The fish was never going to be able to swallow this snakebird:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/darter2.jpg)
The snakebird got away, its dignity just about intact:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/darter3.jpg)
A wild elephant, seen from the car as we drove through the Mudumalai tiger reserve on the way to Ooty:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/elephant3.jpg)
This is a working elephant, browsing by the side of the same road:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/elephant4.jpg)
Termites' nests:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/termite2.jpg)
Some natives:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/monkeyfamily2.jpg)
Pelicans at Mysore:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/pelicans1.jpg)
A perky little pied bushchat:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/piedbushchat1.jpg)
A sambar stag (Cervus (Rusa) unicolor), attended by an Indian crow:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/deerpark2.jpg)
An Indian myna:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/myna1.jpg)
Pied mynas on the hotel lawn:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/piedmyna1.jpg)
And the evil Mahishasura, whose name was anglicised into 'Mysore':
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/india/mahishasura1.jpg)
He was defeated by Chamundeshwari, the Godess of Mysore.
Guy