Kaziranga Central Zone
After getting charged at by a rhino on a safari, if the next safari needs to be more exciting we need to get charged at by an elephant, possibly a tusker. Unfortunately it didn't happen. So when we went to the central zone the next day morning, it was quite dull. The birding was also quite unimpressive as the grassland didn't support too many species of birds. Nostalgia took over, as this was the only zone which we could visit when we came to Kaziranga in 2014 with P and R. So we saw the handicraft shop where we spent some time and also the tower till which we could travel. On another watchtower the water levels were marked for every year a flood had happened. Seeing the 2014 flood levels on that was quite nostalgic, as our Kaziranga visit was literally washed out by that flood.
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| Mrs and Mr. Red Junglefowl foraging together |
There were quite a few Red junglefowls strutting their stuff around, which was quite fun to watch.
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| Crested serpent eagle |
Also we found one Crested serpent eagle flying around with a headless snake.
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| Rhino in it's habitat |
When there were not enough birds to focus on I anyway had the option of clicking some animals, in their habitat.
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| Upon my life! I wouldn't have wanted that tusker charging at me for any amount of excitement! |
Then we encountered this wise man!
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| Wise man! Rhesus Macaque |
With 32 species of birds and 4 lifers, it was still a good session if I don't compare with the previous day.
The morning birding I had done at the resort had given me 3 lifers and 22 species of birds. So the day was not that bad.
Later in the day I did some more birding in the resort, which gave me one more lifer. We decided not to do any more safaris and take rest before we start the next part of the trip to Nameri and Arunachal Pradesh, which would turn out to be the most exciting part of our whole trip.
Note: All pictures are taken by me.
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