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The circle of life! Griffon giddh derive their sustenance from this animal that has been killed by a leopard, and their lives get sustained by this remainder...

hills · wildlife

Himalayan Vultures of Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) fight over their meal of a carcass in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

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Great, big birds of the Himalaya, Himalayan Griffon Vultures (Gyps himalayensis) gather around a carcass to pick it clean for their meal. Each vulture tries to chases away the others to get the lion's share of the meat.

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A small flock of Himalayan Vultures or Gyps himalayensis are seen flocking down on a carcass high up in the cold and dry Himalayan peak. Swooping onto the disintegrating flesh while crows view for a small portion of the 'catch'.

birds · hills

The Slaty-headed Parakeet is a cheery smartly attired parrot family member that resides in low and middle altitude Himalayan and hill forests, flying with great speed, alacrity and competence from one flowering or fruiting tree patch to ano…

Uttarakhand·hills · river

A Himalayan Jungle Crow or Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) perches handsomely on a rocky promontory near Bedni Buggyal en route to Roopkund, the lake of bones.

birds · hills

A couple of White-cheeked Bulbul or Himalayan Bulbul or Pycnonotus leucogenys are filmed perched on a dry Deodar branch in the early spring at our Wilderness Estate in Uttarakhand. A closer look at the physical appearance of the bird.

hills · birds

The mountain equivalent of the Satbhai or Seven Sisters of the plains! White-throated Laughing Thrushes are gregarious by nature and hang out in larger groups, chasing out insects from shrubbery and foraging for seed and berry alike in the…

hills · flowers

The Grey-winged Blackbird is otherwise one of the Himalaya's best songsters, but here it sits in silence, as it steals Rhododendron sap from within the petals of this tree's blooms, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Uttarakhand Himalay…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

What a lovely Woodpecker call from our deep Oak forests at Motidhar Pari Tibba Estate around Mussoorie, where the Lesser Scaly-bellied Woodpecker loudly vocalizes and owns the spring-time forests.

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Caught on camera. The Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) have a rendezvous on a craggy hillside.

hills · wildlife

After their brief pit stop in Delhi, to recharge their batteries, eat mulberries and insects, drink and rest in the shade, the Rosy Starlings have headed north and across the Himalaya, to their summer and breeding grounds...

Uttarakhand·birds · flowers

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A mellifluous Maroon Oriole calls melodiously while a Grey-winged Blackbird gets Rhododendron pollen on its face at a Rhododendron arboreum tree at our wildfilmsindia estate at Motidhar in Mussoorie.

hills · birds

This little blue bird is a fierce hunter. Verditer Flycatchers (Eumyias thalassinus) are great fliers and do mid-air acrobatics to catch insects on the wing. One can also hear Himalayan Barbets calling in the background.

hills · forest

The Himalayan Tree Pie is a forest bird that lives in the middle Himalaya, is shy and retiring. It is related to the plains Tree Pie but is more often seen in thick forest and doesn't venture into hill stations gardens a lot.

Uttarakhand·hills

A couple of Green-backed Tits are nesting in this tree hollow in the Himalaya, at our wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

This Himalayan Pied Woodpecker has decided to go in for a dietary change, from insects to Rhododendron nectar and petals! It consumes the nectar from deep within the flowers at our Pari Tibba Estate in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

hills · birds

A jocular White-cheeked Hill Bulbul with its jaunty crest and yellow vent, as seen at our wildfilmsindia Himalayan estate at Motidhar in Uttarakhand. If ever there was a cheery bird, it is this, it is this...

birds · hills

The female is more greenish-grey than the bright blue Verditer male. The male sits on a prominent perch and lets out its pleasant whistling trill...

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With a Hill Barbet and a Blue-throated Barbet calling, and a Rufous Sibia too, a Grey-winged Blackbird takes full advantage of the display of Rhododendron flower heads before it, above our Bindal stream at Motidhar Estate in Mussoorie.

hills · wildlife

Normally arboreal or tree dwelling birds, Himalayan Treepies or Grey Treepies (Dendrocitta formosae) will willingly come to the forest floor and sit on the ground to feed on any scattered seeds or grains.