We went for an trek in the forest of the largest wildlife Sanctuary in Southern India this morning. We shared the trip with a German couple both of whom had an interest in Biology (but not specifically birds).
We (at least Cathy saw) a male wild elephant with tusks - apparently this was known to be a dangerous animal and though it was far from us, it appeared near another group.
The trek was through a heavily forested area with huge trees and we could see monkeys and a few birds (such as the malabar hornbill) and well as signs of elephants. The trees were the most impressive we've seen and often entwined with strangling figs - which in some cases had taken over completely.
We walked back along the 5 Km road into the park and some more birds, deer and wild boar on our way back, as well as more huge trees.
Here is a picture of a bird (actually out of sequence, as I do not have the Periyar pictures yet):
Note on internet cafes here: Sometimes the keycaps are illegible making spelling hard and updating the blog a bit of a struggle. Today there is a power cut so though the keys are OK I am finding it hard to see what I am doing (the PC is on an UPS and power cuts are frequent. We wandered though Kottayam during a power cut - the fumes of the generators outside each shop made it even more polluted than normal.)
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