Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/03

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Subject: [Leica] Kanha
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 20:33:12 +0530
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Nathan,
Thanks for looking. Though I saw five individuals, including a pair
they actually live and hunt in packs and are the most efficient
predators in the world with a 75% success rate - for tigers it is
around 20%. The main prey is similar to the big cats - deer and
antelope.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> Lovely dog photos, especially "Cooling Off". I also like the black stork.
>
> What do the doggies hunt?
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 1 Dec 2013, at 18:35, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sightings of the Dhole, or Indian Wild Dog, have turned extremely rare
>> in Kanha, and I was happy to get multiple looks at them on this trip.
>> In fact I was happier seeing a wild dog rather than tigers. Here are
>> three shots of the Dhole, and one of a Black Stork, all from Kanha:
>>
>> Behind a Veil: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2013/Kanha-20131126-568.jpg.html
>>
>> Cooling Off: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2013/Kanha-20131126-578.jpg.html
>>
>> On the Rounds: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2013/Kanha-20131127-934.jpg.html
>>
>> Black Stork: 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/Kanha2013/Kanha-20131126-715.jpg.html
>>
>> Please see LARGE
>>
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Kanha)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Kanha)