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birds · flowers

A male Rose-ringed Parakeet stands taut on a leathery leaf of a Banyan tree with a ripe fig in its claws. The male parakeet often mistook for a parrot has a distinct 'necklace' around its neck.

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Literally a bed of flowers and leaves for these two small birdies. The burds are camouflaged in between the mixture of heavy blooms of Bougainvillea in late winter. They look cheery skipping from one twig to the other.

birds · flowers

Tota as it is locally called is a common species of bird here in Delhi. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet is seen camouflaged with the green leaves and fruit of a tree in our office complex, pecking at Pilkhan Ficus virens fruit.

birds · wildlife

Tota as it is locally called is a common species of bird here in Delhi. A female Rose-ringed Parakeet is seen camouflaged with the green leaves and fruit of a tree in our office complex, pecking at Pilkhan Ficus virens fruit.

birds · lake

This Pond Heron is certainly behaving like a Bittern but is very much a Heron! See the concentration on its face and eyes, as it sits stock still in the pond so as not to give away its presence or location to the fish below! A lone Yellow B…

birds · flowers

Stunning camouflage of green as it blends into the green leaves of the lantana bush, a Tota or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is spotted picking lantana berries.

highway · flowers

A pair of Rose-ringed Parakeets is seen on a live cable near a traffic intersection in Delhi. They look disinterested in the traffic below them and sits and scouts for trees with food.

birds · flowers

Fairly common and spectacular with its multiple shades of green is the Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri).

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White-breasted Waterhens are common sightings at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi. A pair of them are seen foraging near the kitchen garden and with raised short tails.

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Now you can see how this pernicious South American weed has spread all across India, displacing indigenous vegetation in most places.

flowers · birds

Camouflaged inside a thicket of Lantana bush, a Rose-ringed Parakeet is seen struggling on the small twigs but manages to settle in and feast on the berries. Notice how the Tota uses its claws to pick on the berries.

flowers · birds

A pair of Rose-ringed Parakeet lovebirds are seen on a Persian Lilac Tree busy in their act of reproduction /copulation mid-winter. The two are seen in a bit of courtship before our cameras filmed them mating. / copulating.

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Parakeets or Totakeets awaiting spring in New Delhi as the weather gets warmer and the breeding season is at hand. Male Rose-ringed Parakeets are filmed on tree branches, palm fronds and they are seen grooming themselves.

birds · flowers

A fascinating watch as birds frequent our office complex in Delhi. A Brown-headed Barbet and a Rose-ringed Parakeet are seen on top of the ripe palm fruits.

flowers · birds

A Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) steals ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) or Indian jujube fruit while hiding in the green leaves of the tree.

Uttarakhand·flowers · forest

A Kaleej Pheasant female skulks around in Rhododendron shrubbery at our wildfilmsindia forest in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

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Black kites, earlier known Pariah Kites (Milvus migrans) look regal against the backdrop of blue skies and stunning Silk cotton flowers.

birds · flowers

Camouflaged among the leaves, we can barely see the parakeet, but the florets are demolished meticulously as they are partly devoured and then dropped by this Slaty-headed Parakeet.

flowers · birds

Ever seen the tubular tongue of a Woodpecker? Even katphoras like a change of flavour from insect feed to nectar! A Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) or Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker dipping its tubular tongue to get nectar from R…

flowers · birds

These buds will be soon burst into 'flames' of flower and paint the landscape red but before that this Rose-ringed Parakeet wants a bit of that lush and soft bud and we can't blame it!

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Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) sits on a Rhododendron Arboreum tree branch and fills up on nectar from the large red blossoms of a rhododendron tree.

birds · flowers

Adaptation or perks of living in the urban trees, whatever you call you but this Rose-ringed Parakeet is living life in style sliding down the electric cable into the tree trunk hollow which may be the nesting place for this spring.

hills · flowers

The Grey-winged Blackbird is otherwise one of the Himalaya's best songsters, but here it sits in silence, as it steals Rhododendron sap from within the petals of this tree's blooms, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Uttarakhand Himalay…