farmland

farmland

Peahens sun-bathe in north Indian summer heat at the Wilderness Orchard, to get rid of ecto-parasites and further feather hygiene, despite the acute heat in the direct sunshine. Peahens at Wilderness Orchard

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Jaggery being made from Sugarcane in Orissa, out in the fields, with bagasse as fuel. Lots of carbon is genereted. Ganna being used to made gurh. Jaggery being made from Sugarcane in Odisha, out in the fields, with bagasse as fuel

birds · farmland

A parakeet couple bill and hang out at their nest-hole. Tota ka ghonsla: Parakeet couple at their nest-hole at wildfilmsindia orchard in Delhi

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Tarbooz kheti: A Watermelon farmer harvests and carries away a huge load of tarbuz from his fields in Orissa, balancing them in two baskets hung from a pole that he supports on his shoulders.

village · farmland

Who would have imagined that these plants yield good old globally-known peanuts? These early summer fields are the site of a peanut harvest by these Oriya village women.

farmland · flowers

We had such a profusion of blossoms this spring! See the numbers of Amaryllis - in reds, white and reds and other combinations of colours. Amaryllis Lilies in huge profusion this spring at Wilderness Orchard botanical gardens in New Delhi

farmland

Farmers have just dug out these spuds from the ground, and are bagging them for storage and self consumption.

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Farmers have just dug out these spuds from the ground, and are bagging them for storage and self consumption.

farmland · railway

Another climate change culprit! Crop Burning has led to blackened and parched fields in north India, as seen from a moving train. Extensive landscape of agricultural fields all blackened with burning in the north Indian winter.

farmland · hills

An aerial view of paragliding and parasailing in Mizoram, India, among open farmlands, fields, verdant grassy hills and meadows, and then landing on an open playground field.

aerial · coastline

Neat little boxes and sqaures of a vast field network of salt farm and salt works in neat aerial patterns, as seen from near Gopalpur-on-sea in Orissa state, India.

flowers · farmland

Ornamental peach blossom in a deep red, flowering in Delhi's ephemeral spring, at Wilderness Orchard, in a thick grove of peach trees.

farmland · flowers

Plum blossoms in Delhi, in our very ephemeral spring, before summer hits north India with full force Ornamental peach blossom in a deep red, flowering in Delhi's ephemeral spring, at Wilderness Orchard, in a thick grove of peach trees.

flowers · farmland

A plum tree flowers profusely at the Wilderness Orchard botanical gardens in Delhi, in the ephemeral spring-time of north India! Plum blossom in Delhi? Tis so, with this profusely flowering aloo bukhara tree! Delicate white blooms will even…

Jodhpur, Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

These are not Demoiselles but the less common 'Common Cranes'! And how nice that they also get hospitality near Jodhpur, along the Jodhpur-Jaipur highway, freely feeding and existing in the winter months in unprotected farm lands and villag…

Uttarakhand·farmland · village

Valley of yellow hues against blue skies: Mustard crop flowers sway in the breeze in Agoda village, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.

farmland · flowers

Gardeners at the organic gardens of wildfilmsindia dig out and remove the tubers of turmeric from the fields, in the middle of the winter season.

flowers · farmland

This lovely species of foreign kachnar sports edible flowers and is currently blooming fabulously at the wildfilmsindia orchard in Delhi.

Rajasthan·livestock · farmland

Camels can really race - See these galloping camels gallop back to their camel farm i Jaisalmer! They must be eager for shelter or feed! A single humped Indian camel from the Thar desert leads the good life at a shelter.

Rajasthan·livestock · farmland

A single humped Indian camel from the Thar desert leads the good life at a shelter. Other camels race back in to the farm, at dusk! Camel chews cud and eats its food while staring at our camera, at Jaisalmer camel farm in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan·livestock · farmland

Single humped camels at a Camel farm near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan: Ship of the desert shelters in tin sheds within an uth / ushtra shelter.

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Cotton cultivation has become a contentious issue in India with genetically modified varieties being sold as seed by the likes of Monsanto.

Jodhpur, Rajasthan·farmland

Haryana origin olive orchardist cum farmer Satbiri Devi yells as she chases marauding Nilgai or Blubull antelope out of her olive orchard in Rajasthan, near Jodhpur and Phalodi.