Dear Member,

Ho Ho Ho! Wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year!

JungleLore is all geared up for the festive month of December, with a series of trips to wildlife destinations around India. For those of you who enjoy open vehicle rides across the wilderness with the chilly wind blowing through your hair, and get an inexplicable joy from sighting creatures in the cold, flip to the upcoming events and reserve your seats as soon as you can!

Speaking of the cold, we thought of featuring Shivani’s trip to Bharatpur national park which is the winter home of a huge number of migratory birds from around the world. Shivani is our latest addition to Team Jungle Lore. We also take a look at butterfly wonderland created by Rajendra Ovalekar in Thane which is visited by nearly 90 different species of butterflies.

Flip to the Snapshots page to check out photographs from our trips last month, and enjoy portraits by Shishir Dhulla shot around Mumbai. Hope you enjoy our regular columns – covering reindeers and the
strange relationhip between man and animals as evidenced by their inclusion in our festivals.

If you have something you'd like to share with Jungle Lore members, or a word of advice for the newsletter team, keep us posted on newsletter.junglelore@gmail.com.

Enjoy!

Insia

Inside

Ovalekar Wadi - Peak into butterfly wonderland created by Rajendra Ovalekar

Birds of Bharatpur - Shivani Kolge talks about her recent trip to Bharatpur national park

Snapshots - What has Junglelore been up to? A peak into the recent trip to Bhutan

I bet you didn't know this - Festivals symbolized by animals

Creature Feature - facts you might not have known about Reindeers

Upcoming events - you can look forward to these experiences with Junglelore in the near future

Desktop Calendar - Photograph by Gaurav Athalye

Feature photographer - portraits by Shishir Dhulla