birds

birds · lake

This Pond Heron is certainly behaving like a Bittern but is very much a Heron! See the concentration on its face and eyes, as it sits stock still in the pond so as not to give away its presence or location to the fish below! A lone Yellow B…

birds · wildlife

A Flameback woodpecker is seen in slow motion in front of a tree hollow digging into the wood with its beak. Watch the colourful bird rocking its flaming head back and forth working its way into the wood for more insect larvae.

wildlife · birds

A huge flock of Rock Pigeon or Common Pigeon (Columba livia) is filmed in slow motion in flight. The pigeons are also seen in huge numbers on the electric cables at Bhikaji Cama Place.

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Watch how this parrot look-alike likes its meals. Sitting on a small twig of the LantanaCamara bush, the parakeet picks on ripe and matured Lantana berries. Clutching the berries and picking on the juicy ones with its lower beak.

hills · birds

The fabulous Hill Barbet or Great Himalayan Barbet gets its name mewli or piao from this far reaching call which is heard far and wide in the mountains of the Western Himalaya.

birds · flowers

Stunning camouflage of green as it blends into the green leaves of the lantana bush, a Tota or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is spotted picking lantana berries.

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A duo of male Purple Sunbirds in their non-breeding plumages sits atop a tree grooming and looking for potential food. Notice the bluish, black streaks on the wings, the throat, chest and abdominal regions.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

A large flock of one of the world's smallest cranes, Anthropoides virgo or Demoiselle cranes are filmed at a waterhole in Khichan Village, Rajasthan.

Khichan, Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

A Lesser cormorant (Microcarbo niger) basks in sunlight near the waterhole along with thousands of migratory Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) that are foraging nearby.

wildlife · birds

A Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) calls in solidarity from a conifer twig in Uttrakhand. The bird is filmed in the golden evening light at our Wilderness forest in Jabarkhet.

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A female Tota or parakeet can be heard from a branch at our office complex in Delhi during the winters. Camouflaged underneath the leaf foliage, the bird is heard frantically calling from the tree either as an alarm or for a mate.

birds · wildlife

Two colourful and one of the most common birds of urban Delhi are seen sharing a Peepal tree branch near our office complex. The two birds are seen basking in the winter sun while giving themselves a nice little groom.

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.

wildlife · birds

A small flock of Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) is caught on film on a Persian Lilac Tree. The birds are seen preening while sunbathing.

forest · birds

A family group of Slaty-headed Parakeet or Psittacula himalayana are filmed hogging on Cedrus deodara seeds, after digging them out of the deodar cones, fresh from the tree at our Wilderness Orchard and forests in Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

A couple of Slaty-headed Parakeets (Psittacula himalayana) are filmed on a coniferous Cedrus deodara Himalayan Cedar tree in Uttarakhand. A silhouette of the bird trying to eat fresh cedar cone nuts straight from the tree.

wildlife · birds

We are all familiar with the National Bird of India but how many of us are aware of what the female of this bird looks like? A peahen (Pavo cristatus) is filmed at our Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi in winter.

birds · flowers

Fairly common and spectacular with its multiple shades of green is the Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri).

birds · wildlife

This is one of the most common birds in India and found in the urban areas and open forests in similar numbers.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Sporting a very prominent mohawk and the white 'Cheeks', Himalayan Bulbuls (Pycnonotus leucogenys) are filmed on various trees in our Wilderness Orchard and sanctuary in Landour-Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

wildlife · birds

A huge flock of Rock Pigeon or Common Pigeon (Columba livia) is filmed in slow motion in flight. The pigeons are also seen in huge numbers on the electric cables in South Delhi.

wildlife · birds

A huge flock of Blue Rock Pigeon or Common Pigeon / kabootar (Columba livia) is filmed in slow motion in flight. The pigeons are also seen in huge numbers on the electric cables in South Delhi.

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A Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is seen after successfully securing a Lantana camara berry from a thicket.