birds

wildlife · crafts

Baya Weaver Birds favour tall aloof palm trees for their pendulous nests. They obtain ideal leaf fronds that can suspend their nests firmly and also obtain fibre from the leaves for their nests! Male Baya Weaver Birds (Ploceus philippinus)…

birds · hills

Himalayan Whistling Thrush is the whistling school-boy of the mountains, with its yellow-orange beak, white streaks, blue-black feather coat and perky demeanour! A common bird seen around hill station towns, it squeals and whistles its way…

birds · hills

If you have spent time around hill stations and the lower hills, you would have heard the plaintive repetitive 'piao piao' calles of the cute Mewli of the Hill Barbet of the Himalaya.

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At an age where its parents have probably just stopped feeding it, this juvenile Ashy Drongo is still trying to attract the attention of its parents, to be fed.

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This female Verditer Flycatcher seems to be enjoying the gentle Himalayan breeze as it sits on a branch and calls out in response to the calls of other Verditers.

birds · wildlife

With its ruby red eye and purple tinges in its grey plumage, this Ashy Drongo looks rather regal! Ashy Drongo sits around satisfied after eating an insect, with purple tinges in its grey plumage Sitting at the very top of a tree, this Ashy…

birds · forest

Sitting on deodar branches adorned with new cedar cones, this White-throated Laughing Thrush hangs around with its comrades and chatters the same banter as you would expect from our plains Babblers...

hills · birds

Himalayan White-cheeked Bulbul looks around and surveys its surroundings whilst sitting on a thin branch.

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Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) sits on the branches of a bare tree and surveys its surroundings, alert to any possible insect that it can get on the wing for its next meal.

birds · flowers

The closest equivalent we have to a Hummingbird here in India! The Purple Sunbird is capable of rapid wing beats to sustain flight in pause mode, in the same place much like a helicopter, to suck at flower nectar.

birds · wildlife

Ashy Drongo looks around its area to spot any flying insects it can grab for its next meal. With its ruby red eye and purple tinges in its grey plumage, this Ashy Drongo looks rather regal! Ashy Drongo sits around satisfied after eating an…

wildlife · birds

Living primarily around well vegetated water bodies, the Common Moorhen is also known as Swamp Chicken or Waterhen. The Common Moorhen is an aquatic bird and spends most of its time on the water and the ground.

hills · birds

We kept wondering why we kept losing the walnuts on our trees. Then we caught this lovely little thief in the act! This Himalayan Pied Woodpecker and more of its kin gorge on these green morsels before the fruit even reaches maturity.

birds · hills

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

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It is only autumn and this Coppersmith Barbet has started excavating its nest hole in a bakain tree, months in advance of its nesting requirement for spring 2022.

birds · flowers

A Purple Sunbird sucks nectar from the flowers of the flowers of Hamelia Patens, a large perennial shrub while a Red-vented Bulbul eats a ripe wild vegetable.

birds · hills

If you have ever seen this cute little deep turquoise bird, than it can only be the Verditer that you have beholden and been privileged to see! The most beautiful trilling caller in the Himalaya, surely, the Verditer Flycatcher warbles its…

birds · hills

This bird collecting nesting material seems to be the Golden or Small-billed Mountain Thrush but please do correct us if we have made an error in identification.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A melodious singer, the Rufous or Black-capped Sibia is a bird often seen in the Landour area of Mussoorie.

birds · hills

If you have ever seen this cute little deep turquoise bird, than it can only be the Verditer that you have beholden and been privileged to see! The most beautiful trilling caller in the Himalaya, surely, the Verditer Flycatcher warbles its…

highway · birds

This White-throated Kingfisher has adapted so well to urban life that it sits completely unperturbed by the traffic sounds all around it.

birds · forest

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The White-cheeked Bulbul is a Jaunty jocund cheery bird, seen here as it soaks in winter Himalayan sun and preens its feathers in the warm evening sun at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet sanctuary.