“Himalayas”

Rajasthan·village · wildlife

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

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A forest fire lit by a careless villager or tourist rises up from the valley below, carried by strong winds, and climbs to Mussoorie where it lights up many hills and destroys hundreds of acres of Himalayan forests.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

A young male Snow Leopard pads along a deep snow-pack on a plateau in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh Himalaya. it approaches a herd of Ibex from behind a rock shelf in the hope of surprising them into a short sprint match which it hopes to win.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

One slip off these snowed over cliffs, and the fall is a good 500 feet below, into a deep steep ravine! Nonetheless, our camera crew continue onwards to reach their filming destination - a big cliff face where a Snow Leopard is likely to cr…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

While we were camped out in the lower Himalaya, in search of the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail, we came across this party of White-throated Laughing Thrush birds looking for insects in the under-storey of the forest at the Wilderness…

birds · hills

The brilliant blue plumage shines in the summer sunshine of the Himalaya, offset by the green forest hues behind. A prettier bird one cannot possibly behold than the Verditer Flycatcher!

Rajasthan·village · wildlife

Crossing the Himalaya at great risk to themselves, these wIld Cranes visit India each winter in the thousands, and come to this village to get fed by the villagers: Who says we humans cannot co-exist with our wildlife? WIld Cranes at Pakshi…

birds · hills

Seen in the central Indian open plains are a Long-tailed or Bay-backed Shrike, a Common Babbler and a a spunky energetic Himalayan Black lored Tit.

hills · forest

A plump little Rufous Sibia fluffs out its feathers, preens and enjoys the winter sun at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an a…

hills · forest

After a bath in our Rispana stream, a Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes in a thicket or shrubbery, as cicadas call out loud, at Motidhar forest Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-…

forest · wildlife

Dark-Grey Bush Chat male approaches chicks with insect feed in its beak, at wildfilmsindia sanctuary Bird eating insect Uttarakhand A male Dark Grey Bush Chat nests in wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya, and successfully fetches grubs…

snow · wildlife

Snow Leopard mum with her cubs walk gingerly and super carefully on a snowy rocky cliff-edge, in the Himalaya.

wildlife · birds

This could well be a rare sighting from Nagaland, certainly the first video documented one, of the rare subspecies I. x.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

With the Common Hill Partridhe of Peora calling, and the sight of a Chestnut bellied Rock Thrush, truly a Himalayan bird straight out of one's childhood around Landour. The female is more drab compared to the colourful male.

birds · hills

Grey-winged Blackbird female brings in ripe dark blue Berberis or kingod berries for its chicks to eat See these super cute Thrush chicks with little fresh feather tufts on their ears! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of the finest songsters in…

wildlife · birds

Rosy Starling enjoy the Delhi spring, take in some warmth and sunshine before the big migration north. Hordes of Rosy Pastors flock through Delhi in the early summer, as they head north on their migration.

forest · hills

With White-created Laughing Thrushes calling out with their bubbly songs, a female Kalij Pheasant ascends into Oak tree for her nightly roost, eats lichens and moss before settling in Come night time, and the Kalij Pheasants in our forest a…

wildlife · hills

A female leopard listens out carefully for an alarmed and calling Muntjac, Kakar or Barking Deer, even as a wild cat searches for amouse, and a feamle nursing Wild boar with prominent teats gambols through our forest, and get caught in our…

wildlife · snow

Chukor Partridge and Pied Magpies call close at hand while the huffing of the cameraman gets caught in the camera's audio track. A Snow Leopard roams the treacherous craggy cliffs in high altitude desert of Ladakh, India.

forest · wildlife

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Finally, some fresh crunchy oak leaves in summer-time after the hot period and forest fires that deprived the resident species of proper fodder...

forest · birds

This is an unusual sighting as this raptor is generally found below 5000 feet in altitude. Here, it is sighted at 7300 feet in the western Himalaya, in a mixed Oak forest.

forest · hills

Have you ever seen a pigeon so green in colour? This Himalayan Kokla Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the real deal! A Kokla Green Pigeon couple sit in their nest.

wildlife · snow

A picture of feline bliss! A mother Snow Leopard and her cubs wake up, groom themselves and go back to sleep at the base of cliffy rock face, in a sort of protected cave, in the wintery mountains of the western Himalaya.