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Uttarakhand·hills

A Himalayan Griffon Vulture or Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) soars above the landscape of Landour. Vultures are principally scavengers and are known to even eat bones of carcasses.

Uttarakhand

A compilation of several incredible moths you can find in Landour. With different sizes and patterns - some of them furry - moths can be tricky to identify or most people.

Uttarakhand·music · hills

Based in the mountains, Big Gig has its roots in music and represents the community that loves travel, exploration and community work in the Himalayan region.

Uttarakhand

Green plums (soon to turn bright red or plum!) ripening on a tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. An Arecaceae tree is bearing lots plum fruit which are waiting to be ripe.

Uttarakhand

The light and shade an a cloudy sky during monsoon in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills

Walking down the cemetery road in Landour, on the north face, we came across this Tree Creeper busily making its way up a cracked wall, searching for insects and grubs.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie, a Himalayan Pied Woodpecker gets to work on a dead wood log of deodar wood at the Jabbarkhet Estate, and then moves to a live Oak, banj or Quercus incana tree.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

What worm species is this? What exactly is the behaviour we're seeing here? These masses of writhing worms seem to locomote collectively, during the monsoon season in the lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

River Lapwing ( Vanellus duvaucelii) are birds from the Charadriidae family. It is a resident in the Northern-Indian Subcontinent. ID features include black crest, fae and throat, grey sides to neck, and black bill and legs.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Himalayan Pied Woodpecker on an oak tree, a view of Dahlia Bank from Mt. Pellier Estate, Landour. Also see a Himalayan Whistling Thrush on a roof-top in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·flowers

A rhododendron tree in its full glory of scarlet flowers in Landour in spring. One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A mother Langur caresses her baby and cleans it in Landour in Uttarakhand. The restless baby Langur does not stay still and is constantly moving around in awe of its surroundings. A Langur cleans its tail while another one eats the leaves.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills

A Himalayan Griffon Vulture comes soaring up the valley, riding on mountain thermals, at Landour in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers

This exquisite miniature Rose flowering shrub goes into summer floral profusion mode at our country garden in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

We start with a stunning Glassy Tiger, (Tirumala limniace exoticus) followed by a common punch (Dodona durga) 3 other unidentified butterflies in Ladour.

Landour, Uttarakhand

Hanuman langurs live in their natural habitat in Landour, Uttarakhand, India. Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of South Asia, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Himalayan ferns in the monsoon season in Landour, Uttarakhand. In the monsoon season in Landour, ferns are a very common sight and they can be seen growing on almost every tree, rock-face and hillside.

Uttarakhand·birds

The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging across Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Collared Pygmy Owlet on an Quercus oak tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. 6th February, 2014. Glaucidium brodiei resides across the Himalaya and north-east India. it is really tiny and barred heavily.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

A Kokla hariyal or Green Pigeon incubates its clutch of eggs in a Berberis aristata shrub, Landour May 1998. Uttarakhand, India.

Landour, Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A Chestnut - bellied Rock Thrush male in Landour, Mussoorie The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Uttarakhand·forest

An oak tree with large acorns on it, at Jabarkhet, in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Doma's Inn is a one of its kind guest house on top of Mullingar Hill in Landour, Mussoorie (north India), known for its famous interior and food.