“Himalayas”

village · wildlife

Kind Indian villagers feed these wild Demoiselle Cranes in Rajasthan, birds have been visiting for centuries Thousands of wild Cranes band together to get fed by villages in western India! What a beautiful cacophony of crane calls! Turn up…

hills · forest

Is this Goral mama prancing around with her kids as they walk past our camera trap on a sunny Himalayan ridge? Or has she been bothered by an insect? As the mists rise and fall, this wild mountain goat flicks off bugs and looks around for d…

Assam·wildlife · forest

Tigers eating remains of wild water Buffalo at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

See Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on forest tree around Landour, notice their ruby red eyes The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet: A prettier Himalayan bird there isn't! Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as…

hills · wildlife

Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun,…

birds · wildlife

Long-tailed Broadbill in Latpanchar: This bird's sharp green and yellow don't always lend to good camouflage! A Brainfever or Common Hawk-Cuckoo calls in the distance.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.

hills · snow

Men find a dead Ibex during their search for Snow leopard in the upper Ladakh. The Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica hemalayanus) is regarded as a subspecies of the Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica).

wildlife · forest

The smartly attired black eye striped Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on a tiny twig and trills, while flicking up its tail with each trill.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

It's summer time in the forests of the lower Himalaya, and also breeding time for birds... The 'Three Cheers' bird is the erstwhile Black-capped Sibia now known as the Rufous Sibia, seen here in the company of a White-cheeked Bulbul, a voca…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Spring-time Himalayan birds of Mussoorie, Motidhar and Jabbarkhet, in wildfilmsindia forests and gardens: Black-crowned Jay, Cicada insect, Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker, Himalayan Barbet, Peony buds, Himalayan Tree Pie, Blue-throated Barb…

wildlife · birds

Hear the vocalization of the Broadbill in this video! What a unusual combination of bright green and bright yellow? For a bird that needs to be camouflaged in low foothill and low Himalayan forests, that seems like an unlikely combination o…

birds · hills

If you have spent time around hill stations and the lower hills, you would have heard the plaintive repetitive 'piao piao' calles of the cute Mewli of the Hill Barbet of the Himalaya.

temple · hills

A troop of Rhesus Macaque gathers around the mountaintop surroundings of Kartik Swami Temple in the Garhwal Himalayas.

wildlife · hills

Female Koklass Pheasant, one of the most elusive pheasants inhabiting the temperate and coniferous forests of the Himalayas.

river · wildlife

A pair of Spotted Forktails spotted along a Mussoorie stream in the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand: An elegant stream-side resident that eats insects and pirouettes around the water and stones around a river, all day.

wildlife · village

Why can human beings not exist and work together as closely as this large flock of Demoiselle Crane bird at Shree Pakshi Chuggaghar Sanstha Rajasthan? Migrating Cranes enjoy the hospitality of Indian villagers who feed them 1800 kilograms o…

hills · wildlife

Who says animals don't have a sense of humour? This langur baby, a variety of monkey from the Himalaya, approaches a grazing wild mountain goat known as a Goral, and tried to repeatedly pull its tail.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

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

wildlife · birds

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

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…

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.