forest

forest · birds

A female Asian Koel is seen sitting showing its red eyes for the camera while a flock of Jungle Babblers are seen noisily mock-fighting on a tree branch.

birds · forest

A common but spectacular woodpecker is the Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker or (Dinopium benghalense) is seen digging the wall at our Wilderness Orchard and the trunk of a pine tree for insects and larvae. Dinopium benghalense

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

A Streaked Laughing Thrush young one on a log. Cicadas call as we climb around Landour, en route the Chhaiyan Bamak valley of Garhwal, towards the peak of Bandarpunch or White Peak.

hills · village

Like the vultures in Mowgli and the Jungle Book of Kipling (Now what are we going to do?), these Griffons fight and spread their wings as a threat and to show dominance at the kill of a leopard around Agoda village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

That certainly looks like a Kestral, a small but fast raptor that is agile on the wing and sharp of eye... Seen sitting on a deodar or Himalayan Cedar dry branch, with its brown banded chest prominently displayed.

Uttarakhand·flowers · forest

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

hills · wildlife

A bevy of Himalayan Jungle Crows compete with Griffon Vultures for the remains of a cow booked by a leopard.

forest · birds

We did not know that parakeets actually ate deodar cone seeds, till we filmed this sequence! These birds are common in the high altitude Himalayan peaks and may be mistaken for the Grey-headed Parakeets except for the distinct yellow tail e…

birds · hills

A couple of White-cheeked Bulbul or Himalayan Bulbul or Pycnonotus leucogenys are filmed perched on a dry Deodar branch in the early spring at our Wilderness Estate in Uttarakhand. A closer look at the physical appearance of the bird.

forest · birds

A trio of Jungle Babblers are seen inside a thicket busy and noisily preening each other. This is an important routine for these birds to keep them prim and trim and also bond among themselves.

forest · wildlife

It is quite a spectacular sight with twin Black-rumped Flamebacks taking turns to guard their nest inside a Deodar near the Himalayan peaks.

forest · birds

This Magpie Robin is nesting in a hollow tree trunk hole in a Silver Oak tree in Delhi. A Purple Sunbird calls in the background even as the male Magpie Robin also vocalizes.

birds · wildlife

This little fellow looks grumpy when seen up close. This passerine bird is busy trying to rid itself of parasites and also a smooth flight.

birds · forest

Spring is in full swing in North India and this parakeet is having the time of its life. Flame of the Forest buds and Lantana berries surround the bird and its food, food, food everywhere after the dry winters.

forest

A couple of Jungle Babblers are seen allopreening or grooming each other but as you can hear it is more of their kin in the neighbourhood and subtlety is not their strength.

birds · forest

The electric Purple Sunbird is back in town with a fresh new look looking for a partner for spring. an individual is filmed on a Flame of the Forest tree and calls can be heard distinctly heard in the warm air of Delhi spring.

birds · flowers

What lovely sharp colour contrasts as the male electric blue iridescent Purple Sunbird visits orange Flame of the Forest or dhak / Tesu / teshu / palas / palash flowers at the Wilderness Orchard in the ephemeral New Delhi spring.Spring is d…

birds · wildlife

A cheery little Streaked Laughing Thrush sits on a branch in a forest in the Himalayas. With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

What a lovely Woodpecker call from our deep Oak forests at Motidhar Pari Tibba Estate around Mussoorie, where the Lesser Scaly-bellied Woodpecker loudly vocalizes and owns the spring-time forests.

river · forest

A male and female Kaleej Pheasant couple forage in light underbrush with fallen oak leaves forming a humus layer on the forest floor. A Chiching kote is calling out in the trees above.

hills · forest

The Himalayan Tree Pie is a forest bird that lives in the middle Himalaya, is shy and retiring. It is related to the plains Tree Pie but is more often seen in thick forest and doesn't venture into hill stations gardens a lot.

birds · forest

A female 'Seven Sisters Jungle Babbler, also known as Sat bhai dutifully sits on its clutch of turquoise blue eggs on an orange tree in Delhi, to incubate them in the May summer sun.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

The elegant grey and mild rufous of the Himalayan TreePie nicely complements the white throat patch and rufous underbelly of the White-throated Laughing Thrush as they carouse together to dig in the oak forest floor, for food and seeds, at…