Baghvan
Wildlife at Baghvan
With its rusty red coat, white markings and black stripes, the tiger is perhaps the most glamorous jungle animal. A rare species, tigers are highly territorial and solitary. The dense jungle they favour and their exceptional camouflage makes them notoriously difficult to spot. However, a glimpse of this beautiful animal in the wild is a truly rewarding sight. Tigers will only inhabit territory where plenty of prey is found, and prefer to hunt at night, rarely being spotted stalking their prey. During the heat of the Indian day, they may be seen cooling off in pools or rivers and are excellent swimmers.
Giants of the grasslands, Indian gaur are the largest wild bovines in the world. The handsome, muscular males of this wild ox, with their jet black coats, can weigh up to 1 000 kg (2 205 lb). The females are smaller, with coffee coloured coats, and both sexes sport white markings below the knees that resemble stockings. Despite their size, they are shy animals and are normally found in herds of 10 to 15. After the monsoon season gaur are frequently spotted grazing on the fresh green grass in the valleys of Pench, moving to higher elevations in the early summers.
Under cover of darkness, the Indian jungle resounds with the eerie, chattering calls of the striped hyena. Striped hyena have a brownish-grey coat covered in stripes, a massive head and coarse fur running down the spine, ending in a bushy tail. Unlike their spotted African cousins, Indian hyena are solitary and are almost entirely nocturnal. They make their living mainly by scavenging and have been known to confront the big cats, even tiger, at their kills. However, when the need arises they are also adept hunters, taking down small to medium-sized prey.
Recent Sightings from Wildwatch.com
High School Cats! - 29 November 2009
By now most of you know about this Tigeress and her 4 cubs.Naturally she has to kill regularly to keep up with the appetite of her cubs.So the previous evening she had killed a spotted deer stag in a depression not distracted by the crowd of people...
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A Dream come true............... - 10 November 2009
Today we entered late in the park by 15 minutes and was driving slowly as one of the guest was feeling very cold. After 1 1/2 hours I reached at a place where some forest guards were standing. So I just asked them any "ALARM CALLS". They said just few...
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Spot the Leopard - 05 November 2009
As we were driving in the park we heard alarm calls of Langur. So we turned back from were the langurs were giving alarm calls. As we were about to reach the place, I saw vehicles which were already parked at some distance. I stopped the vehicle giving...
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