Here are some of the pictures of animals and plants I took on my trip to India in February/March, 1999.
I visited three tiger reserves and one bird sanctuary. The tiger reserves were Sariska, Ranthambore, and Bandhavgarh, the bird sanctuary was Keoladeo at Bharatpur.
At Sariska the tigers are by now extinct, but other wildlife like wild boar, deer, and antelope are plentiful. Ranthambore is the most scenic of the tiger reserves IMHO. The best tiger viewing I believe is at Bandhavgarh. They have elephants that take you into the bush when they spot a tiger. We visited on elephant a tiger that had killed a deer overnight. At one point the tiger was a couple of feet from the left foot of the elephant. Truly impressive!!
Pictures of birds in India and other nature pages are separate:
Almost full moon. (774k) Water lilies. (1223k) Sundew (Drosera sp., german: Sonnentau, french: Droséra). (1371k) Bamboo. They seemed to always grow in such clumps. (1.6M) A liana in an interesting, twisted form. (1292k) Palm tree. (885k) Flowering tree. (931k) Fruiting tree. (965k) Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalensis, german: Banyan-Feige, french: Figuier des banians). This is one tree, about 100 m (330 ft) across. It grows branches, then drops extra roots from the branches for support. (1351k) Walkway under the Banyan Tree. (1369k) Great Eggfly butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina, german: Gewöhnliche Eierfliege). (656k) Five Striped Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennantii, german: Nördliches Palmenhörnchen). (924k) Python. (1048k) Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris, german: Sumpfkrokodil, french: Crocodile des marais). They were pretty big. (1231k) This is a dead crocodile. The Sambar had been poisoned, and the crocodile ate the Sambar and died as well. Tigers are too smart to eat poisoned dead animals according to our guide. (1162k) Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus, german: Bengalischer Hanuman-Langur, french: Semnopithèque de Dussumier). They have quite a tail. (1380k) Close-up of a Northern Plains Gray Langur (Semnopithecus entellus, german: Bengalischer Hanuman-Langur, french: Semnopithèque de Dussumier). (932k) Northern Plains Gray Langur mother and baby (Semnopithecus entellus, german: Bengalischer Hanuman-Langur, french: Semnopithèque de Dussumier). (1093k) Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta, german: Rhesusaffe, french: Macaque rhésus). Both langur and rhesus monkeys were quite common in the parks. (1132k) Herd of Indian Boars (Sus scrofa cristatus, german: Wildschwein, french: Sanglier). (960k) Indian Boar (Sus scrofa cristatus, german: Wildschwein, french: Sanglier). (1113k) Indian Muntjac ssp. aureus (Muntiacus muntjak aureus, german: Indischer Muntjak, french: Cerf aboyeur) or Barking Deer. This is a rare small deer. (937k) Indian Muntjac ssp. aureus (Muntiacus muntjak aureus, german: Indischer Muntjak, french: Cerf aboyeur). (1072k) Male Chital (Spotted Deer) (Axis axis, german: Axishirsch, french: Cerf axis). (1077k) Male Chital (Spotted Deer) (Axis axis, german: Axishirsch, french: Cerf axis). (1072k) A group of Chitals (Axis axis, german: Axishirsch, french: Cerf axis) and Northern Plains Gray Langurs (Semnopithecus entellus, german: Bengalischer Hanuman-Langur, french: Semnopithèque de Dussumier). (1196k) Male and female Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor, german: Sambar, french: Sambar). They like to spend a lot of time in the water. (807k) Female Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor, german: Sambar, french: Sambar). (1088k) Male Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor, german: Sambar, french: Sambar), rolling in the mud. (1190k) Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor, german: Sambar, french: Sambar) and Chital (Axis axis, german: Axishirsch, french: Cerf axis). They are often found together. (1183k) Male Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor, german: Sambar, french: Sambar) feeding in the lake. (1020k) Female Nilgai Antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, german: Nilgauantilope, french: Antilope Nilgaut). (1130k) Male Nilgai Antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, german: Nilgauantilope, french: Antilope Nilgaut), almost as large as a horse. The male is blue/black, the female brown. It is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. (1233k) Indian Jackal (Canis aureus indicus, german: Goldschakal, french: Chacal doré). We didn't see those too often. (1016k) Feeding Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus, german: Asiatischer Elefant, french: Éléphant d'Asie). (1173k) On our way tiger watching. (1139k) Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, german: Königstiger, french: Tigre du Bengale) yawning. This was the first tiger that I saw. I thought it couldn't get any better than this, but it did. (1044k) Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, german: Königstiger, french: Tigre du Bengale) on the prowl. (1105k) He was walking right by the car in front of us! (1092k) You can feel the power of this animal. (1102k) This Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, german: Königstiger, french: Tigre du Bengale) was about 1 meter (3 feet) from the left foot of the elephant, staring right at us. (1283k) She was checking out her kill, a Sambar deer that she killed during the night. (1.5M) She was making sure we didn't start nibbling on her Sambar. (1.6M) The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris, german: Königstiger, french: Tigre du Bengale) was checking us out because we were getting close to her kill. (1463k)
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