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Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

An Ashy Drongo does contortionist preening in the summer sun, at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, with bird call all around.

hills · birds

Bamini skink runs off into rocks for shelter, even as an Ashy Drongo sits on guard on tree above, in the Himalaya.

hills · farmland

The ridge of spiny scales - Does that give the innocuous Bloodsucker Lizard of Indian gardens its common but rather threatening and obvious misnomer of a name? Oriental Garden Lizard hangs around lazily at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, t…

hills · village

A traditional metal worker does this thing in a small mountain village, repairing farmer's tools and implements and selling newly melted and moulded ones too. Sickles, axes, jhurpis and more. All fall within his purview.

forest · hills

Spot the critter! Cicada in green and black against moss on an oak tree trunk : almost perfect camouflage for this loud insect whose call reverberates through mountain forests.

forest · hills

Cicada in yellow: not so perfect camouflage for this loud insect whose call reverberates through mountain forests. Perfect camouflage for a Cicada at wildfilmsindia oak forest in Uttarakhand: September 2023.

Himachal Pradesh·aerial · village

A mid-winter view of Kalpa town in Himachal Pradesh, as seen aerially from above the town. Kinner Kailash Mountain and Kalpa village in Himachal's Kinnaur District: Aerial View Kinner Kailash Mountain and Kalpa village in Himachal's Kinnaur…

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Himalayan mountain time lapses from Uttarakhand's Harsil region, around Lamkhaga and Jallandhri Garh Himalayan mountain time lapses from Uttarakhand's Harsil region, around Lamkhaga and Jallandhri Garh

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

As the monsoon winds head back down south, and return for the year, the clouds dissipate and one can literally see the clouds recede and had down south.

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We noticed this pale coloured trout and before long, we realized that a white or golden trout had bred at our wildfilmsindia trout hatchery in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Look into the bulgy dark eyes of this Cicada as seen at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary near Mussoorie in the post monsoon season in September 2023.

hills · river

Rare sighting: Is this a Tree Frog or a regular ground frog? Is it a rare Himalayan species, perhaps? Is this species a common one, or is it perhaps not even known to exist in the region? Help us identify this frog species, please.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Brown Dipper breaks away from high Himalaya, seen around Mussoorie in Motidhar wildfilmsindia stream

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Look at that damselfly flex its thorax in that fabulously contorted fashion! And see hlicoptr dragonflies take off vertically like VTOL's.

monsoon · hills

Titli melange: Different types of Himalayan butterflies at wildfilmsindia Motidhar in post-monsoon season, September 2023 Titli melange: Different Himalayan butterflies of Uttarakhand: Post-monsoon season, September 2023 Titli melange: Diff…

birds · hills

A White-throated Laughing Thrush spreads her wings wide to protect delicate chicks from summer sun, as she sits in her nest atop her chicks.

river · hills

River crossing: Freezing cold Himalayan stream negotiated by trekking party above Harsil, en route Lamkhaga Pass River crossing: Freezing cold Himalayan stream negotiated by trekking party above Harsil, en route Lamkhaga Pass

hills · lake

This must be a relatively common hill species of mendhak, as they vocalize in a flowing stream-edge pond. Is this species a common one, or is it perhaps not even known to exist in the region? Help us identify this frog species, please.

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Aishwarya Rai and Sikander Khan talk about how the met for the first time on Devdas film: " Sikander Khan: I remember walking up a slope, and knocking on a door: "Aishwarya-ji, ready hain kya?" Summer 2007.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · street food

A trekking party and their porters prepare a campsite and meal, as they climb above Harsil valley towards Lamkhaga pass that crosses into Himachal, from Uttarakhand. Trekking and pass crossing in the high Himalaya.

forest · hills

Perfect camouflage for a Cicada at wildfilmsindia oak forest in Uttarakhand: September 2023. Th brown perfectly offsets the brown and green of the moss on the oak branch, virtually making the cicada impossible to spot from a distance.

hills · forest

Large Cicada nestles among poisonous foxglove leaves at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Himalaya, September 2023. Possibly having imbibed some poison, it then turns upside down.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

In the monsoon profusion of the Himalaya, and as the monsoon clouds wax and wane across our hills, these Dahlias bloom across the mountains of Jabbarkhet in wildfilmsindia's gardens, as run wild garden escape flowers dating back to British…