towards the waterhole for his fill. Just a couple of days back there were reports on how the "Prince" of Bandipur had slayed another tiger in a territorial fight. According to some of the forest guys who witnessed the duel, it lasted for more than 4 hours. Both the tigers were equally strong and that made the fight pretty gruesome and intense. This was evident since Prince was now walking with a limp and bore fresh injury marks all over his body. He walked slowly towards the pond and had a rather long session of drinking water which was followed by a dip in the pool to cool himself. His wounds were still red and his face clearly showed discomfort from all the pain. He was resting right in the open and seemed least bothered with the presence of the jeeps. Though I was happy to see him, it was quite sad to look at his plight. I'm hoping he'll recover soon enough to be able to hunt and reign over his new territory. I couldn't gather much information the tiger that was killed, but someone mentioned that it could be one of Gowri's male cub. Having seen her cubs as they were growing up, it is going to be indeed sad to know if it was one of them. Apparently a few days back, Prince was seen with one of Gowri's female cub who is now an adult tigress and is ready to have her own litter. Let's hope their tribe grows at Bandipur! this is all for now, I'll post the rest of the profiles when i get more time on my hand.
This boy needs no introduction, arguably one of the best known male tigers in all of India, not just the south.
Raja aka Prince Praveen Premkumar Pai Prince,The Raging Warrior of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Bandipur. Yes he's Injured but still living his path marking his own territory of around 45km2.Still at the heights of ruling.He's been ruling the forest for about more than few years now facing & defeating other ferocious dominant males reaching out in his limits Ageing doesn't mater when it comes to strength & responsibilities.He is the best example till date as an example to put in as great warrior who leads his own kingdom. Every one visiting Bandipur tiger reserve would have this celebrity in their to do list and framing him is always fun & satisfying.  *This image is copyright of its original author ^His most recent image^ Sushvingowda's Wildlife Photography *This image is copyright of its original author ^From this past april^ Next is this young fellow who seems to be all lined up as the new ruler Basavanakatte Male / Bandipur Hulk & Handsome smile emoticon he is going to be the future King of Bandipur. He has taken over more then half of Prince territory & its gone-be sometime before he takes over full. Little camera shy, but definitely not on this occasion, as he stayed put in the waterhole after having a big meal (gaur) . *This image is copyright of its original author Mastigudi Male or Backwater Male / Kabini / March 2015  *This image is copyright of its original author Tiger Tank Male / Jan - 2015 / Kabini  *This image is copyright of its original author #Kabini Nagarhole. Tiger encounters tough Gaur  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author but it isn't just the tigers to look out for, S. India has a large population of Gaur, Sloth Bear, Sambhar, Leopard and much, much more... Kabini Jackal  *This image is copyright of its original author Leopard  *This image is copyright of its original author Nagarhole  *This image is copyright of its original author Dhole  *This image is copyright of its original author Sloth Bear  *This image is copyright of its original author Monitor Lizard  *This image is copyright of its original author Sloth Bear again  *This image is copyright of its original author Leopard  *This image is copyright of its original author Sambar  *This image is copyright of its original author Gaur  *This image is copyright of its original author All PC credit to Sushvingowda Wildlife Photos S.p.Jagdish Prasad The Elephant Emperor ! Tusker. Kabini 2015.  *This image is copyright of its original author Here is the infamous Gaur kill by Prince Pj Stibin Unni A male tiger from Western ghats  *This image is copyright of its original author After bath a big male tiger checking his territory! From Western ghats  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Saravanan Sundaram
TIGER Prince / Bandipur  *This image is copyright of its original author
Lokesh Nagaraj
Male Tiger - Kabini December 2016 This guy was spotted after a long chase in the morning.. Kudos to the Naturalist who made our day!!  *This image is copyright of its original author
Photo and information credits: Robin Son
Mejestic walk Prince Bandipur Tiger Reserve Dec 2016  *This image is copyright of its original author PRINCE Dec 2016 Bandipur Tiger Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author Prince male Tiger Bandipur Tiger Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author Head on prince Bandipur Tiger Reserve  *This image is copyright of its original author
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