Himalayas — Clipahoy

Beady beady bulgy eyes of a green Cicada whose call rings through mountain forests for miles on end

forest · hills

Spot the critter! Cicada in green and black against moss on an oak tree trunk : almost perfect camouflage for this loud insect whose call reverberates through mountain forests.

Bathed, Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes, as cicadas call aloud

hills · forest

After a bath in our Rispana stream, a Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes in a thicket or shrubbery, as cicadas call out loud, at Motidhar forest Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-…

Meconopsis integrifolia Zheduo Shan, with rain drops accumulated on hairy leaves, post spring shower

monsoon · hills

Grown with seed provided by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, this is Meconopsis integrifolia ex Zheduo Shan, with reflective rain drops accumulated on hairy leaves, after a late winter - early spring shower at the wildfilmsindia botanical co…

Himalayan Chukor Partridge live in rugged high altitude cold, going around in gregarious coveys, in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Hear the 'Chuk Chuk Chuk Chukor' call of the Alectoris chukar bird of the trans Himalaya, as they scrabble around for grass seeds and other modest sustenance in the winter freeze, in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

Clouds race up the Agoda valley beyond Uttarakashi, bringing in winter moisture and winds

hills

Clouds speed up the Agoda valley beyond Uttarakashi, bringing in winter moisture and winds, in the already snowed over fields and hillsides of the western Himalaya, leading to a total white wipe-out.

Clouds gently billow around Tibri hill, after a gentle dusting of winter snow, from, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Clouds gently billow around Tibri hill, after a gentle dusting of winter snow, as seen from wildfilmsindia's wildlife sanctuary and botanical estate at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Himalayan wild mountain goat - Goral looks startled by langur group in sanctuary

hills · forest

At the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens owned by wildfilmsindia in the western Himalaya, a Goral or wild mountain goat looks up in surprise at all the noise and disturbance caused by a group of visiting langur monkeys.

Mountain light from Jabbarkhet Estate in later winter, as day breaks, clouds float in

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

As the day breaks, the folds of ranges stretching away into the eastern horizon, across the Himalaya, look towards Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti, Kanatal and Chamba, while clouds float in. ..

Winter snow on Himalayan peaks - a blanket of white stretches out as far as the eye can see, in Leh

Ladakh·hills · snow

A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

Cool Himalayan spring water in summer-time! Ramiyi waterfalls near Rohru in Himachal Pradesh

hills · forest

What this lovely cold water emanate from Himalayan springs, and flow through pine and deodar forests, and fall into this rocky bowl in the Rohru region of Himachal, refreshinghly, on a warm summer day when the sun beats down hardly.

Barot Valley with dam in Himachal Pradesh: aerial view on a sunny winter day

hills · aerial

An aerial view on a sunny day winter day of Barot Valley with a dam in Himachal Pradesh. Barot is a picnic spot and tourist location in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.

Climber's perspective of a Himalayan climb in early winter, at 19, 000 feet altitude, in Uttarakhand

hills

A rare top of the head POV perspective 360 shot of a climber walking up the higher rocky slopes of a summit in Garhwal. Take a 360 degree camera walk up the slopes of Mt.

Shy and retiring treat for birders: Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler has long beak to probe flowers, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · flowers

As a Maroon Oriole calls - or rather whistles - out aloud and a Verditer Flycatcher trills nearby, it's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lo…

Cute Ladakhi kids practice dance near Indus river, in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir·river · dance

Barren hills of Ladakh region in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. One can see a jeep and an old model of Maruti 800 passes through a road in Ladakh. People spin a prayer wheel while Ladakhi women sit on a small staircase.

Himalayan solitude mid-winter: Srikantha, Mahla, Gangotri peaks: Harsil - Dharali valley, in Uttarakhand

hills

Lamkhaga Peak at 0:04, Gangotri 3 at 0:21, 4 Kakod Gad peaks at 1:13, Shrikanta at 1:22, Mahla at 3:09. What a fabulous panorama of the high peaks of the Garhwal Himalaya, seen mid-winter from above Dharali en route Harsil and Gangotri.

Fly over crevassed Himalayan glacier: Rudragaira view to Naga-Nelang valley and Auden's col, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

What a brilliant aerial view from halfway up Rudragaira peak in the Gangotri Himalaya of Uttarakhand state, India.

Gangotri peak view from above Rudragaira glacier: heavily crevassed Rudragaira glacier, in Uttarakhand

snow · hills

A pile of stones creates a route marker known as a cairn or thoua en route the Gangotri peaks which can be clearly seen in bright winter light on the way up to Mt. Rudragaira in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Himalayan Peak Bandarpunch from Chhaiyan Bamak glacier near Hanuman peak and Jaonli, in Garhwal, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

Views of Mt. Bandarpunch, Black Peak (Kalanag) or Bandarpunch II, Hanuman and Jaonli, as seen from the Chhaiyan Bamak glacier in the Garhwal Himalaya.

Himalayan walking on ice, up to the trekking peak of Rudragaira, at over 19, 000 feet altitude, in Uttarakhand

hills

In Garhwal, one can easily get to over 19, 000 feet with a variety of trekking peaks that require no technical expertise to climb, except a moderate level of fitness.

Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush is a Himalayan bird straight out of one's childhood around Landour

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

With the Common Hill Partridhe of Peora calling, and the sight of a Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush, truly a Himalayan bird straight out of one's childhood around Landour. The female is more drab compared to the colourful male.

Grey-winged Blackbird female brings in ripe dark blue Berberis kingod berries for its chicks to eat

birds · hills

Grey-winged Blackbird female brings in ripe dark blue Berberis or kingod berries for its chicks to eat See these super cute Thrush chicks with little fresh feather tufts on their ears! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of the finest songsters in…

Khati Village veiled mysteriously in monsoon clouds, en route Pindari Glacier in Kumaon, Uttarakhand

monsoon · hills

Monsoon clouds provide complete coverage over the Himalaya! Lots of step cultivation and terraced fields en route Khati Village.

Lovely deep blue iridescent shades in White-capped Redstart plumage at Bindal-Rispana stream

river · forest

At our wildfilmsindia Himalayan bird sanctuary, see the lovely deep blue iridescent shades in a White-capped Redstart's plumage as it hunts for insects along the modest Bindal-Rispana stream where it starts out deep in our protected oak and…

Himalayan Horse Chestnut trees have lovely flowers in April-May, Great Blackvein butterflies visit, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A Grey drongo sits around waiting for insect feed from insects visiting the Himalayan Horse Chestnut or Aesculus indica flowers at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya.