birds

birds · lake

Knee-deep, and reflected on the surface of the water, an Indian Pond Heron keenly looks beneath the surface and picks up a fish in a flash of a second and gulps it down whole.

wildlife · birds

Indulge in watching the endangered Egyptian Vulture perched on top of a dead tree. Shifting its attention every now and then to the sounds of the birds calling or the human presence.

birds · wildlife

It's a competition for survival every day for the birds here in Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan. India's largest man-made wetland which houses over 300 bird species migratory and non-migratory.

wildlife · birds

The cormorants and herons try and attack the successful cormorant and even rob it blind, if possible! Sort of akin to a human winning a lottery and everyone landing up for a part of the spoils! Looking for food in these wetlands with numero…

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

The most common urban and extra-urban Kingfisher of India - the White-breasted Kingfisher sits in wait for not just fish but frogs and other small prey at Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National Park. Sexes alike.

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.

Rajasthan·birds

The head feathers get so ruffled they give the appearance of a fur cap! The most common urban and extra-urban Kingfisher of India - the White-breasted Kingfisher sits in wait for not just fish but frogs and other small prey at Bharatpur or…

birds

Pooping into my plate? No problem - This Black-winged Stilt goes pooping and foraging food at the same time with its mate eating nearby. They are in Keoladeo National Park, a haven for waterfowls who roam these wetlands in Rajasthan.

birds · wildlife

The great white or Common egret is almost as large as a grey heron, but with longer legs and a longer neck. It has a large, dagger-like bill that is yellow for most of the year, but becomes mostly black in breeding birds.

wildlife · birds

Dhoop sekna. We have all been fond of sunbathing every once in a while, especially in winter months. Watch these birds dry their feathers in the sun in winter months.

wildlife · birds

It's the colourful Purple Swamphen or Moorhen (Porphyrio porphyrio) clumsily treading the wetlands of Keoladeo National Park.

wildlife · birds

Home to more than 300 species of migratory and non-migratory birds, Keoladeo National Park is one of the largest man-made wetlands in India. Some birds fly thousands of miles to breed in this monsoon fed wetland in Rajasthan.

birds · forest

White-eared Bulbuls are dull grey-brown bulbuls with a black head and bright white cheek patch. Also note yellow vent and white tail tip.

Rajasthan·birds

The most common urban and extra-urban Kingfisher of India - the White-breasted Kingfisher sits in wait for not just fish but frogs and other small prey at Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National Park.

wildlife · birds

Well, these birds sure got the geometry and measurements, the coordination and the discipline right while swimming together as a flock.

wildlife · birds

Up close, the stork's head looks like it is balding. It is called the painted stork because of the pink colour towards the end of of its long wing feathers or the long tertials.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · birds

Magpie-Robin or Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis), Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda), male Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus), female Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros), Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) and Liitle Cormorant…

birds · farmland

A Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) stands stock-still inside the water looking for fish. It's chest feathers delicately ride the wind. Note the reflection of the bird on the surface of the still waters. It is grooming itself with its beak.

Rajasthan·livestock · birds

A herd of nilgai or Bluebull antelope walk in the backdrop of a flock of Bar-headed Geese flying in to land at a Bharatpur wetland, even as a huge group of village cows graze in the same habitat, thus causing a major conflict between protec…

wildlife · birds

Life in the wild is always a competition and a display of superiority within and among species. Underwater, on land, in the air it's a display of survival of the fittest every day.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · birds

A resident bird in India, watch the tallest flying bird flying in slow motion. Tall pale gray crane with pink legs and red bare skin on head extending down the neck. Juvenile facial coloring less prominent.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · wildlife

We used to call this the Great Horned Owl or Bubo bubo but names keep changing, it seems! Camouflaged perfectly between two rocks and unamused at the camera pointing towards it inside Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

wildlife · birds

Just how does its neck not snap off? And how does it not choke on larger fish that it swallows? Nonetheless, watching this ungainly yet graceful bird dry out its wings and stretch them out with its sinewy neck looking one way and the other,…