birds

birds · wildlife

Pariah Kite is our common raptor or bird of prey in Indian cities, and it is not an eagle! A smart and handsome bird, nonetheless...

birds · hills

The Whistling Thrush invariably nests inside holes of embankments, in eves of house roofs and similar cavities. Perhaps this is the first record of one nesting on an open face traditional tree nest that is neither a cavity nor concealed.

hills · birds

Himalayan White-cheeked Bulbul has a jaunty crest atop its head, and a yellow vent patch below tail

hills · birds

Soft fur ball chicks of White-throated Laughing Thrush as they sleep in their secure Himalayan nest, only waking up when a parent comes to the nest with food.

birds · monsoon

Egret feathers almost! White and brown cappuccino monsoon fresh plumes for our Indian Pond Heron at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. Preening and brushing its wings with its beak is this heron, in a daily ritual of feather hygiene.

wildlife · birds

Jal Murghi bachha party! A White-breasted Waterhen with its new-born chicks at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, around our wetlands zone. The mama waterhen preens its feathers with the chicks hiding in the aquatic undergrowth around.

farmland · flowers

India's common Tota: Rose-ringed Parakeet couple preening and sitting peacefully for an afternoon bit of calm semi siesta at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, on a fig tree.

wildlife · birds

Indeed, philanthropy does not start and end with the rich! Homeless people living amid the summer floods of 2023 feed pigeons under a bridge in Old Delhi: No food for themselves, but enough for birds! Their belongings all destroyed by the f…

wildlife · birds

Rufous Treepies (Dendrocitta vagabunda) are extremely intelligent and curious birds. These omnivores eat a wide range of foods from fruit, eggs, seeds, reptile and small invertebrates to honey and pretty much anything they can get their sha…

farmland · wildlife

Bird of prey catches hold of and clutches onto a gilheri or Five-striped Palm Squirrel at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi: Pariah Kite is an apex predator in the city of Delhi.

forest · birds

Long-tailed Broadbill is a rarely-seen bird in Garhwal, as it is more of an eastern Himalayan species. It wags its tail while sitting on a pine tree at our wildfilmsindia conservation lands in Uttarakhand.

birds · wildlife

birds · wildlife

birds · wildlife

With many predators on the prowl, including a Yellow-throated Marten or tutrali, our distant protection of this nest yielded a successful clutch of fledged chicks! Notw how th parent flaps its wings, chick-style, in order to elicit a certai…

birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as it delivers it's lovely call! Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blu…

farmland · birds

Red whiskered Bulbul at Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, with cheery red and white cheek patches, and a jaunty crest atop its head.

farmland · wildlife

Party time for birds that nest on the ground, and have to fend off potential predators. They seem to have a camaraderie all of their own! A Lapwing preens its chest feathers while Pacfowl call in the monsoony backdrop, even as a Curlew look…

flowers · wildlife

Kniphofia or Torch Lily is not a true lily, but makes excellent cut flowers and is loved by bees and birds alike.

birds · hills

Nicely camouflaged, the Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker matches the mossy trunks it climbs up in search of insects at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

birds · hills

The quintessential bird nest picture! A Himalayan or Blue Whistling Thrush feeds its chicks in the nest which has been strangely built in the crook of a branch and not in the usual crevice of a wall or hole in an embankment! A Peora or Com…

wildlife · birds

The baccha dozes off with his nictitating membrane closing off its eyes by day. Shy nocturnal bird chick feels sleepy by day: Stone Curlews sleep by day, and get active by night Mama and bachha party: Cute, shy, retiring with huge bulgy yel…

birds

Chicks squeal for their parents' attention! The naked furry heads crane vertically upwards, gapes wide open, praying for parental benevolence.

farmland · wildlife

Mama and bachha party: Cute, shy, retiring with huge bulgy yellow nocturnal eyes: Stone Curlew with chicks.