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Indian Pond Heron or Paddybird looks for insects in an open space. You can see one catch its food in slow motion.

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Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii), looking for food in a shallow pond. Fairly small as far as herons go, Paddybirds are buff-brown in colour, camouflaging them well in open areas and ponds but when they fly, their white wings make them fai…

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Just at the edge of a pond in Odisha, one can see a White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus), an Openbill Stork or Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) and an Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).

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Male Cotton Teal or Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) swims in a pond and has to crane its neck to get to get to the seeds of a grass growing in the pond. The female can also be seen preening its feathers in the background.

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This waterhen comfortably and cautiously pads on to its nest in tall water grasses, within a wetland. She incubates her clutch of pretty pinkish-white speckled eggs.

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This Jalmurghi cautiously approaches its nest and then comes in to incubate This waterhen comfortably and cautiously pads on to its nest in tall water grasses, within a wetland.

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Patience is a virtue but with Pond Herons (Ardeola grayii)) it is a way of life. These birds wait patiently, still as they can be, till they see a small fish moving just below the water's surface and then catch their prey, quick as lighteni…

monsoon · lake

Monsoon blues is what this Spotted Forktail has, but it remains spunky beside our trout pond, on the prowl for water insects.

Ladakh·lake · river

Great Crested Grebe swimming in Pangong Tso lake, Ladakh: High altitude water bird bobs up and down in icy waters.

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This video captures an Indian pond heron (Ardeola grayii) calmly standing near a swimming pool, blending beautifully into its surroundings.

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An alert Indian Pond Heron takes a quiet moment to preen and groom its feathers within a wetland habitat.

birds · wildlife

This footage captures an Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) foraging along a weathered stone embankment beside a water body.

wildlife · birds

A White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus), locally known as the Jal Murgi, carefully incubates its eggs within a concealed nest at the Wilderness Orchard wetlands in New Delhi, India.

wildlife · birds

A group of young White-breasted Waterhens (Amaurornis phoenicurus) moves cautiously across the leaf-covered ground of a lush wetland habitat.

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An Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) perched quietly on a low-hanging branch beside a wetland. Remaining perfectly still, the bird carefully scans the water below in search of fish, insects, and other aquatic prey.

Himachal Pradesh·river · bazaar

Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Indian filmmaker speaks about the sets of Hindi film 1942: A Love Story.

river · lake

A village lake is stocked with fish year-round and then plundered on the occasion of Bihu, to much activity and excitement from the entire Assamese community, much like the Dogon tribe’s fish plunder in Lake Antogo, in Africa!

Guwahati, Assam·village · river

Assamese villagers participate in community fishing during the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) in Guwahati,Assam, India.

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Tourists relaxing at a campsite near a pond in Assam, India. Assamese men wash utensils and dishes in the dirty water of a pond.

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An Assamese woman washes utensils and dishes in the dirty water of a pond. Access to clean drinking water for human consumption and washing is critical for health and hygiene in south Asia more than anywhere else in the world.

lake · bus

A group of tourists parked their buses, buses and Tata Sumo MUV's next to a pond in Assam, India. Assamese women wash utensils and dishes in the dirty water of a pond.

temple · lake

School of fish in a pond at Kamakhya temple, Assam. Visitors are seen feeding school of fish.

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A group of tourists parked their buses, buses and Tata Sumo MUV's next to a pond and have set up camps and a makeshift kitchen, in Assam, India.