birds

Maharashtra·birds · hills

Niki Das Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2007 aka Nikii Daas shops at Turquoise interiors shop in Pali Hill, Mumbai. She shows some Buddha lamps, candle stands and table lamps.

wildlife · birds

Models and samples of birds are preserved inside this museum. Models of other exotic birds are also on display.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · forest

Rare Mottled Wood Owl at Bandhavgarh! The Mottled Wood Owl or Strix ocellata is a species of large owl found in India. They can be found in Gardens, Thin deciduous forests adjacent to dry thorn forests or farmland.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

The Rhynchostylis retusa is commonly known as the Foxtail Orchid and belongs to the wider Vanda family of orchids. It grows wild in the sub Himalayan foot-hills, seen here within Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

wildlife · birds

Such is the Lapwing's breeding biology that it chooses the peak of summer to lay its eggs and that too, out in the open, in the blazing Indian summer sun where it often gets to 50 degrees Celcius or more, in the open sun.

birds · wildlife

Green Barbet opens its beak in summers to prevent body from overheating. Because birds lack sweat glands, they do not sweat to cool off like we do. A bird will open its mouth and breath faster, which increases the airflow.

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Amidst rains and flash floods, residents shield themselves with umbrellas from the rain as the evacuation process is carried out fearing the advent of Cyclone Bulbul near the coastal areas of West Bengal.

coastline · monsoon

The waters of the Bay of Bengal laps the coast in West Bengal as the tropical storm Cyclone Bulbul hits the South Asian waters in November 2019.

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This Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis tristis) tries to first run (rather comically, as the packet is too large for its feet to keep up, and it fills up with air, preventing a safe escape!) with this discarded waste plastic packet, from on…

wildlife · birds

This super cute Nightjar shuffles along in the dark, shy and awkward at once... disturbed as it is in the desert at night. Medium sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with short bills, short legs and long wings are known as Nightjars.

wildlife · birds

Watch this cute friendship between a Grey Partridge and a Budgie, but the Budgie tries to mate and take 'advantage' of the friendship which is already unequal to begin with.

wildlife · birds

Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is a very common breeding resident in Haryana. This bird is found in open areas and wetlands. Its hindi name is Titahri, Titeeri. The size of this bird is 33 cm.

wildlife · birds

The adult Black-billed Magpie is 45--60 cm (18--24 in) long and weighs 145-210 g (5-7.5 ounces). The tail is long and makes up half of the bird's length. Wingspan is about 60 cm (24 in). The male is larger than the female (16-20% heavier).

wildlife · birds

Grus nigricollis or the Black-necked Crane feeding near a high altitude marsh in Ladakh. Note the cold mirage behind the Crane, in this high altitude desert!

wildlife · birds

A Five-striped Palm Squirrel collects nesting material that has dropped from a bird's nest in a tree above, bunches it together in its mouth, but still struggles to move forward with the load.

wildlife · birds

Watch this little Budgerigar bird sit on the back of its Partridge buddy in a cage. According to a scientist, birds hang out with their new social circles even when they normally do so, due to circumstances.

birds · flowers

From 35 seconds to 38 seconds, see the nictitating membrane being blinked by this parakeet! The Rose-ringed Parakeet is the common tota of India, even though this close up doesn't quite show you the rose ring, as this is also an immature fe…

Madhya Pradesh·birds

This cat is surely working hard at the sleep thing! What lazy sleepy langur monkeys in Panna, Madhya Pradesh! Watch animals in their comfort zone of sleeping and dozing in the daytime.

birds · wildlife

When the female crow has gone out looking for more nesting materials and a break, a group of Jungle Babblers come and settle in to the nest, and inspect its construction! Nosey little things sit on the eggs, chitter-chatter about the constr…

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A cute Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus) creating rhythm with its movement. A ripe fig in its beak looks like its feeling romantic and looking for the female.

birds · wildlife

A cute Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus) creating rhythm with its movement. A ripe fig in its beak is getting readied to feed to the chicks in its nest. The bird moves to the beat of its own metronomic calls.

birds · wildlife

"Hold still while I peck your forehead, lest I peck out your eye!" A Jungle Babbler sits like a king while its partner preens its feathers. The partner goes in for thorough preening near the beak of the other.

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See the fantastic aerial swooping and diving maneuvers of this Little Green Bee-eater, a pair of Wire-tailed Swallows and a Kotwal or Black Drongo, at a water body at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi.