“Himalayas”

forest · hills

Kalij Pheasant makes beautiful trilling - clicking sounds as it ascends tree to roost for the night, its crest or white kalgi feathers glowing at dusk and jauntily waving or moving back and forth in a sprightly fashion! The more drab brown…

livestock · hills

Sheep Kids scuffle with each other, clashing their non-existent horns in a Himalayan forest, practicing and preparing for the big world out there for them! Clash of the baby titans! Sheep Shearing in the Himalaya: Man lies down bhed like a…

birds · forest

It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and…

forest · hills

Enjoying Oak blossoms and eating Berberis ripe berries is this Maroon Oriole, a lovely songster from the middle Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

hills · monsoon

Clouds coalesce and mingle with darker and lighter shaded clouds and form fantabulous formations in the rich blue post monsoon skies! Monsoon clouds billow in over the higher ridges and seem to disappear after crossing over to the south fac…

birds · wildlife

The brilliant blue plumage shines in the summer sunshine of the Himalaya, offset by the green forest hues behind.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Himalayan Blue Pine cones and pine leaves are different from the regular Chir pine, as seen at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet conservation zone in the western Himalaya.

hills · forest

More than two minutes of postcard-worthy landscape visuals all the way from the high mountains of the Himalayas. A virtual tour of the Garhwal Himalaya highlands as seen in late autumn. Harsil valley as seen from Laldhang.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

This wild mountain goat of the Himalaya leads the food life at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya. At the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet near Mussoorie, we have protected this family of Goral.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Mind blowing views of Himalayas: Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra The Nanda Devi Raj jat Yatra offers spectacular views of the Himalayas, and long trek goes through one of the most beautiful terrains in the world.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The Black throated Thrush roots around in the leaf litter as it reaches the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet bird sanctuary, as a winter migrant to the western Himalaya.

birds · hills

Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is rea…

hills · forest

High up in the Himalaya grows the remarkable Bhojpatra, or Himalayan birch. Its distinctive peeling, pale bark was traditionally used as a writing material for manuscripts and religious texts.

forest · hills

In pre-dawn darkness, a Kalij Pheasant is the first one to the party on the forest floor, turning up leaves and digging with its claws in the soft moist soil below the oak trees.

forest · hills

Dense monoculture deodar forest in Lohaghat, Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Cedrus deodara is the cedar of the western Himalaya. See interfaces of cultivation and forest in the middle hills of Uttarakhand state.

flowers · hills

Clusters of Himalayan rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) flowers bloom in vivid shades of pink, adding spectacular colour to a lush mountain forest.

birds · forest

A pair of Jungle Myna try to steal the excavated nest hole of a pair of Great Hill Barbets at wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate in the Western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

European Honey Buzzard takes flight from Himalayan Deodar tree European Honey Buzzard, a prominent Himalayan raptor (not the Oriental?) sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar tree, during passage migration, as seen at wildfilmsindia Jabbark…

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

A female Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on vigil to ensure its nest is safe, finds a safe moment to approach ground nest.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

This Juvenile Blue-capped Rock Thrush was sighted while preening its wings and feathers at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest: Rare bird sighting for the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Stunning Himalayan sunrise, monsoon clouds go past deodar trees, at wildfilmsindia estate in Landour Sunrises and Sunsets over the western Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia at Jabbarkhet

forest · hills

Bad Moon Rising? Nope, just our beautiful Himalayan moon-rise behind Oak and deodar forest trees, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya,

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

A dreadful forest fire as seen from air as it rips through a Chir Pine forest near Mussoorie, and not lovely monsoon clouds as one might have mistaken them to be.