Deepak Rajanna

Hampi, Karnataka

The scrub jungles around Hampi, especially Daroji sanctuary, offer a rich variety of dryland birds.

Anejhari, Kollur, Karnataka

A little known protected forest near Kollur in Shimoga district.

Tawang

The northernmost district in Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China. Home to one of Buddhism's holiest monasteries.

Bhadra, Karnataka

Reserve forest in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka state.

Shimoga, Karnataka

District in the western ghats of Karnataka state

Bandipur, Karnataka

One of the largest tiger reserves in the country, Bandipur is a convenient 6 hr drive from Bangalore.

Lake Elementeita, Kenya

Located mid-way between the popular tourist destinations of Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru.

Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Haryana

Sultanpur sanctuary and the nearby wetlands are fertile breeding grounds for winter migrants.

Chikmagalur, Karnataka

My place of birth and will always remain one of my favourite places for birding. The district of Chikmagalur straddles both the hills and the plains, and there are abundant birds in both regions.

Phobjikha, Bhutan

Phobjikha, a postcard-ready grassland/wetland, serves as a crucial winter breeding ground for the endangered Black-necked Crane.

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo is a town in Ecuador, famous for its cloud forests that host some maddeningly large variety of birds.

Delhi

Delhi and its surroundings are a surprisingly rich places for birding.

Punakha, Bhutan

Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand

Lake Ellesmere, also called Te Waihora, is a lagoon that you see on the drive from Akaroa to Christchurch.

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Highest free-standing mountain in the world

Halebid, Karnataka

Home to a famous Hoysala temple in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Tourist destination in South Florida

Yala, Sri Lanka

National park in Sri Lanka that is reputed to have the highest concentration of leopards

Pench, MP

The national park in central india that inspired Kipling's Jungle Book

Melghat

Melghat was among the first nine reserves to be notified under the Project Tiger, and is part of the vitally important Satpuda landscape.

Dana biosphere reserve, Jordan

A biosphere reserve in Central Jordan.

Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam

Cát Tiên National Park is a nature reserve in South Vietnam famous for the Javan Rhinoceros (now thought extinct) and the Yellow cheeked Gibbon.

St. Malo, France

Walled city on the Brittany coast in France

Stuart, Florida

Small town in south of Florida state

Thol, Gujarat

Lake near Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat

Ranganathittu, Mysore

Bird sanctuary on the edge of Mysore town

Lake Manyara, Tanzania

Lake on the rift valley in Tanzania

Tadoba, Maharashtra

National park near Nagpur, Maharashtra, that promises the best chance of spotting tigers in the wild in India

National Chambal Sanctuary, UP

Protected area around possibly the most pristine river system in the plains of India, the Chambal. Is home to some critically endangered species such as the Gharial, Indian Skimmer and the Gangetic Dolphin.

Galibore Fishing Camp, Karnataka

On the bank of river Kaveri, near Sangama, that sadly might submerge under the backwaters of a proposed dam.

Hanle, Ladakh

Bang Lang, Vietnam

Is a hectare-wide nature preserve in South Vietnam that has an astonishing number of storks, egrets, herons and cormorants.

Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra

Beautiful sanctuary right outside of Navi Mumbai on the Mumbai-Goa highway

Te Anau, New Zealand

Small resort town by the second largest lake in New Zealand.

Kashid, Maharashtra

Beach on the konkan coast in Maharashtra.

Kabini, Karnataka

Kabini is a tributary of river Cauvery

Zainabad, Gujarat

Town on the edge of the salt marshes in the little Rann of Kutch

Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu

Town of resorts on the edge of Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary

Akaroa, New Zealand

Akaroa, is a resort town on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.

Bangalore, Karnataka

My hometown.

Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania

Home to some of the oldest fossils of hominids ever found

Muriwai, New Zealand

Muriwai beach, an hours drive from Auckland, is famous for its large Gannet Colony.

Muthodi, Karnataka

Used to be a settlement on the edge of the Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary. After the village was relocated, the forest has reclaimed the territory

Nubra Valley, Ladakh

Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

Beach town near the southern tip of Sri Lanka

Bandhavgarh, MP

Tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh that has one of the highest densities of tigers in India. Another matter that we don't spot any

Valiyaparamba, Kerala

Sandwiched between backwaters and the Arabian Sea, Valiyaparamba is an island that has one of the most beautiful beaches I've been to.

Mont St. Michel, France

An island off the normandyy coast famous for a 10th century monastery

Kanha, MP

One of the famous tiger parks in Madhya Pradesh

Ulva Island, New Zealand

One of the islands near Stewart Island, boasting of a pristine untouched forest where some of New Zealand's marquee species find refuge in a sanctuary that's closely guarded against invasive species.

