Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Great Egret

Lonely great egret fishing in the backdrop of golden rays of the morning. The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret, or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400 | Location: Mangalajodi Wetland, Odisha

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

In A Playful Mood

Dotty’s cub in a playful mood at Bandhavgarh National Park. Loved to catch some moments of them while on our morning safari with our club members.

Exif: 1/500s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 1200 | Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Resting On Tree

The lion is a species in the family Felidae and a member of the genus Panthera. It has a muscular, deep-chested body, short, rounded head, round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/2.8, ISO 500 | Location: Masai Mara, Kenya

Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

The Dalmatian pelican is the largest member of the pelican family, and perhaps the world’s largest freshwater bird, although rivaled in weight and length by the largest swans.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 110 | Location: Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

Photography by Srimant Das, Odisha, India

Great cormorant

The great cormorant, known as the black shag in New Zealand and formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 200 | Location: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur

Photography by Biswaranjan Mishra, Odisha, India

Black-winged Stilt

The black-winged stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family. The scientific name H. himantopus was formerly applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400 | Location: Mangalajodi Wetland, Odisha

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

The leopard is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in small parts of Western and Central Asia, on the Indian subcontinent to Southeast and East Asia.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/8, ISO 200 | Location: Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Spotted Deers

The chital, also known as spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a species of deer that is native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/8, ISO 1600 | Location: Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha