Ambushed

|| Tadoba || Jan 2020
On a safari in Tadoba Tiger Reserve we happened to encounter the famous tigress Maya, barely visible, in a patch of large grass bordering the lake, we soon realised that the tigress was in stalking mode. Close by was a sambar deer along with a young fawn. The mother sambar deer was alert and suspected trouble near by, suddenly the tigress gave a mock charge towards the mother sambar deer, it escaped, but soon the mother sambar deer realised that the tigress was not after her but it was the young sambar fawn that was on the tiger's mind. Next the tigress chased the fawn into the lake and then the inevitable happened.