Landour

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.

Uttarakhand·highway · desert

Scorpion in a crack in the road, in Landour, Mussoorie. Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A Scarlet Minivet in Landour. The scientific name of this bird is Pericrocotus flammeus. It is the size of a Bulbul and is about 20 centimeters long. This bird lives in deciduous, mixed and evergreen forests, in the plains and hills.

Uttarakhand·birds

This small fella is one of the indian species of woodpeckers. A small pied woodpecker originally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1801.

Uttarakhand·hills

Rupin Dang speaking about the Rhododendron arboreum trees of his old British estate in the Himalaya, at 7600 feet altitude, in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds

The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand

The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), also known as the kharza, is an Asian species of marten which is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

A Verditer Flycatcher in Landour. The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · school

Landour institutions that are famous are Prakash's shop, for its cheese and jams (and occasionally bread and cinnamon rolls!), Deodar Hotel (Dev dar Woods), the Landour Language School, Kellogg church, Woodstock school, St.

Uttarakhand

Langurs in the oaks of Landour. These langurs would recognize Mr. Ruskin Bond, know Victor Banerjee from Prannoy Roy, and know the difference between Anil Prakash and Sanjay Narang! Smart langurs, indeed...

Uttarakhand·flowers

Juicy plums on a tree laden with fruit at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Briar or climbing rose creeper, Landour, Mussoorie