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Ripe fruits all over the branches and it's a feast for this Common Myna which seems to be overwhelmed by the food surrounding it. Camouflaged between the mulberry leaves, the bird picks on the juiciest ripe berries.

birds · wildlife

One tree hollow, three takers and wonder which one of these birds will come out victorious in the search for a nesting place.

birds · flowers

Adaptation or perks of living in the urban trees, whatever you call you but this Rose-ringed Parakeet is living life in style sliding down the electric cable into the tree trunk hollow which may be the nesting place for this spring.

hills · birds

The mountain equivalent of the Satbhai or Seven Sisters of the plains! White-throated Laughing Thrushes are gregarious by nature and hang out in larger groups, chasing out insects from shrubbery and foraging for seed and berry alike in the…

birds · wildlife

This little fellow looks grumpy when seen up close. This passerine bird is busy trying to rid itself of parasites and also a smooth flight.

birds · forest

Spring is in full swing in North India and this parakeet is having the time of its life. Flame of the Forest buds and Lantana berries surround the bird and its food, food, food everywhere after the dry winters.

birds · wildlife

Meet the Dudhraj or Shah Bulbul, aka Terpsiphone paradisi... Majestic tail swinging and fluttering as it sits on fruit trees in the spring season, this Paradise Flycatcher is common in gardens and orchards.

birds · forest

The electric Purple Sunbird is back in town with a fresh new look looking for a partner for spring. an individual is filmed on a Flame of the Forest tree and calls can be heard distinctly heard in the warm air of Delhi spring.

wildlife · birds

Hordes of Rosy Pastors flock through Delhi in the early summer, as they head north on their migration.

birds · flowers

Spring is in full swing in North India and this parakeet is having the time of its life. Flame of the Forest buds and Lantana berries surround the bird and its food, food, food everywhere after the dry winters.

birds · wildlife

It is that time of the year as spring arrives with its beauty and bounty and birds are back to their favourite trees for nesting. We filmed a sequence at a Casuarina trunk at our Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi.

wildlife · birds

In the heat of a summer's day in New Delhi, this Merops orientalis or Green Bee Eater digs nest-hole in a sand bank in the ground, to breed almost at ground level This dainty little bird with a black band around its neck preys on honey bees…

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Sleepy and dozing off, a Green Barbet on a casuarina tree branch is woken up by the calls of other birds filling the air at our Wilderness Orchardin New Delhi.

birds · flowers

What lovely sharp colour contrasts as the male electric blue iridescent Purple Sunbird visits orange Flame of the Forest or dhak / Tesu / teshu / palas / palash flowers at the Wilderness Orchard in the ephemeral New Delhi spring.Spring is d…

birds · wildlife

Love among the tota kind. Love is in the air in Delhi during spring as birds come out and show off to potential partners of the same species. A male parakeet is doing its best to woo the female by feeding.

wildlife · birds

In the heat of a summer's day in New Delhi, this Merops orientalis or Green Bee Eater digs a ground level nest-hole in a sand bank in the side of a tree thala, to breed almost at ground level.

birds · wildlife

A cheery little Streaked Laughing Thrush sits on a branch in a forest in the Himalayas. With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

flowers · birds

A male Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) sucks nectar from the inviting blossoms of a Flame-of-the-Forest tree in late spring.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

What a lovely Woodpecker call from our deep Oak forests at Motidhar Pari Tibba Estate around Mussoorie, where the Lesser Scaly-bellied Woodpecker loudly vocalizes and owns the spring-time forests.

flowers · wildlife

When a Rhododendron tree is in flower in the Himalayan spring, it become a veritable feasting site for local birds! They hop from flowering head to flowering head, partaking of the nectar and insects...

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The Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense) or the Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker puts the final touches to the new nest-hole it has dug in a tree.

lake · birds

Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii), looking for food in a shallow pond. Fairly small as far as herons go, Paddybirds are buff-brown in colour, camouflaging them well in open areas and ponds but when they fly, their white wings make them fai…