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  • Indian Pond Heron
    Indian Pond Heron
    Ardeola grayii
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#1947
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Citrine Wagtail
    Citrine Wagtail
    Motacilla cinerea
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#1961
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grey Francolins
    Grey Francolins
    Francolinus pondicerianus
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#1976
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plum-headed Parakeet
    Plum-headed Parakeet
    Psittacula cyanocephala
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#2000
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Safari Vehicles & Asiatic Lion
    Safari Vehicles & Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, male - as on any safari, cats draw a crowd of viewers.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#6336
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica - male lying in the road just before sundown.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#2036
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica - menacing look, but the male is just yawning.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#2094
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, male.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#2137
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, male - only mildly interested as we drove by.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#6340
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, male - enjoying a dust bath.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 7, 2016
    2016-12-07#6341
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Forest Patrol
    Forest Patrol
    ISO 81,275 - These rangers spend the night in the park close to the lions monitoring activity.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6347
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, female - photographed at ISO 36,000 in the very early morning.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2163
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, juvenile - headed to water for a drink.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6374
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, young male.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6400
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, female - photographed at ISO 11,400 in deep shade.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2174
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Asiatic Lion
    Asiatic Lion
    Panthera leo persica, solo female.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6412
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Indian Peafowl
    Indian Peafowl
    Pavo cristatus, male.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2184
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Northern Plains Langurs
    Northern Plains Langurs
    Semnopithecus entellus
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2207
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Kamleswer Dam (lake)
    Kamleswer Dam (lake)
    Many people call a man-made body of water a dam.
    Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6450
    Larry L. Jackson
  • River Tern
    River Tern
    Sterna aurantia
    Kamleswer Dam, Gir National Park, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Gir, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6452
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tuk-tuk
    Tuk-tuk
    Gir to Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6456
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Gir to Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6459
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jugaad
    Jugaad
    Very decorated.
    Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6461
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6467
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6468
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Outside Shower
    Outside Shower
    Outside showers are fairly common, along with an indoor tub and shower.
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6469
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Main Room
    Main Room
    More like a small house, and very nice.
    Blackbuck Lodge #104, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6471
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blackbuck Lodge #104
    Blackbuck Lodge #104
    This place was so nice, comfortable and well staffed that staying longer would have been easy.
    Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#6474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-eared Bulbul
    White-eared Bulbul
    Pycnonotus leucotis
    Blackbuck Lodge, Velavadar, Gujarat, India, December 8, 2016
    2016-12-08#2218
    Larry L. Jackson