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A female Rose-ringed Parakeet is having the time of its life as gular tree trunks turn red with the edible fruits. The picky frugivore goes from one nutritious fruit to the other.

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Large Green or Brown-headed Barbet feasts on ripe Gular figs filmed in Delhi. Look at how the bird pecks at the fruit to split it. Its fascinating how the bird also picks from the many ripe fruits and drops some of it.

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Perfect bird camouflage at work! This Hariyal or Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) is left with no choice but the green, latex filled Gular figs, so it chucks them in disgust.

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It looks like the love relationship between a male Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) and the flowers of Hamelia patens is unending. A male in nonbreeding plumage is seen drinking nectar from the flowers of Firebush.

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This female Rose-ringed Parakeet got an unkempt look with portions of its 'beard' a dull black mixed with its green feathers. The close up shows the curved beak and the well defined tongue.

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These common birds in Delhi are quite colourful with their yellow foot and greenish and subtle grey plumage. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon are common on fruit trees and shaded trees in parks and roadsides.

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Just how tolerant have these urban birds become in cities like Delhi. The calls of birds in unison with the honking and moving of traffic in a nearby street.

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Look at the birds having the time of their lives around the crystal clear waters of the swimming pool at out Wilderness Orchard. A drink, a peck at the insects here and there for the White-breasted Waterhen.

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A flock of angry looking Jungle Babblers (Turdoides striata) allopreening and ruffling their feathers on a Callistemon branch. The bolder ones are seen nest to a swimming pool taking a bath in the excess water spilling from the pool.

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The metallic colours are gone and the females have also deserted this male in the non-breeding season.

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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…

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Look down the open gape of a birdie! his Common Myna has encountered another problem along with the immense heat in Delhi park. Notice the bird's tongue stuck to the tup of the beak and the beak a big gaping mess.

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Here are some of the common birds in urban and human habitats. Grey Hornbill or Ocyceros birostris, Great Egret or Ardea alba and Pariah Kite or Milvus migrans.

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The life of birds near a street in South Delhi. The Yellow-footed Green Pigeon and Common House Crow are commonly seen on almost every tree.

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A brightly coloured Rufous Tree Pie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is filmed sitting on an acacia branch in Delhi. The bird is seen pecking at a smaller twig which is broken in the middle.

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Purple Sunbirds can't get enough of nectar from Hamelia patens flowers in any season. They seem to be hovering around every Firebush plant with flowers like this male in non-breeding plumage and the female as well.

birds · forest

A couple of Jungle Babblers (Turdoides striata) are seen sneaking into our pool at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. The two are seen fluttering wings and having a dip in the cold water.

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Camouflaged in the mud, this titar family is enjoying it's time in the mud at the wildfilmsindia preserve in Delhi...

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A Jungle Babbler sits like a king while its partner preens its feathers. The partner goes in for thorough preening in the back and neck of the other one. No mock fights, no calls, just two of them away from everyone.

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This Waterhen tends to her eggs in isolation within a shrub next to our Delhi wetlands. See the little fur-ball chick among its egg peers, as it was the first to hatch.

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Purple Sunbirds can't get enough of nectar from Hamelia patens flowers in any season. They seem to be hovering around every Firebush plant with flowers like this male in non-breeding plumage and the female as well.

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Noisy Mynas sitting on every possible cable and tree is not new in Delhi. Mynas with their large population are seen everywhere in India's urban areas.

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A large flock of feral pigeons in hundreds are seen at a feeding station near Kalkaji Mandir in Delhi. The man with the scooter seems to be interested in the birds feeding as he drops by for a glimpse of the birds before riding off.