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wildlife · birds

The stunning Indian Blue Jay also known as the Nilkanth is the state bird of a few southern states in India.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Some of the birds of Jim Corbett National Park are showcased in this video. From Green Bee-eaters (Merops orientalis) to a solitary King Vulture or Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), we move onwards to a stunning peacock (Pavo cristatus…

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

This bird's nest perhaps belongs to a Turtle Dove. The eggs are exposed. The typical two white exposed eggs on a bed of sticks is most likely to be that of a dove. This footage was filmed in the 1990's around Bhimtal in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

A Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) sits at its nest to incubate its eggs near Nainital in Uttarakhand.

flowers · birds

Inside the Nehru Park in spring colourful flowers are in full bloom. A pair of Rose-ringed Parakeets munch on the flower buds among the dahlias and petunias. With cheerful bird calls, the park is in full bloom, fresh and liberated.

birds

We were saddened to find this dead specimen of a Collared Pygmy Owlet. This is the same species we made a film on some years back.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

The Himalayan Pied Woodpecker nonses around on a wild pear tree, eating into the fruit of the pear with its sharp beak.

birds · hills

The Red-billd Blue Magpie is one of the more elegant birds to be seen in a Himalayan hill station or in light middle altitude forests, even though it is a corvid or a crow family member (no, nothing to do with covid).

birds · hills

Like the Seven Sisters or Sat bhai (Jungle Babblers) of the plains, the White-throated Laughing Thrush is the hill equivalent of the ch4ery babbler.

birds · wildlife

The common raptor or bird of prey of urban India is the Pariah Kit and while it is a bird of prey and can thus hunt, it has been reduced to scavenging in rubbish dumps and picking up scraps and morsels of food left behind by humans, for the…

birds · lake

The Pond Heron is in full breeding plumage and has a blue base to the beak and delicate long feathers on the nape and these catch the breeze! An Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) stretches its neck on the lookout for food.

birds · hills

The bakain tree is common across India and even climbs into the Himalayan foothills. Black Bulbuls are mountain birds but the habitat of the two does briefly cross in the lower Himalaya and then the Black Bulbul partakes of the berries of t…

river · wildlife

The Spotted Forktail bird is a cheery little thing, with a smart attire of black and white, and a lovely recuved tail that it flicks up and down, as it moves and gambols along the Tirthan river, snapping up insects in the fast flowing water…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

A Himalayan Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker peeks out of its nest-hole in a tree hollow above the valley of Nainital, before proceeding to leave altogether. It's red patch on the top of the head is prominent.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

The Dark Gray Bushchat is a cute little neatly turned out bird with a black stripe across the eye, as seen here at the Jabbarkhet sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, in the western Himalaya.

birds · forest

This Golden backed Woodpecker is zygodactylic or in other words has two toes pointing in front and two pointing back, to give it better grip when climbing tree-trunks vertically! Thirsty, a Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker shares the mini…

wildlife · birds

Ever seen a bird sun-bathe, and that too in 50 degrees Celcius? Watch this crazy hoopoe that has gone a little cookie! It turns its beak to the sun and sky and looks a little crazed in the heat, but it's actually just fine.

flowers · birds

The beautiful Large Green Barbet and the invariably present Rose-ringed Parakeets are common visitors to Sehmal or Silk Cotton trees. The Barbet is more delicate but the Parakeets tear into and destroy the flowers.

birds · flowers

Hear the lovely call of the Large Green Barbet - "Kutroo, kutroo, kutroo!" Feeding on the waxy blooms of the Sehmal tree, consuming its pollen and insects drawn to the flowers, it cranes its neck out in a strange little fashion, and assumes…

birds · wildlife

Pycnonotus cafer or the Red-vented Bulbul is a sprightly resident of city gardens in India. Coming up next is the Ashy Wren Warbler or Ashy Prinia. Spring brings new beginnings and fresh blossoms for this common passerine bird in India.

birds · wildlife

This Golden backed Woodpecker is zygodactylic or in other words has two toes pointing in front and two pointing back, to give it better grip when climbing tree-trunks vertically! Thirsty, a Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker shares the mini…

birds · wildlife

A bunch of bulbuls get together to create panic around and mob a roosting Collared Scops Owl in the daytime, under the canopy of a creeper.

birds · flowers

Red-vented Bulbul or Pycnonotus cafer feeds its chicks in their nest in a Delhi garden in May 2020, in the peak of summer heat. The nest has been made in a Karaunda bush at the wildfilmsindia complex in Delhi.