Cherry blossom trees in Toronto were in full bloom over the weekend attracting thousands of visitors to the city parks. Toronto’s High Park was the centre of attraction and had thousands coming to enjoy the sight that symbolized the arrival of spring. It was 60 years ago in 1959, the Japanese ambassador to Canada gifted…
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is an annual fair held at the Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario. Inaugurated in 1922, this fair runs in every early November. Visitors can see varieties of livestock, rabbits, birds, horses and ponies. They also have a display of crops and vegetables. Visitors get an opportunity to see the educational…
We spent two days inside the Wilpattu national park with only glimpses of leopards without proper photo opportunities and we were not happy. We had to leave that day, so we packed and started heading back with heavy hearts. Half way to the park exit, we suddenly saw a black spot, that looked like an…
One morning inside the Yala national park, we came across a sloth bear on a palu (Manilkara hexandra) tree. It spent a good amount of time pulling branches and snacking on juicy yellow palu fruits. They say eating excessive amounts of this fruit, gives you an intoxicating effect. We believe this bear got ‘tipsy’ after…
On one evening inside the Yala national park, we ran in to a mini traffic jam, where all the safari vehicles were stopped. We were told it was because of “Gemunu”, the lone tusker who was notorious for demanding food from passing vehicles. We had seen Gemunu in our previous visits to Yala. Our safari…
During one of our afternoon excursions in the Yala park, we stumbled upon this huge leopard known to safari drivers as “Harak Hora”, the cattle thief. The leopard tried to creep inside a culvert but changed his mind and went in to the jungle. The same evening, when we were returning to our park bungalow,…
Article by Miriam King of Bradford Times
When we were traveling along the banks of a water body one evening in the Wilpattu national park, a serpent eagle suddenly dashed in front of our vehicle and landed on the edge of the water. Puzzled by what we saw, we looked to see that the eagle was trying to capture a land monitor….
One afternoon, inside the Wilpattu national park, we came across this monarch bird’s nest, which has a distinctive cone shape. There were two chicks in the nest, and two adults were hovering around them. We stopped to watch the commotion and realized that they were teaching the chicks to fly out of the nest. While…
One morning inside the Yala national park, we saw a leopard that was sitting on an open grassy field, going in to a nearby wooded area as we approached. We circled around the wooded lot and saw that it was feasting on a kill. After some time, the leopard came out of the woods and…