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A bunch of bulbuls get together to create panic around and mob a roosting Collared Scops Owl in the daytime, under the canopy of a creeper.

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Red-vented Bulbul or Pycnonotus cafer feeds its chicks in their nest in a Delhi garden in May 2020, in the peak of summer heat. The nest has been made in a Karaunda bush at the wildfilmsindia complex in Delhi.

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A garden-orchard in Delhi springs forth with summer-time activity. Mustard and broccoli, ripens in the fields, Green Bee-eaters look out for prey for look out points, Apis dorsata bees tend to their huge hive on the peepul tree, a Shikra p…

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A small passerine bird commonly found all over India and a resident breeder. They are seen in the urban parks and open forest. A dark, sleek, medium-sized bird with a black crest and a white rump.

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A pair of Grey Hornbills roosts on a barren branch inside Nehru Park in New Delhi. Indian Grey Hornbills are common in urban India.

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This parakeet uses its beak as a third sets of claws or feet, to locomate on the branches of a Persian Lilac or bakain tree. A common sight in parks and gardens in the urban areas, Rose-ringed Parakeet are not new to us.

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Shades of green and a distinct reddish-black necklace, a male Rose-ringed Parakeet camouflaged between leaves of Common Sunflower in a kitchen garden in Delhi. The parakeet is filmed up close having a feast of sunflower seeds.

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Mating calls going back and forth and its peak spring for these Purple Sunbirds at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. The females are duller as compared to the male bird.

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A female Rose-ringed Parakeet skillfully walks on the shaky stalks of the common sunflower. The green leaves provides the parakeet with ample camouflage.

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Indulge in this refreshing sight of a pair of Rose-ringed Parakeet walking among bright yellow sunflowers at our Wilderness Orchard.

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Survival of the fittest! See how much damage these raiders do on cultivation and how much crop loss occurs due to large numbers of macaques/monkeys, parakeets and squirrels... Green on green.

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The closest equivalent we have to a Hummingbird here in India! The Purple Sunbird is capable ot rapid wing beats to sustain flight in pause mode, in the same place much like a helicopter, to suck at flower nectar.

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This young Coppersmith or Crimson-breasted Barbet has just made its first flight out of the nest-hole and landed on a Chrysanthemum flower pot! It sits there taking in the sights and sounds, as it's parents plan a rescue mission!

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This small banyan tree is supporting a lot of life in the hot Delhi summer. The birds common in Delhi, Common Myna and Oriental Magpie Robin are seen getting comfortable as they preen and calls from the top.

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The closest equivalent we have to a Hummingbird here in India! The Purple Sunbird is capable of rapid wing beats to sustain flight in pause mode, in the same place much like a helicopter, to suck at flower nectar.

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Rose-ringed Parakeets are common in Indian gardens and park in urban areas. They are colourful but blend in with the greenery around them.

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A male and female Purple Sunbird in attired in their breeding plumage busy probing for nectar in the flowering bud of Canna lilies.

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Perfect camouflage! A Rose-Ringed Parakeet is filmed sitting on a Jamun tree at our Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi. Unaware of the camera, the bird goes about stripping the tree of remaining jamuns after the first harvest.

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Ever wondered how the Purple Sunbird collects nectar? 0:30 A male Purple Sunbird sticks its curved and pointed beak inside a Hamelia patens flower and drinks nectar.

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Mother and her four chicks are out for a walk near the flower bed at our Wilderness Orchard. The newly hatched chicks chirping and running behind the mother. The quartet of black chicks running between the flowers and flower pots.

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Colourful birds and common in the public parks and areas with tall trees. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet or Ring-necked Parakeet perches on a dry stump of a tall neem tree. Behind the bird is a hollow which must be its nest.

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While Tailor Birds and Bulbuls call all around in the garden, it is the Red-vented Bulbul and Crimson-breasted or Coppersmith Barbet that are the most noticeable here - two very common Delhi garden birds, and both cheery residents to greet…

birds · forest

What stunning and contrasting colours as a male Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in breeding plumage visits a Flame of the Forest, Palash or dhak tree (Butea frondosa now monosperma) at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, during the spring…