This cow moose showed us her strange proportions. Such a large head.

I have seen countless adults in this family of birds -- thousands of them over the years -- but I had never before seen a baby. This is a herring gull chick.

In the summer, moose consume up to 70 pounds of vegetation daily, including aquatic plants.

Common Loons are the provincial bird of Ontario, Canada, which hosts over one-third of the global breeding population.

Posts appear in feeds out of order, but with a final tiger shot, we say goodbye to Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Tigress Tara overate so, like other cats, she is eating grass.

This crested serpent-eagle had a lot to say.

Red-wattled lapwings are vigilant 24/7, detecting intrusions day and night. Their eggs are also traditionally used in folk medicine for asthma and typhoid.

Most of the family. The third pup was off exploring. (Golden jackals)

Playing with low key. Langur monkey in Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

A sub-adult male cub of tigress Ra sauntering through the grass.

I have to wonder if he was admiring himself. (Bandhavgarh National Park)

Tiger eyes are designed for for night vision. They have more rods (acuity for shapes) in their eyes than cones (color vision), and they have a mirror-like structure at the back of the eye that reflects light back into the eye a second time. Tigers need about 1/6 the light humans do to see.

When it comes to lesser adjutant stocks, it might be a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

We saw only one Rhesus macaque monkey, but they are much more shy than the langur monkeys.

This brown fish owl was on alert for fish in a stream below.

The sambar deer is the largest deer species on Earth. This one is living up to its other name, swamp deer.

An ever-hopeful white-throated kingfisher surveilling the stream. A fish is bound to show up.

Who doesn't like to roll around in leaves? (Bandhavgarh NP)

The humans were far away, so there may have been a nearby tiger we couldn't see that motivated DM to display his dominance.

The humans were far away, so there may have been a nearby tiger we couldn't see that motivated DM to display his dominance.

This barking deer was very cautious about getting a drink of water. They are solitary, so there were no other deer to stand guard.

Bajarang is very popular with the ladies. He has sired more than 30 cubs.

A crested honey buzzard, a bird of prey, is called a buzzard due to a historical misnomer; its changing plumage resembles that of true buzzards.

A guar, aka Asian bison, heading our way.

This Asian bee-eater did extensive preening.

This is tigress Tara after crossing a river.

Chital bucks are much prettier than the black-tailed deer that eat my shrubs and trees.

An exciting encounter involved Tigress Ra. Before we saw her, we heard Ra calling out to her sub adult cubs who were scattered, but within calling distance. For about five minutes we heard her calling with the cubs occasionally replying. Mom had decided it was time to move to a new area.

Black-naped monarchs are a flycatcher bird.

We were fortunate to see tigress Ra leaving her scent on a tree.

A backlit Langur monkey in Bandhavgarh National Park.

This was the one tiger we saw drinking water. And drinking and drinking. For about five minutes.

This is a yellow-wattled lapwing with fashionably matching yellow legs.

Meet tigress Tara, one of the most famous and senior tigresses in Bandhavgarh National Park. She is estimated to be 10-11 years old.

I'd never seen even photos of these birds before. Yellow-footed green pigeons. (Bandhavgarh NP, India)

Golden jackals usually have 2-4 pups in a litter so this set of three is right on the median.

The well-named red-headed vulture.

Bajrang, currently the largest male Bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh NP, knows he rules the park.

This is a changeable hawk-eagle, named for its variable plumage that has a wide color range. They are ambush predators who can live in a variety of environments.

This son of DM showed us how well tigers can match the dry grass in which they live much of the year. He still lives in his mom's territory, but probably looks forward to being old enough to have his own.

We saw only one wild Indian boar. I wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley.

These Langur monkeys appeared to be mom with her baby and an older daughter.

In Bandhavgarh NP, when peahens are nearby, this is what happens.

Meet DM, short for Dhakokhar Male, cooling off in the muddy water. He is named after the Dhakokhar buffer zone. (Bandhavgarh NP has core zones and buffer zones, the latter being between the core zones and populated areas.)

Like their African cousins, Indian rollers are colorful acrobats.

One of the three species of deer we saw in Bandhavgarh NP was the barking deer, aka Northern Red Muntjac. Their eyes are huge.

I loved jackals before I ever saw a pup, but now I'm head over heels. The parents take such good care of their little ones.

This is tigress Ra emerging from the foliage.

It may look like a domestic rooster, but it's not. Red junglefowl is the primary wild ancestor of the modern domestic chicken. (Bandhavgarh NP)