hills

forest · hills

This Gray-winged Black bird forages on the forest floor, looking for insects and other chance feed. It actively digs into the soil and picks up little grubs and tid-bits.

hills · lake

Slow motion glories! Aporia agathon or Great Blackvein Butterflies mud-puddle in our dried out trout pond at the wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in the western Himalaya. They enjoy the cool water with algae in it.

hills · birds

Jungle Myna has not been seen at this altitude before and while an interesting record, given how adaptable this myna species is, it is not surprising but also not good news because they are extremely aggressive birds and tend to take over n…

monsoon · hills

With its natter white and black tail, this Spotted Forktail dances as the monsoon rains come to the hills of the lower Himalaya.

birds · hills

Jungle Mynas invade hill country of endemic high altitude Himalayan birds. These are plains birds and not supposed to be straying so far up hill...

hills · lake

Aporia agathon or Great Blackvein Butterflies mud-puddle in our dried out trout pond at the wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in the western Himalaya. They enjoy the cool water with algae in it.

hills · forest

With Himalayan Tree Pies and a melange of Thrushes calling out at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Pari Tibba Estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, this Small Niltava female calls out in her own harsh trilling voice, but mostly looks…

flowers · hills

Oriental and Shirley Poppies with fat bumble bees visiting them in our Himalayan gardens. The poppy flower heads shake with the force of the bee visits.

flowers · hills

White delicate garden poppies bloom in our Himalayan gardens, fat Himalayan bumble bees dig in for nectar, at the wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · birds

The Yellow-cheeked Hill Bulbul has a white cheek and jaunty head crest, while the Goral is a cute little wild goat.

forest · hills

The more drab brown female and the blue-black and white male Kalij Pheasant hang out in our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

forest · hills

The more drab brown female and the blue-black and white male Kalij Pheasant hang out in our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

birds · hills

In nature, a handicapped bird has little chances of survival. Yet, this Grey-winger Blackbird seems to be full of life, sings and vocalizes with full joy and is clearly confident of its place in its territory.

Landour, Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Sleepy Broadbill goes into roosting mode, lulled by Great Barbet calls, in Uttarakhand Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary around Landour. Suddenly, something seems to wake it up and it goes into alert mode in no time at all.

hills · flowers

Himalayan Butterflies frequent summer-time Dahlias for nectar, at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Himalaya.

flowers · monsoon

The first Rain lily of the season is special, even though it is followed by thousands more! See this one open up in time lapse...

Maharashtra·hills

Abhijeet Sawant: "I like driving a lot, so I have not kept a driver. When I get free time, I drive to a hill station like Lonavala or Khandala, a distance of two to two and a half hours. I enjoy driving.

flowers · hills

Irises bloom in Himalayan spring - Rhizomatic Iris varieties as well as wild Iris kemaonensis, all flower in March-April at the wildfilmsindia botanical collections and arboretum in Uttarakhand.

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Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Warm evening light on the deodar and oak forests as seen from wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet Estate in Mussoorie, as the day turns to night with the skyline ridge of Surkhanda Devi temple, Dhanolti and Kanatal going up to Chamba and the hills…

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·snow · forest

What a fabulous flight up Nag Tibba mountain (crica 9990 feet altitude), from the lower reaches above Ghorakhuri and Pantwari, with reasonable snowpack and cold wintery conditions.

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

Working in an adept and dexterous fashion, this super competent workman from Saharanpur goes about his job with elan and style...