More than sloth bears in our Sloth Bear Hampi Resort

When Ashish Tirkey went to the Sloth Bear Resort in Hampi , he was surprised by what he spotted in the wilds. And he describes his encounter in his post , "Gala Meal "

 

I took my camera and was birding in the campus as all of a sudden I saw some movements into the bush. Rat snake…I whispered!! I moved further close to see and  realized that it was a spectacled cobra having a gala meal of an Indian bull frog. Wow…what an amazing sighting it was!

I immediately laid down on the ground and clicked some pictures. I had heard a lot about snakes in the camp, right from vipers to cobra from my staff  but it was incredible to spot one!! The bull frog was massive (that’s why it is called bull) and was really big for a snake 4-5 feet long. And it was already into the jaws of the slayer!!

A snakes jaw is not rigid and can move both its upper and lower jaw independently. It moves it head back and forth to swallow its prey.

I was really hoping to document this entire action in my camera but  it soon realized my presence and dragged its meal to the bush.

Ashish did spot another cobra and many birds in the campus and here are some photographs he shared with us 

 Spectacled cobra

 Common Babbler

Painted sandgrouse

 Ashy crowned sparrow lark

 Pied kingfisher

Pied cuckoo