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Just how tolerant have these urban birds become in cities like Delhi. The calls of birds in unison with the honking and moving of traffic in a nearby street.

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A Brown-headed Barbet or Green Barbet sits atop a small tree near a road in South Delhi. Calm and scouting while making calls. You will spot them in tall trees in public parks and sidewalks. They are a very common species in urban areas.

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A lone Bulbul sits on a small twig at a noisy intersection and unfazed by the loud traffic noises. The species of bird thrives in the urban areas and are seen almost on every tree.

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This species of bird is common in Delhi in tall trees. You can spot these in pairs or flocks on trees camouflaged in tree leaves. The duo on top of the tree seems bored looking down at Delhi traffic underneath and there's more of them.

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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.

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A White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) seems intrigued by the traffic below it while sitting on a bench of a Purple Lilac tree.

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On a rainy monsoony day in New Delhi city, a crow brood is raised in a nest high above the Ring Road.

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Chicks struggle for their parents' attention, squawking and opening their beaks even as their eyes are closed and they are essentially blind to the world.

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A huge flock of Blue Rock Pigeon or Common Pigeon / kabootar (Columba livia) is filmed in slow motion in flight. The pigeons are also seen in huge numbers on the electric cables in South Delhi.

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These urban birds are resilient and least bothered by the traffic movement underneath them. Drongos and Red-vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus cafer) are common in urban areas and it will be breeding time soon after the cold winter.

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Spot and count the pigeons on the tree near a traffic intersection in South Delhi. They almost look like a part of the tree with their plumage in different shades of green and the striking yellow foot.

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Grey Rock Pigeons being fed near a busy road in Delhi. These birds then perch on overhead electric cables, using their tails to balance themselves.

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Pigeons have adapted quite well to busy cities even though many other species of birds have abandoned our urban areas, pushed out by human apathy.

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They may look like vagabonds hovering over dump sites in and around cities but Black Kites do make nests.

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Urban settlers are familiar with this bird hovering near dump sites and big trees but we hardly notice where they make their nests.

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A Common Myna and a Coppersmith Barbet are seen basking in the evening sunlight amid the heavy flow of traffic underneath them in Delhi. These are commonly seen on trees in Delhi.

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A young egret is filmed among Acacia leaves having a 'beak bath' inside Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary.

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The traffic underneath blaring away but these birds on an Acacia has more pressing problems upon the tree.

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A busy traffic intersection below but this bird is least bothered by the noise downstairs. The bird stares down and preens itself next to its nest.

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In a breakthrough, our Grey Hornbill couple seems to have won the battle of occupancy at this tree trunk near a busy traffic intersection at Saket in south Delhi.

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Looks like the Grey Indian Hornbill has made their mark on this tree hollow that has been a bone of contention between this couple and a couple of Common Mynas.

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A rarely seen natural breeding sequence filmed by our crew at a busy traffic intersection in South Delhi.

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Our Grey Hornbill couple nesting in the Acacia hollow in a busy traffic intersection is finally getting down to breeding and you can see the hornbills sealing the hollow with mud and saliva.