“monsoon”

wildlife

A couple of peafowl become watchful and wary of the presence of a leopard in the underbrush.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Floods in Kaziranga National Park are an annual occurrence, which claim the lives of many animals every single year. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

monsoon · wildlife

A crested pied cuckoo or Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), perches on a curved branch. It is also known as rain bird because of its migratory nature of arriving few days before the monsoon kicks off.

forest · river

Watch this magnificent waterfall in its full glory during the monsoons of India. Fly right over this horse-shoe shaped waterfall during the time when it has the maximum amount of water gushing down it.

Nepal·wildlife

Sambar deer in Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Two Sambar deer roam in Chitwan National Park. The Chitwan National Park is a world heritage property, and it also contains a Ramsar Site – Beeshazari Tal in its buffer zone.

monsoon · wildlife

Peafowl love the rains for that is when they get to display, mate and look after their broods. But this male looks a little bedraggled in the rain.

wildlife · birds

This female must be one healthy individual. Seated comfortably on a tree branch, a female Oriental Magpie-Robin is engaged in thorough cleaning of its feathers. The bird fervently preens its feathers, shakes itself off.

wildlife

A male spotted deer / Chital grooms himself as individuals of the herd graze on the lush grass. Spotted deer are the most common deer in India. The males of these species have horns that are larger and harder than a juvenile.

birds · wildlife

A day in the live of Mynas inside a park in New Delhi. These common birds are busy flying in and out of their nests inside a tree hollow. Some of the birds are either foraging or grooming on the dry thickets.

monsoon · wildlife

A serene slow-motion moment captures the rare and endangered Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) of Assam sitting quietly as gentle rain falls around it.

birds · wildlife

The Eurasian Hoopoe is a common bird species in India and is often seen foraging on the ground near human dwellings. The two Hoopoes are seen foraging in between pumpkin leaves and the open ground in the Wilderness Orchard garden.

wildlife · birds

The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia.

monsoon · forest

A soothing monsoon shower descends upon the lush landscapes of Wilderness Orchard, transforming the forest into a living symphony of rain and greenery.

Kerala·monsoon · wildlife

Luxuriating under storey green cover is feasted upon by a group of Indian elephants deep in a South Indian forest, near Mattupetty Dam in Munnar.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

We start with a stunning Glassy Tiger, (Tirumala limniace exoticus) followed by a common punch (Dodona durga) 3 other unidentified butterflies in Ladour.

wildlife · flowers

Phalanta phalantha is the Common Leopard butterfly that one can see across India, in the plains and in the middle Himalaya up to an altitude of 10, 000 feet.

birds · wildlife

Barbets nested in this Gul Mohor tree trunk in the middle of Hauz Khas, New Delhi, until one day, in a monsoon storm, the main trunk of the Gulmohor tree snapped in half.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Floods plays havoc with Kaziranga Wildlife, Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

wildlife · monsoon

Rowing through the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

Assam·wildlife · monsoon

Flood hits Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

birds · wildlife

A Great Barbet (Psilopogon virens), the largest barbet species of the Indian subcontinent, sits perched on a dense tree surrounded by lush green leaves.

birds · monsoon

Common Myna chick hatching in the middle of monsoon in North India and the parent has to look for food. A duo grooming themselves while a parent peers out of the hollow tree trunk.

wildlife · forest

Floods plays havoc with Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

wildlife · birds

Settled in comfortably into its little hammock nest created at the fork of two twigs of an Ashoka tree within our building complex, this cute bird incubates her clutch of eggs with confidence and style.