forest

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

A Crested Hawk Eagle seen at the wildfilmsindia forests in Mussoorie - see nictitating membrane action. Notes its haunty preky crest atop the head, and the sharp yellow eye.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Is that a slug or a snail? Certainly a mullusc of sorts! A Slimy Snail crawls among a monsoon-ey forest floor around Mussoorie, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary, its antennae out-stretched for signals from its immediate environment.

Uttarakhand·farmland · river

Rainbow Trout fill out in size and get ready for harvest at the wildfilmsindia fish farm and Trout hatchery in Mussoorie Along the head waters of the Bindal or Rispana river in the upper Dehradun - Mussoorie region lie the trout stream and…

monsoon · hills

As seen from the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary and arboretum in the western Himalaya, monsoon clouds flow across the mountains, as they exit the Himalaya and India, at tail-end of the rainy season.

Uttarakhand·river · farmland

Along the head waters of the Bindal or Rispana river in the upper Dehradun - Mussoorie region lie the trout stream and trout breeding waters run by Wilderness Films India.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Mist and clouds flowing across the mountains at Jabbarkhet Misty monsoon rain-forest-like forest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie

monsoon · highway

Monsoon rains flow muddy brown as soil erosion takes away forest top soil in Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand. Termites on the forest floor in the monsoons.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Misty monsoon Himalayan rain-forest-like forest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Karnataka·forest · monsoon

Agricultural fields and forest at the edge of Bandipur National Park. Aerial view of farming and farmlands in south India. Bandipur National Park in flaming monsoon sunset evening colours - wetland and forest interface

Uttarakhand·forest

Fresh snowfall view of Jaonli and Gangotri range peaks from wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains and wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

birds · forest

A Grey Drongo digs into a juicy cicada, holding it with its left foot, and pecking deep for morsels with its sharp beak. It seems the marauding Jungle Myna has come to nest in the middle Himalaya, after all.

music · forest

Preeti Jhangiani on film Jaane Hoga Kya: "When Glen and Ankush came home to narrate the story to me, I was totally shocked that somebody wanted to make a film like this. It's on science fiction and human cloning. I was very excited.

forest

We found this massive tree with a Hobbit hollow inside it, in a thick forested area of Dombang in north Sikkim - must be 500 years old! Four people can stand within the tree hollow! Looking up to the crown, there is a vertical chute within…

forest · flowers

The rushing Yumthang chhu passes through the thick temperate broad-leaved forests of Dombang near Yumthang in north Sikkim. Larch and other confiders admix with a range of high altitude vegetation.

Gangtok, Sikkim·highway · flowers

If you want to visit Gangtok, and do not want to battle traffic jams, crowded markets and still want to see the open spaces, forests and high mountains of Sikkim, then dodge Gangtok and come on over to Samdong - a quiet, peaceful, unhurried…

forest · flowers

A female brown coloured Kaleej Pheasant in a high altitude Rhododendron forest and shrubbery at around 8500 feet altitude at the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary in north Sikkim, India.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

This cute little thrush looks such a pretty site among the white flower clumps of this shrub in Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

hills · birds

With the little tuft of feathers above the orange beak, the Jungle Myna is unmistakable in its new habitat in the middle Himalaya. They have moved up from the plains and are now stealing nest-holes from the milder hill birds.

hills · birds

This super cheery singer songster is the Grey-winged Blackbird, while it's more dapper and colourful forest-mate is the Verditer Flycatcher which makes it a point to sign from high dead branches, to make its presence felt.

forest

Little Grey Hornbill hicks call out to their father, as the female and chicks remain incarcerated in their hollow trunk tree nest-hole in a bakain tree.

hills · forest

Lachen is a big crowded hill town in north Sikkim, but gives access to fabulous forest and mountain country in the high forests of the eastern Himalaya. Wet temperate forests of Sikkim surround the town.

flowers · hills

A valley of flowering yellow poppies grows wild in north Sikkim, in a secret valley beyond Thangu and near Gurudongmar lake.

hills · forest

Between Chungthang and Lachen lie some fine rain forests and medium altitude Himalayan forests, with fir trees that play along with the clouds in the hide and seek game of misty magic. Time lapse clouds Sikkim from India.