White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Flora around backwaters

Poovar beaches

Boat

Little cormorant (Microcarbo niger)

Ferryman

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)

Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)

Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)

Poovar Mangrooves

Two on the Elephant

People from the Lake

Indian Gaur (Bos gaurus)

Landscape of the Lake

Argiope pulchella

Gaur almost within reach

Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Inlet of Thekkady Lake

Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax)

Walking in the Forest

Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)

White-cheeked Barbet (Psilopogon viridis)

Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga)

Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)

Indian Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)