A mega tectonic event that simmered for millennia, propelled an itinerant landmass of Indian subcontinent towards present day’s Asia on a sluggish time scale. In due course, this drifting gargantuan earth plate, fired by a monomania to explore the possibilities of unique creation, eventually collided with Asian plate with unimaginable force about 50 million years ago.
When it comes to seeing and photographing Tiger in its natural environments, India surely tops the list of the best destinations to fulfil your dream. This biggest of all big cats, once superabundant in ice-free Pleistocene Asia up to the Arctic circle was pushed Southwards due to cold climatic spell to rule the roost in its current range of small island habitats of human induced fragmented forest in South, East and South East Asia, where it can still be encountered on foot and from safari vehicles with thrilling experience.
The feathered chirpy creature that is the master of void with the freedom of sky was not content to be landbound in its ancestral form. Hence, metamorphosed itself evolutionarily in order to be buoyant to fly, whiz, swoop, surprise and most importantly delight the birders with their bedizened delicate feathers of various hue, patterns and ostentation.