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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Langur playing with its own tail!
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Langur playing with itself... It lifts its tail in its hand, holds on to it and then pecks it a few times, perhaps to clean it or take off ecto-parasities from the tail! See a bunch of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa sinensis) and Peafowl eating along with the Langurs! Also see a Rhesus Macaque and a pair of langur, a mother langur with a baby, and Peafowl. Macaques, Langurs & Peafowls in Sariska wildlife sanctuary. The Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary houses the ruins of medieval temples of Garh-Rajor that date back to the 10th and 11th centuries. Also a 17th century castle on a hilltop at Kankwari provides a panoramic view of flying vultures and eagles. The Sariska was declared a sanctuary in 1955 and attained the status of a National Park in 1979. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock f
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