Felis blog » Projects http://felis.in/blog Felis wild blog Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Tigers, Pandas, Monkeys & Mountains… http://felis.in/blog/2010/04/27/tigers-pandas-monkeys-mountains/ http://felis.in/blog/2010/04/27/tigers-pandas-monkeys-mountains/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:30:55 +0000 admin http://felis.in/blog/?p=692 It’s been two months since I’ve left home base – Bangalore. The first stop (after Guwahati) – Kaziranga.
Spent two weeks in this landscape before the rains.
The highlight – Tigers!
Filmed some amazing natural history and behaviour of tigers in Kaziranga. Short film coming soon about that.
For now, here’s a picture:

Tigers feeding on carcass - Kaziranga

Soon after, Chinmay and I headed to the remote region of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. We were here looking for Munzala – The monkey of the Deep Forest. This is one of the most recent primate discoveries. More in detail about that later – but here’s an image for now.

Macaca munzala

Then after that crossed over to Nepal to look for what is, without any argument one of the cutest little creatures of the Himalaya – The Red Panda…

The Red Panda - Nepal

It was an arduous climb up and down the Himalaya at the foothills of Kanchendzonga. But it was all well worth the effort. Now in Sikkim to photograph the Rhododendron flowers which are in full blossom at the moment.
here’s an image of what they look like in Sandakphu – with a background of the snow-capped Kanchendzonga mountain range…

Rhododendrons and Kanchendzonga mountain

More about everything later…
Another month of travel to go before heading back to Bangalore :-)

]]> http://felis.in/blog/2010/04/27/tigers-pandas-monkeys-mountains/feed/ 16 Expedition North-east Himalayas http://felis.in/blog/2009/05/20/expedition-north-east-himalayas/ http://felis.in/blog/2009/05/20/expedition-north-east-himalayas/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 07:25:26 +0000 admin http://felis.in/blog/?p=247 Here’s a quick video compressing six weeks and six thousand kilometers of mountainous terrain into two minutes!

If you have a fast internet connection watch it on HD!

Cheers,
Sandesh

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With about 329 species of Hummingbird species spread across the New world, the book has been divided into 2 volumes. The first Volume comprising hummingbirds of North America, Mexico, Central America and the Carribean, is intended to be finished by fall of 2010. And Volume 2 which would comprise the hummingbirds of South America, is proposed to be finished by the fall of 2012.

The project is incorporating more artists from around the world – Raul Andrade and Vydhehi Kadur , have recently been incorporated. One of the biggest road blocks that this project faced was the lack of a researcher and now we have finally found a research person, Vinita Gowda, from the Smithsonian University, who is working on her PhD on hummingbirds and heliconias. Soon after defending her dissertation she will be fully on board working on research elements to provide to the artists to continue their work accurately.

~ Sangeetha Kadur
]]> http://felis.in/blog/2009/04/22/hummingbirds-of-the-world/feed/ 1 The Natural World – BBC 2 – Mountains of the Monsoon http://felis.in/blog/2009/01/17/the-natural-world-bbc-2-mountains-of-the-monsoon/ http://felis.in/blog/2009/01/17/the-natural-world-bbc-2-mountains-of-the-monsoon/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:33:53 +0000 admin http://felis.in/blog/?p=83  

If you missed watching the show yesterday and are living in the UK, you can download and watch the program on BBC’s iplayer for the next couple of weeks - BBC iplayer – Mountains of the Monsoon

 

To view the trailer: YouTube – Mountains of the Monsoon

 

 

 

Wildlife documentary filmmaker, environmentalist and photographer, Sandesh Kadur, has traded a comfortable career in the family business to explore the natural wonders of the Western Ghat mountains. Just a few hours drive from the commercial bustle of his native Bangalore, Sandesh could be a world away. The monsoon pours six metres of rainfall each year on the remote peaks and isolated valleys of the Ghats. Alongside familiar Indian species like elephants, tigers and peacocks are more mysterious creatures that are found nowhere else: a purple frog with a face like a shrew and a monkey with a lion-like mane and tail.

Most intriguing of all, a chance sighting of a grey big cat, unlike anything scientists have seen before. To find out whether this enigmatic cat-in-the-ghat really is a new species, Sandesh must climb to the summit of these mountains. His journey is a reminder that in fast-track, modern India, this cloud-wrapped wilderness is more precious than ever.

 

 

 

I look forward to your comments and feedback.

Many thanks,

Sandesh

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