“monsoon”

wildlife · monsoon

In a lush patch of green grass, a Common Indian Toad rests quietly, its textured skin blending perfectly with the damp earth. For a moment, it sits motionless—then with a sudden spring, it jumps forward, disappearing into the grass.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · forest

Dhunduwa point is famous in Panna National Park as it has a very deep mysterious ravines that goes down deep into the forest below and is also a home for many prey birds.

wildlife

A Common Jay (Graphium doson) is caught up close perching on a dry tree stump. They belong to the swallowtail butterflies and are always on the move, active throughout the day. Close up of the butterfly with detailed markings.

forest · wildlife

The town of Panna, lying adjacent to the Panna National park. But it's 25km from the entry gate of the park.

Kanha, Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · forest

When tiger populations dwindle in one reserve, a chosen male or female is tranquilised at the Kanha Tiger Reserve in Mandla, after being suitably identified for the purpose, from another reserve, and is then translocated to a new reserve, f…

wildlife · crafts

Salim Ali, the famous Indian ornithologist, famously described the breeding biology of the Common Baya or Weaver Bird (Ploceus philippinus.).

wildlife

Elephants move in herds and never leave their family behind. These smart animals have a tendency to live in families and if stranded they don't feel comfortable and can go out of control.

wildlife · hills

Baya Weaver Bird on a palm tree, and hard at work on completing its pendulous nest, during the monsoon breeding season. The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

West Bengal·monsoon · wildlife

Mangrove swamps and estuaries of West Bengal's Sundarbans wetlands, after floods and flooding events. These plants can survive the extremes of salt water exposure and being both flooded and dried out seasonally.

highway · wildlife

Why on earth is Papa crow sitting atop Mama crow in their nest? Is it to shade her from the summer sun, or to keep her company? Or was it just a mistake? Just WHY are these Crows sitting one on top of the other to incubate their eggs in the…

birds · wildlife

An adult Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is spotted at a wetland in Makhdumpur in Uttar Pradesh in the monsoon. With its white plumage reflecting in the still waters, the bird reaches in for a fish in a quick stroke.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Asian tramp snail (Bradybaena similaris) observed in the moist understory of Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

In the darkness of twilight, a Kaleej Pheasant pair comes down cautiously to drink from our Bindal - Rispana stream in the western Himalaya.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · forest

Dhunduwa point is famous in Panna National Park as it has a very deep mysterious ravines that goes down deep into the forest below and is also a home for many prey birds.

West Bengal·forest · monsoon

Blue skies and grey waters in the Sundarbans. A range of time lapses taken from ahigh. Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary is a 362 km² area in the northern part of the Sundarbans delta in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.

highway · wildlife

a bucolic monsoon view from a Bishnoi village area around Pali in Rajasthan. Another day in the life of a peafowl flock.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · wildlife

An artisan in Meerut paints the Ganesh idols at his workshop bright orange as the Ganesha devotees gear for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in the late monsoon. The artist uses airbrush to paint the elephant head of the Hindu god.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · forest

The Panna waterfalls are priming up for the monsoons and the tigers are back, post poaching! Some of the species featured include the Indian tiger, Sambhar deer, Plain Tiger butterfly, Indian Python, Chinkara, Langur, Paradise Flycatcher, d…

wildlife · birds

'Time to fly children', the mother stork seems to be communicating to the protest calls of the juveniles with almost adult-like bodies except for thir plumage.

wildlife · birds

Monsoons approaching, gray skies and barren trees and a trio of Wire-tailed swallow roosts on it. The birds are small and common in India. The long pair of feathers from the tail of the male is distinct while the female ha a shorter tail.

wildlife · birds

See the intricacies of bird preening up close and in slow motion! A bird cleans its feathers Perching on a dry branch and preening its feathers probably after a light monsoon drizzle, a couple inside their natural tree hollow nest and an in…

wildlife · birds

A single individual of Lesser Cormorant is seen sitting on an aquatic shrub preening itself. The bird is feeling the heat of the monsoon heat.Beak wide open and trying to cool itself down.

hills · forest

Spring-time and it's breeding and mating time for these Kaleej Pheasants at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya.

Haryana·wildlife · birds

One of India's prettiest birds! Indian Pitta or Navrang feeds chicks at its nest, as brood fledges An adult Indian Pitta feeds a chick inside a nest in Gurugram, Haryana, India.