“Himalayas”

hills · flowers

A Great Blackvein butterfly is feeding on nectar from a small wildflower in a natural outdoor habitat. Its pale wings marked with dark vein patterns are visible while it remains perched on the flower during feeding activity.

hills · forest

The chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is seen in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet.

forest · wildlife

The Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

The forests of the Landour ridge comprise a mix of Oak, Rhododendron and deodar, and in March one can experience the best of the Rhododendron arboreum flowering season.

Tamil Nadu·hills · forest

Pillar Rock in Cody! This looks like real high mountain country, with thick forest cover and misty cliffs to boot! One can least imagine that these are the south Indian highlands of Tamil Nadu state in India...

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Moss and lichen on oak trees (Quercus incana) in the Himalayan hill-station town of Landour, Mussoorie, India.

wildlife · forest

A leopard was shot dead after it strayed into a residential area and attacked two forest department employees leaving them injured in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, India.

wildlife · forest

A leopard was shot dead after it strayed into a residential area and attacked two forest department employees leaving them injured in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, India.

wildlife · forest

A leopard was shot dead after it strayed into a residential area and attacked two forest department employees leaving them injured in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

During monsoon, the dense forests of Landour and Mussoorie receive heavy rainfall, almost every single day of the season.

hills · forest

The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches (46 centimeters).

hills · flowers

Paeonia emodi, a species of wild Peony that is endemic to the upper Himalaya, grows at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

forest · hills

passing through thick Oak forests en route Kuari Pass. A Nepalese talks about herb and plant poachers who take out jari-bootis or Himalayan herbs, for sale into the local illegal illicit trade.

hills · forest

A devotional gathering during Nag Panchami, a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of Nag Devta, the revered serpent deity.

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.

hills · forest

A tented camp in a deodar forest in Himachal Pradesh reveals itself above the forest layer. A team of mountain biking enthusiasts cycle in to camp for the night.

hills · flowers

Paeonia emodi, a species of wild Peony that is endemic to the upper Himalaya, grows at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

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…

forest · flowers

Wild pear or kaithal blossoms at the Wilderness Orchard in Uttarakhand. Pine trees inter-mingle with the pears at the top of their range, even as deodar has already started at lower heights and climbs to far higher altitudes, as mixed Oak,…

forest · hills

This footage captures a Himalayan cicada (family Cicadidae, likely Meimuna sp.) moving slowly along a tree branch in its natural forest habitat.

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.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Pakke Tiger Reserve is one of the finest yet one of the least visited tourist destinations in India. Not very far from the usual Kaziranga-Nameri-Eaglenest-Tawang route is the option of visiting PTR.

forest · hills

Traditional slate stone roof on a village home in Kanatal, Uttarakhand. Slate is no longer mined in Uttarakhand, so the older stones have been recycled for use on modern mountain homes and the village homes that carried them are now covered…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

In Jabarkhet, Mussoorie, a forest fire breaks out on a wooded Himalayan hillside, sending thick smoke billowing into the air.