Black Kite perched on a blooming Silver Oak tree
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A Black Kite (Milvus migrans) perched high among the branches of a Silver Oak (Grevillea robusta), also known as the Southern Silky Oak.
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Bhati Village beyond Chhatarpur in South Delhi - aerial view
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Twenty years ago, Bhatti, located on the south-eastern part of the southern ridge of the Aravali range adjoining Chattarpur in south Delhi, was a ruin that had been plundered for its red silica and sandstone. Between 1960 and 1990, Bhatti Mines, as the area was then known, witnessed unabated mining that stripped bare the once-dense forest of the Aravalis. In 1991, fearing further loss of green cover, the Delhi state government, with the help of a Supreme Court order, stopped mining in the area. It wasn’t until the early 2000s, though, that illegal mining in the area stopped. The illegal mining prompted the Delhi government to initiate the process of raising the Eco Task Force (ETF)—a division of the Territorial Army—and declared the 2,166-acre area the Bhatti Mine Sanctuary. It was a sanct
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Result 2Wild Himalayan Goral foraging in its natural habitat recorded by a camera trap
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Result 3Striated and Streaked Laughingthrush in their himalayan forest habitat
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Result 5Blue-tailed Forest Hawk perched on sunlit rocks
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Result 6Misty mountain landscape with dramatic clouds at sunrise in the Himalayas
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Result 7Adventure rope walkway through the forest canopy at Reiek Park, Mizoram: An elevated view
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Result 8Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta and Bandipur National Park monsoon landscape
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