India, March 23 -- It can be rewarding to not be totally obsessed with tigers. Dentist Rohan Sharma is one such exception. While traversing the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR), Uttar Pradesh, Sharma did not let his childhood passion for birds be overwhelmed by the tiger chase. Chance played a role in his favour and he bagged the first Indian record of crocodile predation or feeding on a dead one by the changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus limnaeetus).

In Sharma's narrative, the encounter that led to exceptional photographs and a vigorous interest evinced in them by researchers and raptor enthusiasts: "On a chilly afternoon during the course of my fifth safari at the PTR, I was captivated by the forest's charm once again, having fallen ...