
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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A Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) sits at its nest to incubate its eggs near Nainital in Uttarakhand. Red-billed Blue Magpie incubating its eggs in the Nainital area of Kumaon Stealing magpies or crow kin? Red-billed Blue Magpies are smart attractive long-taild hill birds, Mussoorie Stealing magpies or crow kin? Red-billed Blue Magpies are smart attractive long-tailed hill birds seen here around Mussoorie, at wildfilmsindia conservation lands. Belonging to the crow family, Red-billed Blue Magpies are omnivores just like their cousins. Here the birds can be seen eating the fruit of the wild pear tree or 'kaitha' as it is known locally in the Garhwal region of the Himalaya. Red-billed Blue Magpies get attracted to a wild pear tree laden with fruit This footage is part of the
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