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Desert Fox (Vulpes zerda), pops out of its hole in search of its mother but ends up finding cameras pointed at itself. After a while, the desert fox allows itself to be filmed but remains alert.

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The fennec fox is the smallest of all the world's foxes, weighing only 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram). It has enormous ears, measuring 6 inches (15 centimetres), which it appears to have borrowed from a much bigger relative.

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This curious little desert fox (Vulpes zerda) slowly pops out of its hole to scan the environment and after spotting the cameras it comes out of the hole and sits outside.

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A curious Chinkara checks out the camera before scampering off. A small herd of Chinkaras grazes the semi-arid grassland. A chinkara is answering nature's call in the bushes. Chikaras are shy gazelles also known as the Indian Gazelle.

Rajasthan·fort · desert

Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. After its population crossed a million, it has been declared as the second "Metropolitan City" of Rajasthan.

birds · desert

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is an all black bird with a distinctive forked tail. Found in the tropical region, they are in great number in southern India. One can see them roost on the millet crops in the farms of South India.

desert · wildlife

GIB in the Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan, India, at the edge of the Thar desert.

desert · wildlife

Great Indian Bustards in the Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan, India, at the edge of the Thar desert.

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

Amazing bird of prey spotted while having its meal. This eagle was feeding from a Chital deer carcass at Keoladeo National Park, in Bharatpur. Although a bird o f prey, this animal would have been too big for this eagle to prey from.

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At a waterhole in the desert, birds come and go, to quench their thirst. Several pairs of Indian Sandgrouse come and take deep gulps of water, confident in their camouflage, as does a Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinesis).

wildlife · birds

Unlike the very much more familiar and even urban Red-wattled Lapwing or titeeri, the Yellow-wattled is a shier cousin who prefers arid dry lands and uncultivated tracts, opting to lead a spartan life among pebbles or kankar, dry grasses an…

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Lanius family Bay backed Shrike is known as Latohra in Hindi. With its hooked beak, the Shrike is adept at catching insects such as crickets. It often stores such prey on thorns by impaling them and then consuming the insect later on.

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

0:00 - Bay-backed Shrike impales its bamini prey on a thorn in its typical fashion, as a means of storage. Sexes alike.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Green Bee-eater - It is mostly bronze-green, with golden-green crown and nape, black eye line, pale bluish-green cheeks, chin and throat, and narrow black half-collar between throat and breast. Wings show black trailing edges.

farmland · desert

The Indian Robin - Saxicloides fulicata - is a bird of open desert-land, arid fields, gardens and forest-field interfaces. The female is brown in colour while the male is black with a hint of red under the tail.

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Free-wheeling Pariah Kites - raptors in their own right - but otherwise also the most urban and scavenging ones in India, are seen here in the Rajasthan desert sky.

birds · wildlife

A wide array of birds from a White-eyed Buzzard to the humble Blue Rock Pigeon, many feathered creatures inhabit the arid regions of Rajasthan. Watch some of them in this compilation.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

What a lovely bird the Wheatear is! Is this the common Wheatear or the Isabelline Wheatear as seen in windy conditions around the arid desertland of Jawai Dam in Rajasthan? Tell us the species, good birding folks! A bird of open farmlands a…

Madhya Pradesh·desert

This lovely desert chat appears to be either a Desert Wheatear or then a Stonechat. What is it, birder / birding folks? We filmed one cold misty winter morning at the Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, in an open grassland.

Jammu and Kashmir·desert · livestock

While en-route Chushul the arid yet green pastoral locale would definitely take your breath away. The colours of the landscape change in perfect harmony with each element and the Sheep herd certainly puts a smile across one's face.

desert · farmland

Indian Army field training and firing practice in the desert. A Sikh soldier practices the firing in the desert.

Bhuj, Gujarat·desert · dance

Mer community from Gujarat perform the Warrior dance or Sword dance during the Rann Utsav Carnival.

Bhuj, Gujarat·desert · dance

Dandiya perform by students from Gujarat at the Rann Utsav carnival in Gujarat. Gujarat never fails to amaze and its amazement lies in a celebration at the largest tent city situated in the heart of the Kutch District-The Rann Of Kutch.