I love this old pavilion at Nandi Hills, and I enjoyed the misty light as my friends birded/took photographs there:

In Thattekkad, I was walking along (trailing well behind the others as usual)…when I saw this butterfly (Karthik tells me it is a LARGE YEOMAN) flitting past, and then …a dramatic sudden death befell it.

I realized that I haven’t been to Lalbagh at all…so this was my first visit in about 9 months! I went to see the Republic Day Flower Show display, but that was more or less as usual…but what I loved was the sight of my favourite giant silk-cotton tree, with these three Rose-Ringed Parakeets having breakfast with a dove:

We’ve all spotted elephants…but have we spotted spotted elephants?