birds

birds · industry

Unlike pollinators that help trees and plants, parakeets destroy seed pods and eat up the seeds instead of dispersing them, in many cases.

wildlife · birds

Crow fledges full grown baby Koel Cuckoo chick from its nest: Brood parasitism in birds. The now full-grown baby Koel opens its red gape and hopes the 'parent' crow will drop more morsels into its beak.

birds · livestock

Egret follows grazing cow, hoping to snap up disturbed crickets and other insects, illustrating the case of commensalism in nature.

birds · farmland

Sleepy Owls wink at us! Two Spotted Owlets at Wilderness Orchard sit slepy by day, prepare for night Ullu ka pattha: Spotted Owlet first year Owl sits it out by day, feeling all sleepy, at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi A Sleepy Owl: Spotted O…

birds · farmland

Big powerful red beak of India's urban Kingfisher - the White-breasted Kingfisher, in the heart of New Delhi, at the Wilderness Orchard. This strong beak can kill and catch fish and insect prey alike.

birds · wildlife

This little Himalayan bird just arrived in New Delhi, to spend the winter here with us. A hearty welcome to the flycatcher, and may it find many flies during our colder months! Just see the goodness and innocense in its eyes.

wildlife · snow

A mother Snow Leopard and her cubs and a pair of Ibex stare off from the base of a steep rocky cliff that is too steep for an attack! So whilew the Ibex remain guarded, the Snow Leopard don't even try as they know they don't stand a chance.…

birds

Spa time for wild pheasant in Delhi city: Peacock has a dust bath, preens its feathers and enjoys time in the sand, even as it cleans its feathers with dust, for feather hygiene.

birds · wildlife

Those whiskers near its beak make the Tuk-tuk super sensitive to stimuli around it. Cute bird with red patch atop its head is a Coppersmith Barbet most often seen pecking at tree trunks

wildlife · birds

Khichan is a village in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the Phalodi tehsil of Phalodi district. It was one of the main jagirs of Akherajot Rajpurohits during the Rathore dynasty.

Uttarakhand·birds

Laughing Thrush of the Striated kind has a jaunty crest, and white striations along its body, at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet arboretum.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Striated Laughing thrush gorges on ripe red-black Viburnum shrub berries at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Himalayan arboretum.

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher has a lovely trilling call, male is deep sky blue while female is a lighter blue Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Motidhar bird sanctuary: A prettier Himalayan bird there isn't! Verditer Flycatcher qui…

birds · river

With just a trickly of water in the summer-time, and sitting on a rock by the Bindal - Rispana stream head waters is this Black Whistling Thrush, at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar bird sanctuary.

birds · hills

As seen preening here, the Himalayan or Blue Whistling Thrush is one of the most noteworthy mountain birds of India's Himalayan region.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Demoiselle Cranes grace Indian skies as winter approaches, welcomed in our land to stay for better weather The lake shore is crowded with the feeding and roosting, tired and weary cranes that have chosen to visit India for her hospitable wi…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Hudhud has a long beak and a crest that makes it look like a hammerhead bird Hoopoe and Striated Laughing Thrush with its tall jaunty crest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in September 2023.

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the common arboereal Green pigeon or harial of Uttarakhand, as seen here at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary around Landour, in Motidhar.

birds · farmland

Beady beady Ullu eyes peer inquisitively at our camera, at the Wilderness Orchard gardens in Delhi Ullu ka pattha: Spotted Owlet first year Owl sits it out by day, feeling all sleepy, at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi A Sleepy Owl: Spotted Owl…

birds · farmland

Ullu ka pattha: Spotted Owlet first year Owl sits it out by day, feeling all sleepy, at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi A Sleepy Owl: Spotted Owlet is a comical sight by day at the Wilderness Orchard, shutting and opening its eyes and feeling s…

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A Sleepy Owl: Spotted Owlet is a comical sight by day at the Wilderness Orchard, shutting and opening its eyes and feeling sleepy and lazy in the bright daylight.

wildlife · birds

India's Koel is a familiar songster, but also a parasitic opportunistic cuckoo family bird; the male has a ruby-red eye, and a blue-black sheen to its feathers.

birds · wildlife

An intimate peek into the private family life of a pair of Barbets and their young at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. A diligent Barbet nets within a hollow that it has excavated within a dead tree trunk.