Mysore: Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

They really undersell this place calling it a bird sanctuary. Sure, there are birds in the trees. But where aren't there birds in the trees? Here's something that they should be advertising they provide that everywhere that has trees isn't giving away for free: rowboat trips through crocodile infested waters. Oh, and bats. Giant bats. (cut to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: "Those aren't big birds, sweetheart. Those are giant vampire bats".
Oh, and the last pic here, that's not from a zoom lens. That dude rowing in the first pic decided to row the boat up to the rock Mr. IWillFuckingEatYouAsSoonAsLookAtYou was sunning himself on. Like, to where the boat banged against the rock. Granted, the croc's sum total reaction to this invasion of his bubble of privacy was to close his mouth, and row boat driver probably expected that, but we are really leaving a lot to the decision making ability of a fucking lizard, aren't we?
More birds and the crocs who wait around to eat their babies in the flickr set: Go to flickr set