birds

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Kaleej Pheasant at Corbett, India. This Pheasant is the most widespread to be found across the Himalaya. When a female calls, the male Pheasant starts displaying.

birds · wildlife

The Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) or White-cheeked Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. If they are mixed with humans from a young age, they will become friendly to humans.

wildlife · birds

Black-capped or Rufous Sibia is a common and melodious Himalayan bird. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The forests of Corbett park resound with the bird-call of Terai birds! A Black Partridge and a female Red Junglefowl shown here looking for tiny insects in a grassland at the edge of the chaur. A Bush Chat in the grassland.

forest · wildlife

A Hindustan Motors Contessa car - now completely discontinued - drives into India's best known bird sanctuary - Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Rajasthan.

monsoon · wildlife

At the Sonkhaliya crossing, early morning at 5 am, schoolgirls get ready for school, edging with the monsoon rains.

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.

wildlife · birds

The Keepers is the story of Wildlife Rescue, an organization which was started with the aim of providing immediate relief to distressed wildlife in the urban city of Delhi and National Capital Region.

wildlife · birds

Mongoose family cutely eats chicken that was laid out in the sun for them Mongoose babies hesitatingly approach and then proceed to eat eggs stolen from a bird's nest: Neola is not just a predator but sits at head of food chain Mongoose ste…

farmland · wildlife

Neola hunting time for a Mongoose with beady beady eyes and a cute on the prowl in Delhi's Wilderness Orchard Mongoose digs into the ground to attack a termite underground colony, eats up winged termites and deemak insects.

wildlife · birds

The rescue of a young barn owl from a storage unit in Dakshin Puri Ext in South Delhi. A call was made to Wildlife rescue to come rescue the bird from the owner of the storage unit.

Odisha·wildlife · birds

The rescue of a young barn owl from a storage unit in Dakshin Puri Ext in South Delhi. A call was made to Wildlife rescue to come rescue the bird from the owner of the storage unit.

Odisha·wildlife · birds

The rescue of a young barn owl from a storage unit in Dakshin Puri Ext in South Delhi. A call was made to Wildlife rescue to come rescue the bird from the owner of the storage unit.

birds · wildlife

The new nomenclature for this owl is the Indian Scops Owl and not the good old Collared Scops Owl, as we're always known it to be! The Indian scops owl (Otus bakkamoena) is a resident species of owl found in the southern regions of Asia fro…

Madhya Pradesh·birds

A pair of Collared Scops Owls (Otus bakkamoena) in Bandhavgarh National Park. Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the popular national parks in India located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · wildlife

A pair of Collared Scops Owl or Otus lettia in Bandhavgarh National Park... They remain alert even as they sleep in the daytime. The Collared Scops Owl is a common breeding bird in forests and other well-wooded areas.

Rajasthan·birds · forest

Thanks to Abhishek Gulshan, we now realize that this is probably the Indian Scops Owl, a new sub-species that is closely related to the Collared Scops Owl.

Rajasthan·birds · forest

A pair of Collared Scops Owl or Otus lettia in Bharatpur Bird sanctuary... The Collared Scops Owl is a common breeding bird in forests and other well-wooded areas. It nests in a hole in a tree, laying 3-5 eggs.

wildlife · forest

Rare footage of a macaque eating a bird, at the edge of the mangrove swamp forests of the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India.

birds · river

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Drought in Rajasthan means even a hardy bird such as this Red-vented Bulbul dies of starvation and thirst.

wildlife · birds

Red-wattled Lapwings love to spend time and hunt for molluscs near ponds and lakes but when all you have available is a small cement water container, and you're in the middle of the Indian summer, it would just have to do! Clearly, the Lapw…

birds

A White-breasted Kingfisher waits out the white hot 55 degree Celcius heat of the summer daytime in Rajasthan, waiting for evening time when it will be less hot. It keeps its beak open to aid in transpiration and to mildly cool its body.

Gujarat·monsoon · wildlife

An entire breeding season has been lost for them - those that survived the pre-existing threats from dog killings and electrical wire electrocutions! The Phoenicopterous minor or Lesser Flamingo is a species in the Flamingo family of birds…