“Himalayas”

birds · hills

The White-throated Laughing Thrush moves around in bands of 5 to 10 birds, one calling to the other to stay in touch. The call is a lovely ventiloquistic echoing whistle that is often heard across the lower hills of the Himalaya.

birds · wildlife

With many predators on the prowl, including a Yellow-throated Marten or tutrali, our distant protection of this nest yielded a successful clutch of fledged chicks! Notw how th parent flaps its wings, chick-style, in order to elicit a certai…

hills · birds

Hill Barbet has a wide range from the western to the eastern Himalaya, seen here in West Bengal's Dooars.

hills · flowers

That lovely call is that of a Lesser Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker as it approaches our plum tree as it flowers, even as a Stripe-throated or Whiskered Yuhina looks around with great circumspection.

birds · wildlife

Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is really a Verditer Flycatcher in the Himalay, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

forest · birds

This bird is known as the Black-capped Sibia or the Rufous Sibia which is its new name. The scientific name of the bird is Heterophasia capistrata. It's roughly the size of a bulbul and is around 21 cms. long.

hills · wildlife

Cheer Pheasant or bhoincheel calls out in its exquisite voice in the Kumaon Himalaya | Rare Himalayan Bird Sighting with a backdrop of the Chaukhamba range and nearby peaks. The sound of a conch shell or shankh can be heard nearby.

birds · hills

A shock of Verditer blue gives away the male Verditer Flyatcher in the Himalaya Verditer Flycatcher has a lovely trilling call, male is deep sky blue while female is a lighter blue Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Motidha…

hills · river

White-capped Redstart a smart mountain stream-side dweller from the Himalaya, at wildfilmsindia Does the Redstart not tire of wagging its tail up and down all day? Watch this White-capped Redstart by a stream at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

The toot toot-toot toot is the four note call of the Collard Pygmy Owlet, with the warble whistle of the Common Hill Partridge in the background audio, on a bright autumn morning at our wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in the western Himalaya,…

hills · birds

Jungle Myna has not been seen at this altitude before and while an interesting record, given how adaptable this myna species is, it is not surprising but also not good news because they are extremely aggressive birds and tend to take over n…

birds · wildlife

Grey headed Canary Flycatcher at Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi, just before departing for Himalaya on their return migration at the end of winter.

hills · birds

People around the world eat certain varieties of ferns that have high iron content and are lovely to turn into a subzi of sorts, with a nice bitter-sweet vegetable taste.

birds · hills

See these super cute Thrush chicks with little fresh feather tufts on their ears! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of the finest songsters in the entire Himalayan region, like a very coval thrush in an English country garden.

hills · wildlife

Demoiselle Crane flock arrives in Rajasthan, after crossing the Himalaya, crooning with joy on safe arrival in India, having escaped the harsh winters of Mongolia and further north.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Yellow-naped Woodpecker's yellow-green throat feathers catch evening light, on Oak tree in the Himalaya, within the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand, while a Darjeeling Pied Himalayan Woodpecker pecks at insects living wit…

wildlife · birds

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. After having foraged for larvae and other grubs from tree bark, the Woodpecker male (the father has a red crest) comes back and regurgitates it at the opening of the nest-…

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · birds

The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Speakers presented their case studies at the Uttarakhand Spring Bird Festival, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.

birds · wildlife

Himalayan Black Bulbuls (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), also known as Himalayan Black Bulbuls, perched on the bare branches of a tree. In one sequence, a single bird is observed resting on a branch before taking flight.

wildlife · birds

The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey.

wildlife · birds

The White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa.

birds · wildlife

The Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) is a colourful species commonly found in the forests and wooded areas of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.