birds

flowers · wildlife

Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills.

wildlife · birds

Heliconia, derived from the Greek word helikonios, is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia.

Ladakh·lake · wildlife

Black-necked Crane at Pangong tso lake, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir state, India. This is a highly endangered bird of which there are less than a few hundred in existence in its only global habitat in the Himalaya.

hills · birds

We were camped out in the grasslands of the lower Himalaya during one of our expeditions to try and re-discover the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail.

Assam·wildlife · forest

The dead body / carcass of a dead rhino or buffalo lies at the edge of a wetland with a stork and crows feeding upon it. Water buffalo, Rhino, water birds, etc in Kaziranga National Park.

wildlife · village

Villagers go out into the forest seeking bird sightings.

lake · wildlife

The Ruddy Shelduck is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.

wildlife · birds

Villagers show a poached Black-necked Crane, one of the rarest cranes in the world. Are they showing an injury, a bullet-hole or an external gland or injury or nodule on the crane's body? The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a mediu…

wildlife · birds

Men showing how this duck got snared and killed by being caught in a phanda or traditional trap set up to catch birds. The bird tries to eat the grain put in front of the trap.

birds · village

Local tribesmen are out hunting in the forests of Khonoma village, Nagaland. Khonoma village is the first green village in India (which is a bit of an irony!). They are in the field armed with bharua or muzzle loading guns.

wildlife · birds

A complicated forest-craft animal trap being made by village hunters in the thick rain forests of Nagaland in north-east India.

wildlife · birds

Kids use a catapult to hunt the most endangered Black-necked Crane or Grus nigricollis and then they show off. This poor Black necked Crane was killed in Arunachal Pradesh.

farmland · wildlife

Man showing dead Whistling Teals caught by poachers in a phanda or noose. Men showing how this duck got snared and killed by being caught in a phanda or traditional trap set up to catch birds.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield.

birds · coastline

A White-browed Blue Flycatcher sitting on a mostly fruited Leh Berry patch near Lamkhaga Pass above Harsil in Uttarakhand, India. Leh Berry is a large deciduous shrub or tree sometimes reaching up to 18 m.

Khichan, Rajasthan·village · wildlife

A teacher takes attendance at a school in Khichan Village of Rajasthan, India. Khichan is a village in the Jodhpur district of the Indian state of Rajasthan that in recent years has established a tradition of feeding wild birds, including D…

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India. 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.

forest · wildlife

In this story, we saw how the kind and generous evergreen trees gave the little bird shelter, protected it from the cold, and gave it berries to eat. Trees have always been of great use to both humans and animals.

wildlife · birds

A sizable number of pelicans speckle the face of the Arabian sea. These unique birds float and bounce through the waves of the water with there necks tipped back like a bunch of old people lazing on their rocking chair.

wildlife · forest

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage and are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

Jackal running through a grassland chaur at Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Very dog-like in its gait! The Jackal is attacked by nesting Red-wattled Lapwings or titeeri birds and then reaches the edge of the Ramganga river.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Bharatpur National Park or Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary of Bharatpur in Rajasthan is 175 km from Jaipur and 185 km from Delhi. Bharatpur National Park is famous for its wide variety of birds in all over the world.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Jackals and coyotes are opportunistic omnivores, predators of small- to medium-sized animals and proficient scavengers.