“Himalayas”

river · hills

An Air India flight takes off from the Kullu Manali airport in Bhuntar in Himachal Pradesh. Another Air India flight lands on the runway of Bhuntar airport. One can see the Himalaya across the runway.

highway · hills

The highest altitude traffic jam in the world? What an absurd sight and thought - cars lined up waiting for the line to let up so they can proceed on their way into the inner Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

A Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) sits at its nest to incubate its eggs near Nainital in Uttarakhand.

hills · birds

The mountain equivalent of the Satbhai or Seven Sisters of the plains! White-throated Laughing Thrushes are gregarious by nature and hang out in larger groups, chasing out insects from shrubbery and foraging for seed and berry alike in the…

wildlife · birds

Hordes of Rosy Pastors flock through Delhi in the early summer, as they head north on their migration.

forest

Kalij Pheasants with their sprightly white kalgi preen their feathers and dig in the oak leafed forest floor for insects and worms.

Belonging to the crow family, Red-billed Blue Magpies are omnivores just like their cousins. Here the birds can be seen eating the fruit of the wild pear tree or 'kaitha' as it is known locally in the Garhwal region of the Himalaya.

hills · flowers

See an aerial view of Joshimath town in Garhwal. It has spread and become rather large due to a military presence, and being at the cross-roads of important destinations such as Auli, Badrinath, Valley of Flowers, Mana Village and Mana Pass…

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Rudragaira Trek in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, deep within the Gangotri region of the Himalayas.

monsoon · hills

Step field agriculture in Kumaon. The entire hill looks shaped by the agricultural terraces cut for farming. Electic pylons bring electricity to the villages around Regru in Lohaghat area of Uttarakhand.

forest · hills

Male threatens female away from prize worm she has found: Kaleej Pheasant couple beak around in grass Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red…

flowers

Camellia flowers look neat and pretty, prettier than yet without the thorny stems of roses, related as they are to the tea plant - Camellia sinensis.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Re-blooming winter-time German rhizomatic Iris in yellows, cream and burgundies, from Shreiner's of Oregon, as well as Poppy flowers at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in the western Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

A Himalayan woman from Himachal cleans and shovels deep snow from her terrace and roof-top near Sarahan town.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Himalayan Ibex with huge heads of horns, as seen in this aerial view of a Spiti cliffy landscape, in deep winter freeze, sheltering and living along the cliffs and rock faces of the inner Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

As the monsoon winds head back down south, and return for the year, the clouds dissipate and one can literally see the clouds recede and had down south.

birds · hills

A White-throated Laughing Thrush spreads her wings wide to protect delicate chicks from summer sun, as she sits in her nest atop her chicks.

hills · birds

A Hill Partridge calling in background audio, a female Chestnut-bellied Thrush sits atop a branch at the Wilderness Orchard in the Himalaya.

Rajasthan·village · wildlife

What a beautiful cacophony of crane calls! Turn up speakers and listen to Khichan Demoiselle Cranes.

flowers · hills

25 foot tall giant Tree Dahlias overlook giant Himalayan mountains, from thewildfilmsindia botanical gardens and arboreta.

Zanskar, Ladakh·livestock · hills

The last few hundred meters down to the waters' edge, the young Urial ewes lop and canter, jump and spring forward, excited for their drink of water in this high altitude desert! As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller pr…

birds · forest

A Grey Drongo digs into a juicy cicada, holding it with its left foot, and pecking deep for morsels with its sharp beak. It seems the marauding Jungle Myna has come to nest in the middle Himalaya, after all.

hills

This poor Stag Beetle has got onto its back, and cannot right itself, even as a Common Hill Partridge or Peora calls across the valley.

Uttarakhand

It's feeding time for the Rainbow Trout at the wildfilmsindia trout hatchery in the western Himalaya! As the Maroon Oriole calls out loud with its fluty whistle, the trout fingerlinds / hatchlings are busy in their new habitat at the Wilder…