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Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

While consuming a small bird on the ground, this Crested Hawk Eagle intermittently spreads open its crest in a display of superiority and as a threat to smaller predators and birds. Seen in Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river · birds

A raptor carries a small fish in its talons, on the Ramganga river in Corbett. Is that a Harrier or a Fishing Eagle? Black-necked Storks, Egrets and Grey Heron along Ramganga river in Corbett

Gujarat·wildlife · birds

A bird of prey or raptor (Oriental Honey-buzzard) outside Gir national Park, in the Porbander region of Gujarat. The raptor is eating a smaller bird that it caught mid-air.

wildlife · birds

Lovely audio of a group of vocalizing Grey Francolin or safed teetar at Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) or Himalayan Pied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

birds · hills

The colourful Great barbet bird in the himalaya forest of Landour in Uttarakhand. The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) belongs to the family of Asian barbets, Megalaimidae.

birds · wildlife

A beautiful view of different winter birds like orange flanked bush robin, scaly bellied woodpecker, tree creeper and Hill barbet in th forests of Landour, Uttarakhand.

birds · wildlife

A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a tree in Arunachal Pradesh The Coppersmith Barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala) is a bird with crimson forehead a…

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The chestnut-tailed starling or grey-headed myna (Sturnia malabarica) is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia.

hills · wildlife

The White-capped Water-redstart is the only member of genus Chaimarrornis, representative of the Himalayan stream avifauna. Both sexes are similar, but the male may have slightly larger white head patch.

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wildlife · birds

In Oyan, Arunachal Pradesh, we came across this Little Spiderhunter which had been predated upon by a larger bird, but not eaten. It lay still and lifeless, with an ant or two climbing up its motionless body.

lake · birds

A city wetland is covered with Water Cabbage, making it the ideal hunting ground for an Indian Moorhen and a Pond Heron - the latter uses its excellent camouflage to hide among the plants around the pond and attack its prey of frogs and aqu…

desert · wildlife

Great Indian Bustards in the Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan, India, at the edge of the Thar desert.

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The crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) is a species of bird in the sunbird family which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding the young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings.

river · birds

A White-browed Fantail Flycatcher sits on the banks of the Tirthan river in Kinnaur, while a Himalayan Pied Kingfisher sits on a cable awaiting a quarry in the waters below.

birds · flowers

The beautiful iridescent shiny purple-black Purple Sunbird or Nectarania asiatica is a common garden and city bird in north India.

flowers · birds

A Rose-ringed Parakeet eats flowers of Red Silk cotton tree at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree.

forest · birds

A Jungle Babbler tends to its feathers, preening and improving on its feather hygiene, on a silk Cotton flowering tree (called Sehmul in India).

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Even as Five-striped Palm Squirrels chirrup in cheer, a bright green Rose-ringed Parakeet moves in on the blossoms of a Silk Cotton or Sehmal tree in the New Delhi spring time and starts to eat the waxy petals and even the inner stamens and…

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Is this Streaked Laughing Thrush over-heating as a result of stress, or is it displaying? Yet again, could it be injured or thirsty? Or could it be akin to the broken wing display of Lapwings and Plovers? The Streaked Laughing Thrush (Troch…

crafts · wildlife

A nesting colony of Baya Weaver birds (Ploceus philippinus). These sparrow like birds breed in nesting colonies of 20 - 30 nests which are intricately woven pieces of art.