Travel & wildlife photography
Field notes
from the wild
Travel stories and field notes from the tiger forests, wetlands and grasslands — safaris, birdwatching and the quiet corners in between. Photographed and written on location.
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Birdsong · SEP 2026
Birds on Wires: How Perch Hunters Work, and Why It Makes Them Easy to Photograph
Drongos, kingfishers and hawk-eagles all hunt the same way — sit high, watch, drop. Once you scan perches instead of scenery, they become…
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Birdsong · SEP 2026
The Cuckoo Con: India’s Monsoon Brood Parasites and…
Birdsong · SEP 2026
Sit Under a Fig Tree: The Easiest Way to See Forest…
Birdsong · Bhigwan · SEP 2026
Six Birds After the Flamingos: A Winter Morning at…
Birdsong · Sindhudurg · SEP 2026
Hornbill, Pitta, Sunbird: Three Hard Birds of a Konkan…
Birdsong · Sindhudurg · SEP 2026
Wire-tailed Swallows on the Verandah: The Birds That…
Birdsong · Bhigwan · SEP 2026
Kadbanwadi Grassland: The Half of Bhigwan Nobody Visits
Where we’ve been
Seven places, returned to across seasons. Each one has its own birds, its own light and its own way of being difficult.
TadobaMH
Maharashtra’s tiger country — core zones, buffer gates and dry forest birds.
25 articles
BhigwanMH
Flamingos, raptors and winter migrants on the Ujani backwaters.
24 articles
BandhavgarhMP
Dense sal forest, and the highest tiger density anywhere.
16 articles
PannaMP
A reserve brought back from zero tigers, along the Ken river.
12 articles
JawaiRJ
Granite hills, leopards on the rocks, and wetlands full of birdlife.
5 articles
SindhudurgMH
Konkan monsoon birding — kingfishers, owls and Western Ghats endemics.
2 articles
KeralaKL
Munnar to Alleppey, with the southern Western Ghats endemics.
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What this is
A wildlife and bird photography journal by Prashant S. Gupta, based in Mumbai. Forests, birds, tigers and wild landscapes, documented through honest, unedited field photography — Tadoba, Bandhavgarh, Bhigwan, Panna, Jawai and beyond.
About the author
Prashant S. Gupta
Wildlife photographer · Digital strategist · Writer
“Strategy is thinking. Execution is courage. Digital is the bridge.”
A wildlife photographer and lifelong learner with over a decade in healthcare communication. TravelOnTales is his field journal — a place for real forests, patient observation and honest wildlife photography.
Also builds TheStoriesNow, NutritionSimplify, YoursVow, TheMango and practical AI application tools.
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