Who Am I

Me

I go by the name Santosh, born and living in Benglauru city in the state of Karnataka, India.


Having spent my entire life here in the city, I'm currently employed full time in a corporate giant where I use the complete benefits of leaves and weekends that I can avail to travel, go bird-watching, for a bit of wildlife photography, to go on a ride or a drive and take part in conservation activities!

Lot of people travel, go exploring and do what not, but its very few of them who pen it down. In my initial days, I've struggled looking out for information about places on the internet and all that I used to find were very similar and mostly useless or misleading stuff. This enticed me to pen down my experiences with relevant information and that could come handy to other folks who would want to visit. The other intent was to narrate the happenings as they unfolded that would take the reader ona virtual tour. It indeed is very satisfying when your content gets appreciated and more when people have found it useful. As years have rolled by, my outings with my core group reduced due to lot of limitations and commitments with all of us.

Slowly and steadily, the flavor of topic of this blog has changed from being a travel blog to a wildlife travel blog. Now, all my posts are an attempt to showcase the rich and diverse wildlife (birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, etc) from the places where I visit along with tales of generic travel that I undertake.

Extensively traveling in India from Kashmir to Andamans, Gujarat to Assam, I've recorded about 650+ species of birds of the total ~1200 found in India... many more to go, you see :)

I'm not heavy on social media, but you can still find me on Facebook, Facebook Page, Twitter, Google+!

My current photography gear:
Canon 7D MkII
Canon 100-400mm
Vanguard Orros 8x42 binoculars

Books and Guides:
The Book of Indian Birds - Salim Ali (13th edition)
Birds of Indian Subcontinent - Grimett & Inskipp (2nd edition)
Birds of Southern Coastal Karnataka - Dr. K. Prabhakar Achar & Shivashankar
Pictorial Guide to Frogs & Toads of Western Ghats - Gururaja KV
Google Maps
Karnataka Road Atlas
Wikipedia


My core team:
First of all, a lot of credit goes to each one of them for their continuous support and encouragement. With them, I have explored a lot in Karnataka and have enjoyed a lot of experiences and memorable moments that are etched in my memory.

(Me, Raja, Nagaraj and Guru)

If any of you need any help in planning for your travel, or visiting any known place, or any photography advice, do reach out to me and I will surely communicate back.