birds

birds

Mistaken for an eagle sometimes when it soars in the skies of Delhi looking for food and garbage dumps. But it is a Black Kite or Milvus migrans sitting on a Persian Lilac tree looking for potential prey.

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The flight of a Black Kite spread out in the hazy skies of Delhi and one may mistake it for an eagle. Watch the bird swoop down on what could be a potential prey in slow motion.

wildlife · birds

A tiny Common Tailorbird, Darzi chiriya or Orthotomus sutorius is filmed perfectly camouflaged among the dry leaves outside our office complex. These birds are known for the intricate nests they stitch from fresh leaves on trees.

birds · wildlife

Black and conspicuous with a forked tail, the Drongo is a bird that is common in urban areas and can be quite noisy since it mimics other birds as well.

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This is a common bird in urban Delhi and its distinct call is also another hint of its presence nearby. Colourful streaks on the head area and the underside camouflaged among the small twigs and fading leaves.

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We film a Red-vented Bulbul or Pycnonotus cafer on a palm tree outside our office building eating on ripe palm date. These birds are common around the office complex on the trees.

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A green and brown barbet with prominent pale streaks on its brown head and breast. The brown throat and green wings with white speckling on the shoulders are characteristic of this species.

wildlife · birds

An Indian Peacock is seen foraging among the flower beds of a park in Adchini locality in South Delhi. The colourful train feathers are on display in the sunlight as it looks for food in the grass.

birds · wildlife

A trio of Jungle Babblers or Turdoides striata are seen fighting over a slice of bread among the trash at a park. These birds are usually noisy and seen in flocks.

birds · wildlife

Bizzare enough? This Brown-headed or Large Green Barbet is seen chomping down on khatta narangi or mandarin oranges at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

wildlife · birds

this ruby-eyed Eudynamous scolapacea Koel gulps down an entire narangi in a greedy fashion, and then proceeds to get more of them! We're only glad to have that much less narangi to make bitter orange marmalade with, if it's going to nice en…

wildlife · birds

Adult Koels prefer fruits over other food and this female Asian Koel sneaks into the mandarin shrub in our Wilderness Orchard, Delhi. With a lot to choose from the bird is seen relishing the fruits and tearing apart whole Mandarin oranges.

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A male Purple Sunbird is seen grooming itself. Look closer and you will notice the purple tinge of the plumage starting to show as spring nears North India.

birds · wildlife

Allopreening in birds is when two individual birds preen each other and is common in Jungle Babblers. These are noisy birds found in small flocks and usually preening each other.

forest · birds

A female Asian Koel is seen sitting showing its red eyes for the camera while a flock of Jungle Babblers are seen noisily mock-fighting on a tree branch.

birds · forest

A common but spectacular woodpecker is the Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker or (Dinopium benghalense) is seen digging the wall at our Wilderness Orchard and the trunk of a pine tree for insects and larvae. Dinopium benghalense

birds · flowers

A fascinating watch as birds frequent our office complex in Delhi. A Brown-headed Barbet and a Rose-ringed Parakeet are seen on top of the ripe palm fruits.

wildlife · birds

This is a common sight in New Delhi where hundreds of Rock Pigeons are fed at feeding stations from store bought feeds by residents.

birds · farmland

This Katphora or Golden-backed Woodpecker (now known as the Lesser Flameback) lives up to its name, by excavating a nest-hole within the dead tree trunk of a Casuarina tree at our Orchard in Delhi.

birds · farmland

Throwing chips of wood out of the nest hole is this Katphora as it goes in to excavate and then regularly comes out to eject the wooden chips it is pecking out inside the cavity This Katphora or Golden-backed Woodpecker (now known as the Le…

highway · wildlife

Pigeons have adapted quite well to busy cities even though many other species of birds have abandoned our urban areas, pushed out by human apathy.

wildlife · birds

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

flowers · birds

A Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) steals ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) or Indian jujube fruit while hiding in the green leaves of the tree.