“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·birds

A brood of Scaly-bellied Woodpecker chicks waits for their parents to return with food, as they view the world for the first time, from the cosy comfort of their nest hole in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie, a Himalayan Pied Woodpecker gets to work on a dead wood log of deodar wood at the Jabbarkhet Estate, and then moves to a live Oak, banj or Quercus incana tree.

wildlife · birds

Observe the Himalayan Black Bulbul in its natural forest habitat as it feeds on Pyrus pashia, the wild Himalayan pear, perched gracefully on tree branches during the soft morning golden light.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A pair of Himalayan Barbets call out to each other, in superbly resonating unison, on a spring-time Oak tree with fresh leaves, in Landour in Uttarakhand. The great barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet.

village · birds

Black headed Oriole is found throughout India and can be seen in single or pairs on leafy trees.

hills · forest

Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. How often does one see a Woodpecker pecking into a pine cone? Is it looking for insects drawn to the sap or is it eating the chilgoza pine seeds themselves? We filmed…

wildlife · birds

A Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus), one of the most striking and intelligent birds of the Himalayan region, is seen resting on a patch of dry grass.

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

Collared Owlet enjoying its habitat in Landour, Dehradun. Cute little owl in the mist of forest and its feature camouflage with its habitat.

snow · wildlife

Seen here in Yumthang, Sikkim, the Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. Known as the safed or barfeela kabutar or kabootar in India.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Some of the bird species that wildfilmsindia protects at its Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalayan town of Landour in Mussoorie. The Collared Pygmy Owlet is the smallest Owl in the world.

birds

The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia.

birds · hills

Listen to this bird call and tell me you haven't heard it while walking in mountain forests or sitting in a hill station garden...!? Is that a Slaty Blue Flycatcher at the end of this video? Please help us identify and confirm the same! It…

wildlife · birds

This footage captures a mixed group of Himalayan bird species foraging together on the forest floor where scattered grain or rice has been placed.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, protects this population of Black Bulbuls that feed on seasonal fruit in our forest and orchard.

hills · birds

This lovely wild Owl calls each night at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens where we have provided them sanctuary, in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

birds · forest

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

birds · hills

Listen to this bird call and tell me you haven't heard it while walking in mountain forests or sitting in a hill station garden...!? Is that a Slaty Blue Flycatcher at the end of this video? Please help us identify and confirm the same! It…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

One of my favourite stories centers around a nest cavity in the tree trunk of a Toon tree in Landour, a small hill-station town in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

On a cloudy wintery day in March 2018, a White-crowned Laughing Thrush, Hill Barbets and a Hill partridge of Peora call out at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour, Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

This cheery Laughing Thrush is actually accompanied by the audio or calls of the Hill Barbet, but when in a noisy gaggly group, the White-crested has a bubbly loud call...

birds · hills

If you have ever seen this cute little deep turquoise bird, than it can only be the Verditer that you have beholden and been privileged to see! The most beautiful trilling caller in the Himalaya, surely, the Verditer Flycatcher warbles its…

birds · hills

The eagle keeps changing its weight from one to the other of its two tired legs. Erect crest feathers of Changeable or Crested Hawk Eagle at wildfilmsindia Motidhar estate in the Himalaya Changeable Hawk Eagle squeals with sound across the…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

A Himalayan Pied Woodpecker keeps a pair of Common Rosefinches company on a tree top at our wildfilmsindia forests around Mussoorie, the Rosefinches in mid-winter migration mode.

birds · hills

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…