Animal Kingdom - Maharajah Jungle Trek

Post your photos from the Jungle Trek here.

I'll start it off with something green for my St. Patrick's Day post: A Nicobar pigeon in the aviary.


Belly up to the Nicobar

 

I think I take more photos in the aviary than anywhere else on the trail. Here's a Pied Imperial Pigeon.


Imperial

 

The lovely fairy bluebird:

 

Oh, for a long-handled pair of clippers to trim that one branch.


Comfortable

 

Now THAT'S a tail:

 

If you're a Victoria Crowned Pigeon, you're always at home on the throne.


Pigeon Royalty

 

Lovee dovee tigers:

 

A snooty tiger? Hey, it's a cat, what did you expect?


Is That Lunch I Smell?

 

It's only a fruit bat. It only eats fruit.


Put Out That Light!

 

Anyone else tired of seeing all these bleeding heart doves!? No, really...that's his name - the Luzon bleeding heart dove:

 

Tiger - closeup with intensity:

 

It's breakfast time and the blackbuck antelope parade off to the feeding troughs.


Morning Commute

A bit of trivia that I picked up on my last trip: The prey animals in this area of the trail have a clear view of the tigers and vice versa. Apparently it's important that both groups get that occasional andrenaline boost so they don't get too comfortable in captivity.

 

Masked plover:

 

Do any of you amateur ornithologists recognize these birds? I can't match them to anything on the bird guide, and the last time I visited tha aviary all of the CMs were too busy for me to ask about them.


Cheep Date

 

One of the few times I got to see a tiger actually in the water: