birds

birds · highway

A Brown-headed Barbet or Green Barbet sits atop a small tree near a road in South Delhi. Calm and scouting while making calls. You will spot them in tall trees in public parks and sidewalks. They are a very common species in urban areas.

birds · wildlife

Red-vented Bulbuls are one of the most populous and common birds in urban areas and raound human habitats. This couple is spotted on top of a tree on a small twig fleeting from one twig to the other.

wildlife · birds

A Yellow-footed Green Pigeon is perched on the upper branches of a tree while surveying the surrounding landscape. The bird displays its characteristic olive-green plumage, pale grey head, and distinctive bright yellow legs.

birds · music

A solo Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) doing a pop-lock with its head. Look at the owl turning its head left to right, and then bobbing its head sideways and also looking crossly at the camera! A tiny brown owl of mountains and foothill…

birds · hills

Birds of Middle Hills in autumn: Minivet, Common or Mountain Hawk Cuckoo or Kaphal Pako bird hiding secretively in an Oak tree, Jay, Black-capped or Rufous Sibia, Black-crowned Jay, Streaked Laughing Thrush, Grey Tit, White-eye, Bulbul, Fly…

birds · flowers

What everyone calls a Tota is really the Rose-ringed Parakeet which is not a parrot but a smaller bird, belonging to the parakeet family.

birds · flowers

A male Rose-ringed Parakeet stands taut on a leathery leaf of a Banyan tree with a ripe fig in its claws. The male parakeet often mistook for a parrot has a distinct 'necklace' around its neck.

birds · highway

A lone Bulbul sits on a small twig at a noisy intersection and unfazed by the loud traffic noises. The species of bird thrives in the urban areas and are seen almost on every tree.

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A non-breeding male in the moulting plumage sits on a tree branch in late autumn looking for flowers,. The sunbird is known as a Purple Sunbird because of the male's peculiar characteristic of changing its colours in the breeding season.

birds · flowers

Tota as it is locally called is a common species of bird here in Delhi. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet is seen camouflaged with the green leaves and fruit of a tree in our office complex, pecking at Pilkhan Ficus virens fruit.

wildlife · birds

Take a look at the survival regime of a Grey Hornbill in Delhi autumn. Perched on a small branch of a Persian Lilac or bakain tree the bird picks a leaflet and gulps it down in one go.

wildlife · birds

A Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) is observed foraging across dry, grassy ground while searching for food.

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An approaching winter and this purple Sunbird will be yellow in colour for now before the spring next year. A male individual with traces of the purple and blue plumage sits atop a branch near our office complex in Delhi.

birds · wildlife

Tota as it is locally called is a common species of bird here in Delhi. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet is seen camouflaged with the green leaves and fruit of a tree in our office complex, pecking at Pilkhan Ficus virens fruit.

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A small flock of Common Mynas (Acridotheres tristis) sits on top of a Mango tree in the overcast Delhi sky in winter. The ambiance of vehicles, ambulance in the backdrop along with the noisy cackle of Jungle Babblers.

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A Red-vented Bulbul looking here and there sitting on an electric cable and looking at its surroundings. Look at the black plumage on the head and the small crest and the red vent under its tail.

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A solo Red-vented Bulbul perches on a Persian Lilac tree branch and picks on a raw fruit. The red vent under its tail is clearly seen in the evening light. The bird unsatisfied with the raw fruit goes on to pick a Karonda fruit.

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What everyone calls a Tota is really the Rose-ringed Parakeet which is not a parrot but a smaller bird, belonging to the parakeet family.

wildlife · birds

A male Oriental Magpie Robin is seen scouting the walls and trees at our office complex. These birds are common in open forests and urban areas and are known for their 'singing'.

birds · wildlife

A huge flock of Common Mynas is roosting at a telecom tower and occupying the cable wires and the metal poles. Chirping noisily under the overcast Delhi sky, these birds have made this structure their watchtower.

birds · wildlife

This is the avian equivalent of a heavenly massage, surely! Look at these two at our office complex having the time of their lives underneath the leaf foliage. The birds are seen on a branch preening each other's feathers and their own.

birds · wildlife

Showing off its tall crest and the red patch near its ear while singing on top of a fruit tree. The species of bird is common in gardens, parks and open forests.

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With mild golden specks on its back and the not the flaming golden colour in this non-breeding winter season, this male Golden-backed Woodpecker is prospecting this tree trunk nest hole which was used by a Magpie Robin couple for nesting in…