We'd seen Malabar Parakeets - a beautiful endemic species confined to the Western Ghats - previously and for the first time at Periyar; but for blinding, close-up views in the midst of a stunning landscape, it had to be The Rock, naturally....
....right alongside (amongst another few dozen multi-coloured species) Chestnut-headed Bee-eaters. An explosion in a paint factory sprang instantly to mind.
