“Himalayas”

birds · hills

Sounding like the typical audio track of an English country garden, this thrush screams out its territorial calls down the valley, with the added soundtrack of the Hill Barbet's 'piao-piao' call that reverberates through the Himalayan valle…

hills · forest

The white wing streaks elegantly offset the black wings and the slaty grey neck of this forest and mountain treepie.

hills · forest

"Three Cheers" says the Rufous or Black-capped Sibia, in a cheery toned voice that carries across valleys.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Ranunculus or Persian Buttercup flowers pop out in brilliant colours flowers and enormous sized buds at Motidhar around Mussoorie, even as a Blue-throated Barbet calls out throatily across the valley, and white and yellow Feezia bloom in a…

hills · forest

With Himalayan Tree Pies and a melange of Thrushes calling out at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Pari Tibba Estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, this Small Niltava female calls out in her own harsh trilling voice, but mostly looks…

Uttarakhand·hills · farmland

A wonderful establishing shot of the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet estate, flying in over the main entrance gate, over our private road and up to the bhooth bangla or Haunted House of Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

Rain drops fall off deodar needles, ferns and branches, seen in slow motion, in Jabbarkhet monsoon, at the wildfilmsindia mountain estates in the Himalaya.

wildlife · forest

A male Dark Grey Bush Chat sits on wild palak seeding stalk and flicks its tail repeatedly, anxious to feed its chicks nearly. The nest is trickily located on the ground, under a Berberis shrub nearby.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Birds' nests with eggs in them, young bird chicks and reptiles all perished in this dreadful forest fire lit by a careless tourist with a cigarette or a greedy and jealous neighbour, as the case may be.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Walking up a grassland near Kaplani and Masrana villages on the Mussoorie-Dhanolti ridge brings into sharp focus the proximity of the high Himalaya and the closeness of the plains of north India.

hills · forest

A rare Himalayan pre-winter sneak peek at Nanda Ghunti, Ronti Saddle, Trishul and Shilasamudar (sea of rocks) in Uttarakhand's Garhwal Himalaya.

livestock · hills

The sheep wants to keep its coat! It doesn't to be sheared... See how roughly the shepherds handle the sheep, even pulling and dragging them with one leg.

forest

A Green-backed Tit flies to its nest-hole in the knot of an old oak tree, feeds its chicks, and darts out almost immediately after, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

forest · hills

What a wonderfully wild sounding Himalayan forest cacophony, as a Dark Grey Bushchat sits on a Berberis aristate stem, while White-crested Laughing Thrushes fill our wildfilmsindia Himalayan forests with gurgling calls.

forest

This langur is enjoying its spring-time feast of fresh crunchy oak leaves in the lower Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary, around in Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

Lachen is a big crowded hill town in north Sikkim, but gives access to fabulous forest and mountain country in the high forests of the eastern Himalaya. Wet temperate forests of Sikkim surround the town.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

The Dark Gray Bushchat is a cute little neatly turned out bird with a black stripe across the eye, as seen here at the Jabbarkhet sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, in the western Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·river · forest

The Himalaya does have a pronounced fall - autumn season, as evidenced from the thick forests above the apple orchard belt of Rohru, around Saru Lake in the inner recesses of Himachal Pradesh.

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

Dark-grey Bush Chat is a cute little diminutive bird with a loud call, as it sits on a deodar twig Dark-grey Bush Chat is a cute little diminutive bird with a loud call, as it sits on a deodar twig A female Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on vigil…

hills · forest

Between Chungthang and Lachen lie some fine rain forests and medium altitude Himalayan forests, with fir trees that play along with the clouds in the hide and seek game of misty magic. Time lapse clouds Sikkim from India.