MakaLidurga, Karnataka

Hill fort in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka

Chilika Lake, Odisha

India's largest lagoon is home to a rich variety of birds, especially winter migrants, while also harboring a sizeable population of Irrawaddy Dolphins.

Amruthapura, Karnataka

Famous for a Hoysala temple. Happens to be my dad's birthplace too.

Sadashivgad

A historic fort, right by the mouth of the river Kali, now houses a jungle lodge.

Kaziranga National Park

The last bastion of the magnificent Asian One-horned Rhino.

Bushy Beach Rd, Otago, New Zealand

Bushy Beach Scenic Reserve near Oamaru, New Zealand, is famous for its colony of the endangered Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Kavanapura, Karnataka

The location of our little mango orchard which is turning out to be one of my favorite places for lazy balcony birding.

Hosanagara, Shimoga

A small town in Shimoga adjoining the Sharavathy backwaters

Pokaran

Site best known for India's nuclear tests, but also serves as one of the last reserves with viable populations of the Great Indian Bustard

Corbett, Uttarakhand

One of the largest national parks in India

Mt. Harriet National Park, Andaman

Andaman's second highest peak

Paro, Bhutan

One of two main cities of Bhutan and the hub from which to visit its most iconic destination, Tiger's Nest.

Hesaraghatta Lake

The reservoir of a dam built in 1894 to serve as a source of water for the city of Bangalore, this lake, which is dry most of the year, still serves as an important grassland and is home to a lot of birds.

Chitradurga, Karnataka

About 200 km from Bangalore this district has the underrated Jogimatti protected forest

Kudremukh, Karnataka

This used to Karnataka's largest iron mine, until a people's movement got it shut, allowing the Western ghats to slowly reclaim back the wilderness.

Jung Falls, Arunachal

Pictures from around Jung falls and Chagzam in Arunachal Pradesh.

Airoli, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Mangroves on the coasts of Mumbai which can surprise you with the variety and number of birds

Shark Valley, Florida

Marshes in the Florida state that teem with alligators

Bannerughatta, Karnataka

The nearest national park from where I live.

Kalasa, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka

A small town in Chikkamaguluru district known for its temple.

Dochula, Bhutan

Dochula is itself not a birding location. Many of the birds tagged here were either shot on the road near the Dochula pass or at the botanical garden in Lamperi.

Kamakura, Japan

Defacto capital of Japan in the 12-14th centuries

Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim

On our trek to Goechala in Sikkim, we walked through the Khangchendzonga National Park

GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka

Agricultural university which is home to a mini-forest

Thattekad

Thattekad and the forests around are home to a stunning variety of birds including iconic endemics such as the Frogmouth and Bay Owl.

Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Lake Naivasha is a fauna-rich water body in the rift valley basin. Oddly, "Naivasha" is the maasai word for lake.

Velavadar, Gujarat

Famous for a blackbuck sanctuary. Also home to the last few striped hyenas in India

Miranda Shorebirds, New Zealand

Miranda Shorebirds centre, near Auckland, is a wintering ground for a lot of arctic shorebirds.

Pulicat, Tamil Nadu

Salt water lake/lagoon that separates India's satellite launch site, Sriharikota from the mainland

Gurgaon, Haryana

One of the fastest growing cities in India has managed to set aside some greenery in the form of the Aravalli park

Kanakapura, Karnataka

Town to the south of Bangalore

Tezpur, Assam

Considered the cultural capital of Assam state in northeast India

Miami, Florida

City on the south east peninsula of the US

Les Sept-Îles, France

Islets near the Brittany coast that are home to some humungous numbers of birds

Swaraj Dweep/Havelock Island, Andaman

Home to some of the most untouched beaches in our country.

Channapatna, Karnataka

Town midway between Bangalore and Mysore. Famous for its toys

Pakhiralay, Sundarbans

Sunderbans is a large mangrove forest stretching across India and Bangladesh at the delta of the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra

Otago Peninsula, New Zealand

Otago Peninsula near the town of Dunedin is famous for the Royal Albatross Colony, the only mainland breeding ground of the Royal Albatross.

Doubtful Sound, New Zealand

Located in the Fiordland area in New Zealand, Doubtful Sound is a fiord (and not a Sound), and home to the Fiordland Crested Penguins, among other charismatic species.

Saifai, UP

On our trip to Chambal Sanctuary we spent one morning roaming the fields near a village called Saifai in UP, mostly on the lookout for Sarus Cranes.

Cuyabeno, Ecuador

Cuyabeno is a river in Ecuador that is one of the tributaries in the Amazon river system.

Agumbe, Karnataka

One of the wettest places in country, if not the world, is a home to a bewildering array of bird species.

