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Uttarakhand·desert

Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida.

Uttarakhand

One man's trash is another's treasure. Yellow-throated Martens hunting for food in a trash area in Landour. Better known as tutrali in Garhwali.

Landour, Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Like the front of its face has been dipped in a pot of red, this is a plain looking bird until you see its smaller coloured assets! The European Goldfinch is not an easy sighting in India, so this March end sighting in 2013, in Landour, was…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A Verditer Flycatcher approaches its nest with food in its beak, for his chicks. Verditer Flycatcher in Landour, as seen from our dining room window! This Verditer Flycatcher, most commonly seen in the middle Himalaya, was spotted in Landou…

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. After having foraged for larvae and other grubs from tree bark, the Woodpecker male (the father has a red crest) comes back and regurgitates it at the opening of the nest-…

Uttarakhand·forest

Best of Langurs jumping - slow motion footage! We filmed this otherwise ordinary subject at 400 frames per second - see them in action around Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand

The collared owlet species (Glaucidium brodiei) can be seen in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, southeast Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Taiwan and China. These owlet species are the smallest owls in Asia.

Uttarakhand·hills

Doma's Inn is a one of its kind guest house in Landour, known for its famous interior and food.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a widespread winter visitor but is also a resident in the mountains of pakistan, Himalayas and Western Ghats and Srilanka. Long, rather broad tail; wing-tips more rounded than on most falcons.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

The middle altitude residing White-tailed Nuthatch is more commonly seen around Landour. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatches have a fully cream or dark chestnut belly depending on gender.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20--26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3--2 m (1 ft 0 in--6 ft 7 in) tall.

Uttarakhand

The grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, stretching all the way to the nearer parts of Southeast Asia, including in Bangladesh, Bh…

Uttarakhand·hills

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·hills · birds

Dumpy little Himalayan Barbet or piao on a kaithal or wild pear tree in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills

An amazing sunrise and breathtaking landscapes in Landour! Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Double daisy flowers in Landour. I think these are the Thomson and Morgan variety! Seen in the garden of Ashok Solomon, Landour Villa.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

What it seems to be a massive raptor up there perched on those branches, is actually a quite small bird of prey, a sparrowhawk. Despite its size, its claws and beak can cause quite harm.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

What it seems to be a massive raptor up there perched on those branches, is actually a quite small bird of prey, a sparrowhawk. Despite its size, its claws and beak can cause quite harm.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Black Bulbul on Berberis aristata shrub! Hill birds enjoy eating the blackish-blue berries of the Berberis bush, here seen in Landour.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

In this video, a clear sky after a rainy day makes the forest look lush green and full of life. The moss on the bark of trees is still moist and the ferns hang in the shades of brown and green.

Uttarakhand·industry

A dragonfly perching on a plant in Landour, Uttarakhand, India. A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiproctaor, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera.

Uttarakhand

Help us identify this high-altitude Himalayan snail that is crawling around on the leaves and twigs of a plum tree in Landour, Uttarakhand.