Photo Gallery - Sukhna Nature Trail

The moon was still shining bright when it was time to wake up..... As always, I had to make a few 'wake up' calls to a few CATS at 3.45am!!

CAT Navpreet mumbled, 'Sue, bari maari kardi hain tu!'Yes... even the kittens were not spared :-(
I have been asked if I have worked for a 'Torture Chamber' by any chance!

CATS exchanging MEOWs at the assembly point....

The graceful early risers were there to give us company...
or sympathise with us perhaps!

Walking along the promenade, CATS were mesmerised by the warmth of the rising sun...


Spirits of the CATS soured with the sun...

Soon CATS had walked 2.6kms along the lake promenade...
The front runners decided to cool their paws off a little and let the whole pack of CATS re-assemble before we went towards the nature trail just before the regulatory end...

CATS indulged in a balancing act to cross the choe which appeared out of nowhere...


Just as thought our adventure for the day was over...
A Spotted Deer (Cheetal) paid us a surprise visit

Black Drongo sang beautifully for us...

Our fellow avid Bird Watchers (Ornithologists), CAT Ashok and CAT Neerja helped us identify our Peacocks from our Koels, Brain Fever Birds, Open Billed Storks, Black Winged Stilts, Babblers, Purple Sun Birds, Geese, Mynas, Green Barbets, Common Sand Pipers to name a few...
See what all you missed??

A clear view of the lake from the 'other' end...

Can you spot the tower at the top end of the lake??

CATS enjoying the wilderness, in the middle of our City Beautiful...

CATS getting really 'up close and personal' with our four legged pals :-)
We were left in awe by the herds of Deer and Sambhar...

This is the hole which caused a split between
the believers and the non-believers amongst the CATS!
The verdict is still out about the theory as to whether there was a python in this hole which was trying to swallow the dog (who's tail is visible in this picture), or whether the dog was howling
after getting its' one leg entangled in a wire, which was invisible to CATS from above...

What everyone does agree upon is that the dog was sitting
merrily in the hole, when all of a sudden it started howling and
then was seen struggling to get its' one paw released from 'something'


The stray dogs accompanying a horse rider brought back
the memories of Fox Hounds leading their masters on the
'now' controversial fox hunting, traditionally held after Christmas in UK


The die hard CATS exchanging notes with the freshers during the
last leg of our nature trail, which took us through the Lake Club...


CAT Tony quite happy distributing, 'Parshaada Ji'
to which CAT Harman and others were heard replying,
'Wahe Guru Ji'


Another beautiful morning spent in the lap of mother nature...
CATS got busy planning for the summer after breakfast,
before heading home to snooze away rest of the morning...



- CAT Supreet

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