Eagle Nest Wildlife Sanctuary

Home to the critically endangered Bugun Liocichla in northern Arunachal Pradesh.

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

Was the power center of the mighty Chola empire that ruled the South of India in the 10th century

Gulakmale, Karnataka

Small village on the way to Kanakapura

Khichan

Khichan is best known for its congregations of Demoiselle Cranes.

Amboseli, Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro provides a regal backdrop to Amboseli, offering some of the most dramatic framing of the savannahs of Africa.

Karanji Lake, Mysore, Karnataka

Karanji lake, is an artificial lake in Mysore that attracts a lot of waders and water birds.

Dinard, France

Town on the Brittany coast in France

Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka

Wildlife sanctuary on the southern coast of Sri Lanka

Tsomoriri, Ladakh

Serengeti, Tanzania

The land of the endless plain in Tanzania.

Bekal Fort, Kerala

Site of a 17th century fort made famous by a song in the Maniratnam movie 'Bombay'.

Aqaba, Jordan

Port city in the South of Jordan at the mouth of the Red Sea.

Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Lake Nakuru National Park, in the rift valley basin, is one of the best places in Kenya to spot the Black Rhino.

Sharavathi Adventure Camp

Jungle lodge located on the banks of the Talakalale reservoir in Shimoga district.

Olympic National Park, WA

National park in the north western edge of continental US in the state of Seattle

K.Gudi

K. Gudi, at the edge of the BR Hills tiger reserve, is a great destination for birding.

Pilerne, Goa

Town in the north of Goa. Stayed at a villa with a patch of forest right behind it

Yuksom

Yuksom, the erstwhile capital of Sikkim, is a small town at the base of the Khangchendzonga National Park.

Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Oban is a settlement in the southern most part of New Zealand, Stewart Island.

Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh

Ladakh, J&K, India

That magical land in the northern himalayas bordering China. The pictures in this album are from two separate trips I made to this region.

Bhandarwada, Maharashtra

Came across this untouched beach quite by chance when we were trying to get to Ganpatipule beach, on the Konkan coast.

Seattle, WA, USA

City on the northwest of the US

Etretat, France

Place on the Normandy coast in France, famous for its limestone cliffs

Thekkady, Kerala

Home to the Periyarr Wildlife Sanctuary, containing the artificial lake formed by the resorvoir of the Mullaperiyar dam

Moshi, Tanzania

Town which has the closest airport to Mount Kilimanjaro

Mysore, Karnataka

Cultural capital of Karnataka State.

Kokkare Bellur, Bannahalli, Karnataka

A village near Mysore where, for some mysterious reasons, Pelicans and storks have decided to roost right in the middle of the village.

Ranthambore, Rajasthan

Famous for its tiger, Ranthambore also happens to be a birding hotspot

Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

District in the west coast of Maharashtra where untouched beaches abut the Sahyadris.

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Volcanic crater on the edge of the serengeti plains

Oamaru, New Zealand

Oamaru is famous for the Blue Penguin colony.

Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

Patch of green right in the middle of our most crowded metropolis

Queenstown, New Zealand

A cycle trip along the shores of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown yielded a rich set of birds.

San Juan Islands, San Juan County, WA

Islands to the east of Seattle famous for whale watching

Atlanta, GA

Went to Atlanta in 2011 to attend my sister's graduation. Was impressed with the birds I spotted right there in the downtown

Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam

An archipelago of limestone karsts in the South China sea close to Hạ Long City

Pangong Tso, Ladakh

A large freshwater lake on the border between India and China.

Galápagos, Ecuador

The iconic islands that is said to have inspired Darwin's theories on evolution

Bhindawas

Bhindawas is a lake near Jhajjar town in Haryana. On account of the roads to here not being great, and there not being any habitation nearby, the birdlife is spectacular here. Definitely one of my favourite destinations.

Ramanagara, Karnataka

Home to the last breeding populations of the Long-billed vulture in South India. This is where I end up doing most of my birding because we own a farm here that I visit often.

River Tern Lodge, Chickmagaluru, Karnataka

Nestled on the banks of the massive Bhadra Reservoir in Chikmagalur, its named after the scores of River terns that breed in the islands of the reservoir in the summer.

Bharatpur, Rajasthan

Houses the Keoldeo national park, one of India's most famous bird sanctuaries

Riverton, New Zealand

One of the oldest towns in the South Island, Riverton was one of our stops on the way to Oban.

Pt. Calimere

Pt. Calimere, or Kodiakarai, is a coastal wetland at the tip of the Palk Strait, and one of the most important stopover points for birds flying on the Central Asian Flyway.

Maasai Mara, Kenya

The site of one of the most storied migrations in the animal kingdom.