birds

birds · river

What a large inter-community gathering of Cattle Egrets and Purple Moorhen along the polluted Yamuna river but on a clear clean-up day, with the promise of better waters to come, even as they all sit on islands of the pernicious and invasiv…

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard cub on guard as mother and other cub cuddle and sleep in a cave, in Spiti Himalaya Mother Snow Leopard paves her ways across deep snowpack terrain as cub playfully follows in the Himalaya

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Mother Snow Leopard paves her ways across deep snowpack terrain as cub playfully follows in the Himalaya

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Mother Snow Leopard paves her ways across deep snowpack terrain as cub playfully follows in the Himalaya

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

From fast asleep to full charging mode in a few seconds flat! By dusk, an Ounce makes a half-hearted and unsuccessful attempt at hunting down an Ibex.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Adventurous Snow Leopard cubs make leap off cliff face, across gully, and on to rock, during exploration. They follow each other across a snow field, down rocks and a very craggy high altitude landscape.

farmland · wildlife

Greater Coucal with its smart black attire, rufous wing and ruby red eye, seen at Wilderness Orchard in the New Delhi spring, with Californian Poppies in flower and a breeding season bird call round from a male Magpie Robin.

birds · lake

Indian Pond Heron at Wilderness Orchard: Brilliantly camouflaged among pond mud and weeds, but flashes white when it takes to wing.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Cheery Blue Whistling Thrush or Whistling Schoolboy Kalchure at Jabbarkhet forests of wildfilmsindia Digging around for insects and picking up beakfuls of grubs is this Blue Whistling Thrush at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest: Himalayan Wh…

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

With hints of blue, rust, brown and grey, this is one pretty bird! Scrabbling around in the oak understorey of dried leaves in this small covery of Peora partridge.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

A Golden Eagle and Himalayan Griffon Vulture share branch space on a Cedar deodar tree top at wildfilmsindia forests in Jabbarkhet: Raptornand scavenger sit together, while the rest of the giddh troop sit on an Oak tree nearby.

birds · highway

Camouflaged perfectly against the leaf litter on the forest floor, this White throated Laughing Thrush group overturns dry leaves, searching for insects and other goodies Babblers of the hills! White throated Laughing Thrushes eat up our wi…

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

A duo of Ounce cubs take an afternoon nap under a rocky overhang even as their mother sets out for a Blue Sheep hunt...

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

With its delicate white spots, also notice the glistening blue tail of the Himalayan Blue Whistling Thrush as seen at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Digging around for insects and picking up beakfuls of grubs is this Blue Whistling Thrush at wil…

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

Photographers stand in a giant horde to peer at a model Snow Leopard cub: Has Snow Leopard tourism gone the Ranthambor tiger way? The crowds and the hordes do not add up to low impact tourism any more, and if anything, they lead to a giant…

Uttarakhand·birds · school

Digging around for insects and picking up beakfuls of grubs is this Blue Whistling Thrush at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forest: Himalayan Whistling School Boy in its natural habitat

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Band of Black Bulbuls team up for winter-time group exploits at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet, on Oak and wild pear trees, while chirruping across the valley and over the tree-tops, to each other.

birds

Vijay Mallya: I was surprised to find myself on the cover page of Kingfisher as being beneficial of the bull run on the Sensex let me tell you those things don't impress me.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

After napping on a craggy rocky slope in desolate high altitude desert country, in mid-winter cold, a Snow Leopard cub heads back to its cave and sleeps alone once more, after licking its pelt and scratching its tail with its rear leg high…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A group of Stripe throated Yuhina at wildfilmsindia forest at Jabbarkhet around Mussoorie Cute little fella sitting on a wild Himalayan pear tree in early winter fruit.

hills · birds

Three black-and-white male Kalij Pheasants chase around in the oak underbrush even as the brownish female digs around in the oak leaf litter, hoping to turn up insects and other goodies.

wildlife · birds

A Pied Avocet, identified by its lovely recurved bill and beautiful pied plumage, as seen as it stretches at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A range of raptors: Golden Eagle and Griffon Vultures soars on middle Himalayan thermals at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet wilderness.