monsoon

monsoon · village

Electric poles submerged in monsoon flood waters introduce us to the agriculture rural landscape of Hoskote in Karnataka.

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A woman with dyed or streaked hair - a new Indian phenomenon. You see fewer brunettes and more blondes and brown-haired women in Indian cities today! Old Delhi can be an assault to the senses - often a positive assault, especially to those…

Uttarakhand·river · monsoon

People cross Ramganga River at Corbett in Uttarakhand. River Ramganga is famous for Mahseer and Catfish. An ideal place surrounded by dense forest on all sides. Its one of the best fishing venue in India.

river · monsoon

River Ramganga is famous for Mahseer and Catfish. An ideal place surrounded by dense forest on all sides. Its one of the best fishing venue in India. Biggest catches recorded are: Mahseer of 76 lbs and catfish of 112 lbs.

monsoon · farmland

In the thick of a monsoon shower, this Assamese man walks to his rice paddy fields to set up an ingenious fish trap! He sets up the trap between two fields where the water is draining out, and surrounds it with vegetation, to ensure that th…

hills · river

Seen here are two keen fisherman angling for murrel. Mahseer is unarguably the best sport fish of India here in the clear Ramganga river which is famous world over for Mahseer and monster Catfish... They end up with a snakehead.

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Only in Maharashtra - stand along the rim of a monsoon dam, hold out your fishing bamboo pole with an atta ball as a lure on your fishing hook, wear a rain coat, and wait for the fish to bite as they head to fall over the dam's edge! The fi…

forest · monsoon

Crested Serpent Eagles are medium-sized eagles that live throughout Indochina and southern Asia, in a wide range of habitats. Generally, Crested Serpent Eagles are dark from above with a lighter brown underside.

monsoon · forest

Here is a cute passerine searching for its lunch, in Ladour. We introduce you the Cape white-eye. The Cape white-eye feeds mainly on insects, but also soft fleshy flowers, nectar, fruit and small grains.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

A cute fella rests in a branch, never stop being alert. Among with some vivid vegetation and some other species, it stays on its branch by itself.

wildlife · birds

The Lesser Florican, the likh or Kharmore an eye-catching bird that belongs to the bustard family, a family of birds known for its elaborate courtship displays.

Karnataka·river · lake

Brahminy Kites perched on the branch of a tree before they fly and circle foamy waters of Bellandur Lake in Bangalore. Pollution regularly causes the Bellandur Lake to froth so heavily that the foam is seen on nearby roads.

monsoon · birds

Bluethroat bathes on a sunny rainfall day. Beautiful thrush-like bird that tends to stay hidden. Dull gray above, but a head-on view reveals a stunning pattern of electric blue and orange on the throat.

wildlife · birds

The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs.

monsoon · wildlife

A crested pied cuckoo or Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), perches on a curved branch. It is also known as rain bird because of its migratory nature of arriving few days before the monsoon kicks off.

wildlife · birds

A juvenile common hawk-cuckoo or Brainfever bird perches on a dry bamboo as it waits to be fed my a long tailed-shrike (Lanius schach). The long tailed-shrike comes flying down with a caterpillar between its beak to feed the cuckoo.

monsoon · birds

Dubbed by some as the 'Rain Catcher' the Pied Cuckoo Pied Crested Cuckoo or Jacobin Cuckoo is migratory in India and is spotted during the initiation of monsoons.

monsoon · wildlife

Peafowl love the rains for that is when they get to display, mate and look after their broods. But this male looks a little bedraggled in the rain.

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After a successful breeding season, this Safed Titar family comes out - parent and chicks - to enjoy the monsoon-time termites or deemak in the ground.

highway · monsoon

As the traffic flows below, this Crow sits with steadfast dedication, protecting its chicks from the rain.

birds · monsoon

Common Myna chick hatching in the middle of monsoon in North India and the parent has to look for food. A duo grooming themselves while a parent peers out of the hollow tree trunk.

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This mother plover - a Red-wattled Lapwing, in fact, is sitting over its eggs to protect them from the heavy monsoon downpour. Yet, she does not look to her personal comfort as she could well be sheltering under a tree.

wildlife · birds

See the intricacies of bird preening up close and in slow motion! A bird cleans its feathers Perching on a dry branch and preening its feathers probably after a light monsoon drizzle, a couple inside their natural tree hollow nest and an in…