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Uttarakhand·street food · forest

The Kaleej Pheasants at our wildfilmsindia forests at Jabbarkhet seem to enjoy the late evenings, for their get togethers and parties! It's 6:41 and they ought to be up on the trees, ready to roost, but they're still moving around as a larg…

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Camouflage isn't a thought that comes to mind when you come across a Red-billed Blue Magpie! It would truly be tough to hide that prominent tail with white edging, the constant raucous challenging call apart! See here on Oak trees at the wi…

birds · forest

This Streaked Laughing Thrush couple have decided to nest in a shrub, in April 2021, at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar estate forests.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

It's summer time in the forests of the lower Himalaya, and also breeding time for birds... The 'Three Cheers' bird is the erstwhile Black-capped Sibia now known as the Rufous Sibia, seen here in the company of a White-cheeked Bulbul, a voca…

Uttarakhand·forest · river

A Kaleej Pheasant couple skulks around in Rhododendron shrubbery at our wildfilmsindia forest in Motidhar, Uttarakhand. What a lovely handsome male with its red face lappet.

forest · hills

A pair of loyal-to-each-other cheery jocular White-cheeked Bulbuls with head crests and yellow vents or under tail patches sit on a shrub at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Pari Tibba, Motidhar, and call out to the world, even as a Hill Bar…

hills · forest

The white wing streaks elegantly offset the black wings and the slaty grey neck of this forest and mountain treepie.

forest · hills

What a lovely day in the life of a courting pair of Himalayan Kalij Pheasants? Enjoy this natural habitat footage thanks to wildfilmsindia's conservation work.

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A pair of Kaleej Pheasants followed by a pair of Turtle Doves. Turtle Doves walk on the floor of an Oak forest in the Himalaya as they are caught on a camera trap, at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

forest · birds

This Jungle Babbler chick seems to have fallen to the ground from its nest. The panicky parent keeps feeding it on the ground and stays close to protect its chick.

hills · forest

The red face lappet and white kalgi or head-dress feathers stand out in prominence, as the male Kaleej uses all the tricks in its book to impress the female bird nearby, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya.

hills · forest

The red face lappet and white kalgi or head-dress feathers stand out in prominence, as the male Kaleej uses all the tricks in its book to impress the female bird nearby, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya.

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A Magpie Robin male can be seen at the entrance to its nest hole. This Magpie Robin pair breeds in a dried up old Silver Oak tree in Delhi and the songster couple successfully bring up their brood in this tree hollow, despite the heat, expo…

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This group of Jungle Babblers (Argya striata) seems to be playing their own funny version of 'pile on' with each other. They seem to be jumping on top of each other and laying on their backs in turn.

forest · birds

Extremely gregarious and social birds, Jungle Babblers (Argya striata) are always found in a small flock and thus get their name 'Seven Sisters' or even 'Saat Bhai'.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Kalij Pheasant breeding pair of male and female birds forage for insects and seeds among ferns on a moist early monsoon hillside at the wildfilmsindia estate in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

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With a Maroon Oriole calling in the wildfilmsindia forest canopy, this Green-backed Tit eats up an orange and yellow butterfly caterpillar with a green head! It doesn't appear to be edible to us, but for the Titmouse, it's an entire meal!

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A real mountain predator - the Mountain Hawk Eagle sits here with its jaunty head crest atop Chir Pine tree at the wildfilmsindia forested Estate at Motidhar in Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · forest

Spring-time and it's breeding and mating time for these Kaleej Pheasants at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya.

birds · wildlife

The brilliant blue plumage shines in the summer sunshine of the Himalaya, offset by the green forest hues behind.

forest · wildlife

See the lovely perky jaunty feathered crest move atop its head whenever it bobs its head! This Whiskered Yuhina is related to the plains White-eye and is a shy retiring bird of thick forest cover and doesn't come out into the open a lot, or…

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As a female Kalij Pheasant forages for food on a forest floor scattered with dry oak leaves, her red eye stands out against the brown and beige hues of her body and the forest floor.

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This pair of Spotted Doves forages for any fallen grains, seeds or fruit on the forest floor in the mountains of North India.