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Clear calls of the Common Tailorbird ( Orthotomus sutorius) sitting on a shrub. In the backdrop of other bird calls this small bird is making its calls heard.

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Colourful birds and common in the public parks and areas with tall trees. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet or Ring-necked Parakeet perches on a dry stump of a tall neem tree. Behind the bird is a hollow which must be its nest.

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Common Mynas are seen almost on every tree in urban areas in North India. They are aggressive birds seen in huge numbers and they are observed to hijack the nest of other birds.

birds · monsoon

Common Myna chick hatching in the middle of monsoon in North India and the parent has to look for food. A duo grooming themselves while a parent peers out of the hollow tree trunk.

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Isn't it fascinating that some birds change their colours to breed or breeding changes their colours? The Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is one such bird which changes colours in the breeding season.

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A small but interesting bird, common but rarely seen is the Common Tailorbird's nest. Scientifically names Orthotomus sutorius, sutorious meaning a 'cobbler' derived from its behaviour of 'stitching' leaves together as nest.

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All your see are black blobs with red open gapes, in slow motion. The father House Crow digs his huge beak deep into throat of one chick and regurgitates food into it, to feed them.

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The Milvus migrans govinda is our common city raptor or bird of prey, even if it rarely hunts now and mostly picks up urban food scraps.

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While Tailor Birds and Bulbuls call all around in the garden, it is the Red-vented Bulbul and Crimson-breasted or Coppersmith Barbet that are the most noticeable here - two very common Delhi garden birds, and both cheery residents to greet…

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By nesting in hollow tree trunk cavities, these Common Myna birds keep their wildness intact, despite being urban Indian birds! In this Moti Bagh park in South Delhi, a pair of Common Myna or Acridotheres tristis tristis have chosen to nest…

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

What a lovely bird the Wheatear is! Is this the common Wheatear or the Isabelline Wheatear as seen in windy conditions around the arid desertland of Jawai Dam in Rajasthan? Tell us the species, good birding folks! A bird of open farmlands a…

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Non-stop flow of traffic in the hot afternoons in Delhi summers but surprisingly a lot of bords are spotted on the tall trees. Yes, birds are spotted in the heart of the city.

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Looks like this Brown-headed Barbet is not enjoying the summer heat in Delhi. Perching restlessly on a tree near a traffic intersection, the bird is filmed shifting from one place to the other with its beak wide open.

birds · forest

What stunning and contrasting colours as a male Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in breeding plumage visits a Flame of the Forest, Palash or dhak tree (Butea frondosa now monosperma) at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, during the spring…

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The sulky Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) chick is all open gape, lacking in confidence, even nervous and diffident! The mother raises the panic meter and alarms the neighbourhood that its chick is venturing out into the world, and all…

birds · forest

What stunning and contrasting colours as a male Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in breeding plumage visits a Flame of the Forest, Palash or dhak tree (Butea frondosa now monosperma) at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, during the spring…

birds · flowers

The closest equivalent we have to a Hummingbird here in India! The Purple Sunbird is capable of rapid wing beats to sustain flight in pause mode, in the same place much like a helicopter, to suck at flower nectar.

birds · wildlife

A male Purple Sunbird sits on a branch showing off its multiple coloured sheen of plumage in the sun. In the backdrop of bird calls filling the ambiance, listen to the Sunbird's call up close.

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In this Moti Bagh park in South Delhi, a pair of Common Myna or Acridotheres tristis tristis have chosen to nest in a tree hollow.

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What a quintessential bird's nest shot with the mother approaching in slow motion, with the wing feathers opening and closing in great detail.

birds · wildlife

A day in the live of Mynas inside a park in New Delhi. These common birds are busy flying in and out of their nests inside a tree hollow. Some of the birds are either foraging or grooming on the dry thickets.

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Rare behaviour of a Golden-backed Woodpecker anting with mulberry tree sap! The katphora is using the shehtoot bark sap to clean its feathers...

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See the intricacies of bird preening up close and in slow motion! A bird cleans its feathers Perching on a dry branch and preening its feathers probably after a light monsoon drizzle, a couple inside their natural tree hollow nest and an in…