Yesterdays sighting was a real bliss. We were hoping another sighting today, but no such luck. We did see 1-hour old male tiger pug-marks, but no sign of the tiger. The pug marks were on both sides of a 200 foot water channels indicating that the tiger had crossed the channel there.
We went through a narrower creek, but it was not even close to the ones where the fishing boats go. This time in our boat, we were accompanied by three German doctors. They were really enjoying the place. I really wished they would see the tiger. Well, we did see many birds though...
The doctors had some work in Kolkata, but they had come to the Sunderbans on the weekend. I gave them my blog addresses, but foolishly (I don't know how it skipped my mind) I didn't ask them their name. Then, we left the place. In a long bus journey, we bid goodbye to each other, and parted. We are spending the night in a place called The Stay in Goria-hat.
We had proper Bengali dinner in a hotel called Bhojo-Hari Manna. The food was excellent (thanks to Subhojit kaka again for recommending the place) though the service was bad. All the waiters were glued to TV watching India South Africa match!
The resting cowboy
Lesser adjutant stork
Collard kingfisher
Fish eagle
Barn owl
Doctors from Germany
Niranjan Raptan
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