Shikhar Mohan

Name: Shikhar Mohan
Address: C-001, Garden Apartments, Sector 4, Vaishali, Ghaziabad, 201010, IN
Telephone: +919999641659

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I'm a photographer and tour skipper for Tigerwalah. I post nature and landscape images from India. 🇮🇳

04/08/2026

The stare-off.

01/08/2026

The magnificent Moyar Waterfall on the Moyar River, right before descending into a 20-kilometre-long Moyar Canyon in Tamil Nadu. The river is a natural boundary between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and between the national parks of Bandipur (Karnataka) and Mudumalai (Tamil Nadu).

Photo 1: 2-second long exposure
Photo 2: 1/200 second long exposure
Photo 3: OM SYSTEM India OM-1 capturing the exposures

28/07/2026

Now that is what I call a ’mouthful’!

This grey-winged blackbird is going to have an absolute feast today, consequently resulting in the local extinction of earthworms from this nicely manicured patch of grass in the Lansdowne cantonment area.

Despite its common name, the grey-winged blackbird is not really a blackbird in the North American sense, but instead it belongs to the thrush family.

What is a thrush? I’m glad you asked.

The thrush family is a group of mostly medium-sized (somewhere between a pigeon and a sparrow) songbirds found across much of the world. Thrushes are famous for their beautiful, flute-like songs and are among the most celebrated singers in the bird world. Being omnivorous by nature, they eat insects, worms, snails, berries, and other fruits. You can find them hopping along the ground, turning over leaves in search of food.

India has an impressive diversity of thrushes. Around 20–25 species occur in the country, including year-round residents, Himalayan breeders, and winter migrants from Central and northern Asia. The Western Ghats are among India’s best regions for resident thrushes, followed by the lesser and middle Himalayas.

26/07/2026

When we look at our photographs and find not the slightest reflection of ourselves, it’s a good sign that our images have lost their souls.

19/06/2026

Guys, I found Varun Dhawan in the rainforests of Kerala! 😼

Jokes apart, I have been wanting to photograph the beautiful Nilgiri langur for so long. Found in the Nilgiris (obviously), this monkey inhabits various types of forests, including evergreen, semi-evergreen, and moist deciduous forests, as well as sholas and grasslands.

Because Nilgiri langurs are fairly shy, they prefer to occupy remote habitats with few humans nearby. As human development expands, this squeezes the monkeys into smaller and smaller ranges. These gorgeous primates are also hunted for their skin, used to make drums, and other parts of their bodies are used in traditional ‘medicine’.

wildlifephotography | naturephotography | nilgirilangur | periyar | kerala

18/06/2026

An elderly Baiga lady on the outskirts of Kanha Tiger Reserve.

Living in dense forests and hilly regions of central India, and mostly dependent on forest produce, the Baiga is possibly the most ancient surviving tribe in India. They traditionally lived a semi-nomadic life and practised ‘bawar’ (slash-and-burn cultivation). They are very good hunters, too.

Today, however, they have forsaken their nomadic and hunting lifestyle for a more settled agricultural lifestyle. While visiting the national parks of Madhya Pradesh, especially Kanha National Park, you can spot multiple small settlements of this community.

They often work as guides and drivers in the national parks and tiger reserves, and on my travels, I have had the privilege of interacting with them and understanding their lifestyle and philosophy. Despite being classified as a PVTG (or Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group) by the Indian government (due to their declining population and low literacy rates), they are still one of the happiest and warmest people I have ever met. They would not think twice before welcoming you into their homes and would go out of their way to help you.

Tigers, elephants, barasinghas and rhinos are amazing, but the different people you meet and the different cultures that you explore on a wilderness escape are what make the experience truly meaningful.

kanhanationalpark | tribesofindia | baiga | madhyapradesh | portraitphotography

05/06/2026

On my way to Pangong Tso through the Durbuk Valley, I came across several patches of green. Sitting in the Changthang Plateau - one of the driest and harshest environments in the world - these meadows felt completely out of place.

In a land where rainfall is scarce, the soil is gravelly, temperatures are severe, and the growing season is extremely short, these high-altitude marsh meadows and sedge beds, fed by snowmelt and spring water, become an oasis of wildlife activity in an endless expanse of barren high trans-Himalayas.

Apart from sustaining Changpa livestock, these wetlands support birds like the black-necked crane and bar-headed goose; large mammals such as the kiang, bharal, and argali; and smaller mammals like the Himalayan marmot and plateau pika.

durbuk | tanstse | ladakh | himalayas | landscapephotography | grassland

30/05/2026

On my recent trip to Dudhwa National Park, while spending time with this beautiful tigress named Beldanda, I came across a very interesting tiger behaviour that I had never witnessed before.

As she walked towards us, Beldanda came across a pile of spotted deer droppings. Prior to spotting the droppings, she was quite nonchalant, appearing completely unfazed. The moment she noticed it, she quickly made her way towards the pile and inspected it quite carefully. After giving them a quick sniff, her posture became noticeably alert - she began sniffing around and scanning the heavy foliage to the left of the trail, seemingly looking for signs of deer activity.

In all my years of exploring the wilderness, I have never seen a tiger - or any big predator, for that matter - investigate the droppings of its prey in such a manner.

Upon further research, I discovered that tigers do indeed use prey droppings as one of several scent cues while tracking prey, although their investigation is generally not as intensive as that of canids such as jackals, wolves, and wild dogs.

wildlifephotography | naturephotography | dudhwanationalpark | kishanpurwildlifesanctuary | bigcatsofindia

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Ghaziabad
201010

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