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birds · hills

A Common Hill Partridge or Peora calls in the backdrop even as the trills of Sibias over-shadow the calls of the Thrush couple.

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India. These Demoiselles fly at 26,000 feet over the Himalayan mountain range to come to India.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

The middle altitude residing White-tailed Nuthatch is more commonly seen around Landour. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatches have a fully cream or dark chestnut belly depending on gender.

birds · hills

Does this owl look comical or threatening as it puffs out its white throat feathers, and calls out its typical toot-toottoot-toot four note call, across the hills of Garhwal? This is the smallest owl in the world, and quite our favourite on…

birds · hills

The White-throated Laughing Thrush moves around in bands of 5 to 10 birds, one calling to the other to stay in touch. The call is a lovely ventiloquistic echoing whistle that is often heard across the lower hills of the Himalaya.

hills · flowers

That lovely call is that of a Lesser Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker as it approaches our plum tree as it flowers, even as a Stripe-throated or Whiskered Yuhina looks around with great circumspection.

birds · hills

This jaunty little bird with a yellow vent (under tail area) and a crest atop its head is the hill version of the plains White-cheeked Bulbul. The plains species does not have the crest atop its head!

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

This colorful fella is a Great Barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. However, the great barbet is an Asian barbet. This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak.

hills · birds

It is lunch time for the barbets, and they have opted for wild Pear on their menu today. A colourful fella peaks around some fresh and juicy fruit. It flies and jumps from branch to branch, choosing what better suits his lunch needs.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A tiny fella doing what it does best - pecking at branches, looking for its next meal of grubs. It can also be seen actually eating its food, after a long time spent on hunting for it.

forest · hills

A compilation of shots of the most common of the Indian Hornbills. This species is among the smallest of the Indian species, similar in size to the Malabar Grey Hornbill. Its blackish beak has a pointed casque.

forest · hills

A compilation of shots of the most common of the Indian Hornbills. This species is among the smallest of the Indian species, similar in size to the Malabar Grey Hornbill. Its blackish beak has a pointed casque.

forest · hills

A compilation of shots of the most common of the Indian Hornbills. This species is among the smallest of the Indian species, similar in size to the Malabar Grey Hornbill. Its blackish beak has a pointed casque.

Rajasthan·forest · hills

A compilation of shots of the most common of the Indian Hornbills, jumping from branch to branch at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. This species is among the smallest of the Indian species, similar in size to the Malabar Grey Hornbill.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie, a Himalayan Pied Woodpecker gets to work on a dead wood log of deodar wood at the Jabbarkhet Estate, and then moves to a live Oak, banj or Quercus incana tree.

river · hills

The White-capped Water-redstart is the only member of genus Chaimarrornis, representative of the Himalayan stream avifauna. Both sexes are similar, but the male may have a slightly larger white head patch.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The piercing whistles of the Mountain Hawk Eagle are a familiar and inspiring reminder of the freedom and wilderness of the lower and middle Himalaya.

snow · hills

Snow Pigeon is the most hardy pigeon that lives near the Himalayan snowline. The pigeons are feeding on the dry grassland near the Himalayan snowline.

hills

Himalayan Griffon Vulture or simply, The Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is one of the largest Himalayan birds and is found in the higher reaches of the Himalaya.

hills · wildlife

The Himalayan Griffon Vulture, Gyps himalayensis, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus.

hills · forest

A White-collared Blackbird enjoys digging into berries on a fruiting Himalayan tree in early winter, in the lower Harsil valley, in Garhwal, Uttarakhand Himalaya. The white-collared blackbird is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

hills · wildlife

Lammergeier, (German: “lamb vulture”) (Gypaetus barbatus), lammergeier also spelt lammergeyer or lammergeir, also called bearded vulture, big eaglelike vulture of the Old World (family Accipitridae), frequently over 1 metre (40 inches) long…

hills · wildlife

Himalayan Griffon Vulture is a large raptor. This scavenger was in charge of feeding the body of dead people during the very cold periods of the year.