India day 14

India day 14

We visited Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve twice today. The first time was early in the morning and the second time was later in the afternoon. We were going on a Tiger hunt and this is what we found in this very large Indian park reserve:

Langoor black faced monkey (extra long tail and great jumper)
Rhesus monkey (red bum)
spotted deer (favourite food of the Tiger)
Barking deer (voice sounds like a dog barking / very timid)
Samba deer (big brown and statuesque)
jackel (wild scavenger dog)
elephant (wore chains on feet and used to flush out the Tiger)
Racket tail bird (two extra long tail feathers)
white throated Kingfisher
common Rose butterfly
dragonfly
Spotted Dove
Lapwing bird
Indian Roller bird (beautiful turquoise blue)
Parakeet (noisy)
Oriental white eyed buzzard
common Hoopoe bird (looks like a jack hammer)
Pippit bird
Indian Grey Hornbill
Wild Boars (hung around in groups / Tiger food)
Egret (large white water bird)
Lesser Adjutant Stork (seems to be dressed in a tuxedo)
Bija Tree (Pterocarpus Marsupium) -used by villagers to make drums
Driver was Gooda and helpers were Lakhan and Lalan. They helped us locate a Tiger. We were thrilled to be able to take a few photos

Later in the evening, we had a demo on how to make dahl, which is a sauce eaten with nan (pita) or rice. We also had a lecture on the Tiger and learned that they are nearly extinct (only 3000 or so left worldwide) because many people around the world are ignorant and will hunt and kill the tiger for a token amount of money. People , especially the Chinese and the Koreans, who are wealthy, are continuing to pay the poor and uneducated to hunt and kill the Tiger to use every part of it. i.e. aphrodisiacs and trophies.