Mussoorie — Clipahoy

Black and Yellow Grosbeak migrates to lower hills in winter, but some stay on in Mussoorie in summer

Uttarakhand·hills

These Black and Yellow Grosbeak have migrated to the lower hills in winter, to spend their days in relatively warmer climes, but some stay on in Mussoorie in summer as well. Climate change at work?

Mussoorie is a sprawl of unorganized haphazard construction on a ridge, as seen aerially, see LBSNAA

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

See the LBSNAA campus and the western part of Mussoorie town, from the air. One can see the Garhwal range of the Himalaya on a brilliantly clear winter morning, in the backdrop.

Sunlight shines bright through deodar trees covered in snow at estate in the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

We had some heavy incidents of snowfall this past January, at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Estate in Mussoorie.

Beautiful orange flanks, flicking aquamarine tail, nervous demeanour: meet Orange-flanked Bush Robin, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A winter visitor to our wildfilmsindia forests around Mussoorie, with beautiful flanks of orange, a flicking tail, nervous demeanour and aquamarine blue, meet the Orange-flanked Bush Robin! The Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also…

Fire on the mountain - run, run, run! Forest Fire rises up from valley below and climbs to Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A forest fire lit by a careless villager or tourist rises up from the valley below, carried by strong winds, and climbs to Mussoorie where it lights up many hills and destroys hundreds of acres of Himalayan forests.

Jabbarkhet view of Jaonli peak and oak-deodar forests around Mussoorie: peora Hill partridge calling

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

With a Common Hill Partridge of Peora calling, and Red-billed Blue Magpies squawking, the view from our Jabbarkhet hill of the Oak and Rhododendron forests around is a peaceful one, with Jaonli peak to the north, as seen through the Col of…

Arum Lily harvest in April 2021, at Himalayan botanical garden and orchard: eye candy, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Our wildfilmsindia team of gardeners start to pluck Arum Lilies at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Pari Tibba in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Leopard shows up in our camera trap: Pari Tibba Estate wildlife sanctuary, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Into our camera traps at the Jabbarkhet and Pari Tibba wildlife sanctuaries of wildfilmsindia in Uttarakhand walk not just trespassing human neighbours but welcome ones too, such as this lovely leopard and , on a misty July monsoon night,…

Garhwal Himalaya range with Gangotri wall of peaks, as seen from Jabbarkhet Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

The majestic beauty of Jaonli Peak, seen from the peaceful forests of Jabarkhet near Mussoorie. Under a clear blue sky, the snow-covered Himalayan mountains stand tall, glowing in the sunlight.

Clear day in Mussoorie: Hanifl Environmental Studies Center, Woodstock School, Landour, St. George's

Uttarakhand·school · hills

Looking down on a clear post rainy monsoon day from Jabbarkhet, one can see beyond the Shivaliks, and across the Doon valley. The hills of Rajaji National Park are clearly visible. Closer at hand are St.

Peony buds begin to appear at Himalayan Peony farm of in Mussoorie, with apple blooms

Uttarakhand·farmland · hills

Peony buds begin to appear at the Himalayan Peony farm as part of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia in Mussoorie, in Uttarakhand.

Magnolia campbellii rare flowering in western Himalaya, of Sikkim Eastern Himalayan Magnolia species, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

This beautiful flowering Mangolia from the eastern Himalaya grows in the botanical collections of wildfilmsindia around Landour in Mussoorie, flowering for the first time in ten years after having been planted here from a specimen brought…

Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler - lovely Himalayan bird with scimitar shaped beak: Rhododendron feast, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Lesser Scaly-bellied Woodpecker loudly vocalizes: Katphora trills from an Oak tree, Barbet replies, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

What a lovely Woodpecker call from our deep Oak forests at Motidhar Pari Tibba Estate around Mussoorie, where the Lesser Scaly-bellied Woodpecker loudly vocalizes and owns the spring-time forests.

Probing Rhododendron blooms for nectar: estate Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler at work, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · flowers

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Grey Wagtail has more prominent yellow on it, but is a cheery stream-side bird seen around Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·river

The lovely yellow chest feathers puff out as this Wagtail preens itself on a rock, all the while wagging its tail up and down, with the A Grey Wagtail incessantly wags its tail, entire body shaking with the movement, seen at our stream-side…

Kalij Pheasant breeding pair of male and female forage for insects and seeds among ferns on hillside, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Kalij Pheasant breeding pair of male and female birds forage for insects and seeds among ferns on a moist early monsoon hillside at the wildfilmsindia estate in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

Grey-winged Blackbird is a smart well dressed thrush-like bird, with the nicest most melodious calls, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

With a Hill Barbet and a Blue-throated Barbet calling, and a Rufous Sibia too, a Grey-winged Blackbird takes full advantage of the display of Rhododendron flower heads before it, above our Bindal stream at Motidhar Estate in Mussoorie.

Cosmos flowers go crazy in autumn flowering, below slopes of Haunted House Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers

Autumn time marks the end of the monsoon and winter is not yet upon us. In this brief interlude, the Cosmos flowers planted some 200 years ago by the British go crazy as they are run wild and self seeded on the wildfilmsindia hill slopes be…

Smearing each other with paint and throwing coloured water, all done in a spirit of Holi celebration, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·festival

People having fun by smearing each other with paint and throwing coloured water at each other in the streets of Mussoorie. Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours.

Discussion between Gulzar, Pawan Verma & Sukrita Paul Kumar, at Mussoorie Writers' Festival - Part 1

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

"""Mussoorie Writers' EXPERIENCE THE HIMALAYA: A MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL (Nov. 1-4, 2012) celebrated exploration, natural history and mountain culture.

Little Heaven Restro on Dehradun-Mussoorie road gets flood damaged, has now been re-built illegally

Uttarakhand·monsoon · industry

Little Heaven Restro on Dehradun-Mussoorie road gets flood damaged, but is re-built illegally once again in the following season, with no government rules being followed.

Common Kingfisher sets a new altitude record around Mussoorie, at Motidhar sanctuary

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

European / Eurasian or Common Kingfisher (Alcedo athhis) sets a new altitude record around Mussoorie, at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary in the western Himalaya.