“Himalayas”

hills · wildlife

Himalayan griffon vultures are seen soaring in flight against a clear blue sky in the Himalayan region. The birds circle and glide through the open air while making audible calls.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Steppe Eagles and Griffon Vultures in the Himalaya at Landour in Uttarakhand, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens. The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

wildlife · birds

The erstwhile so-named Grey headed or the newly-named Canary Flycather nests on a mossy tree trunk with a nest carved into a sagging crook of a crevice on the trunk, and made out of moss itself, at the wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in the w…

birds · wildlife

Watch a juvenile Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) perched on a tree in a peaceful green area.

hills · birds

Nesting duties of the White-throated Laughing thrush of the Himalaya: Feeding time for yellow gaped babies A White-throated Laughing Thrush spreads her wings wide to protect delicate chicks from summer sun, as she sits in her nest atop her…

hills · wildlife

After their brief pit stop in Delhi, to recharge their batteries, eat mulberries and insects, drink and rest in the shade, the Rosy Starlings have headed north and across the Himalaya, to their summer and breeding grounds...

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Butterflies pay a visit to a Red hot poker flowering stem at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya A Stag beetle explores a Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia blooming head at the wildfilmsindia Himalayan botanical garden, with a Green-backed T…

birds · hills

A couple of Slaty-headed Parakeets (Psittacula himalayana) are filmed on a coniferous Cedrus deodara Himalayan Cedar tree in Uttarakhand. A silhouette of the bird trying to eat fresh cedar cone nuts straight from the tree.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

It's call gives this bird its onomatopoeic name of Three Cheers. Sitting pretty in the orange glow of pre-sunset timing in winters in the Himalaya, this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia can be heard singing in it's melodious voice in the…

hills · wildlife

A female Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) perched on a rocky ledge in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, India.

birds · hills

Sitting on a dead deodar tree branch, this most beautiful sky blue bird in the Himalaya is the Verditer Flycatcher as it trills out its call in the summer breeding season.

hills · birds

Himalayan or Blue Whistling Thrush in Ranikhet. Himalayan Whistling Thrush or the Blue Whistling Thrush, also known as the Whistling schoolboy! The bird fans its tail out when it is about to fly, and is known as Kalchure in Nepali.

wildlife · birds

We discovered this beautiful bird in the protected zone of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

hills · wildlife

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

birds

The blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) is a whistling thrush found along the Himalayas in the Indian subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. It is known for its loud human-like whistling song at dawn and dusk.

birds · wildlife

Black crested Tit : The black-crested tit (Periparus ater melanolophus), also known as the spot-winged tit, is a bird in the Paridae family. It is now usually considered a subspecies of the coal tit.

wildlife · birds

Rufous Bellied Niltava Eggs In Their Nest In The Himalaya | India See the delicate eggs in their nest - we took cover in a distant hide to film these so that the birds didn't get scared of our presence...

birds · hills

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

hills · birds

Bamini skink runs off into rocks for shelter, even as an Ashy Drongo sits on guard on tree above, in the Himalaya.

hills · wildlife

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

birds · wildlife

A blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) perched among the forests and streams of the Himalaya.

birds · wildlife

A cheery little Streaked Laughing Thrush sits on a branch in a forest in the Himalayas. With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A Verditer Flycatcher on an Oak tree in Landour. Two Saint Bernard dogs (a puppy and a full grown dog) being walked in Landour, Uttarakhand, along with a Himalayan sheep dog - a Tibetan Mastiff.

wildlife · forest

The dark grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.