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Nat Geo WILD!

4 The Love Of Animals

Are you excited for the brand new channel from National Geographic? Talking Hot Dog Ranch, Livingston, Montana: Casey Anderson tosses Brutus the grizzly bears a fish at homemade “falls.&# (Photo Credit: © Grizzly Creek Films). originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 25, 2010. Are you ready to get WILD?

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. On a branch above the road, one Black-winged Kite is scratching its throat and… we brake! The Telia Lake. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

And sun bears. The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. And mosquitos. And leeches. And pit vipers.

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