wildlife

wildlife

A rare and raw view from nature - A leopard effortlessly climbs up a tree and into its higher branches, to escape another leopard.

hills · birds

The Eurasian Jay (Himalayan) Red-crowned Jay - Garrulus glandarius has a lovely blue and black speckled wing patch. Hear the lovely mountain forest cacophony of bird calls from all directions.

wildlife · bazaar

In the narrow lanes of Dera Mandi village in South Delhi, an elephant gets walked on farmhouse roads of South Delhi daily by its keeper.

hills · wildlife

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.

Assam·river · wildlife

An elephant strays water onto tourists seated atop its back! See an elephant-back safari across a river in Assam and into the forest beyond, in Kaziranga National Park.

birds · highway

A Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith Barbet has created this round One-rupee coin sized nest-hole to access its nest within the trunk of a bakain tree.

birds · wildlife

A Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith Barbet has created this round One-rupee coin sized nest-hole to access its nest within the trunk of a bakain tree.

birds · wildlife

This Coppersmith Bird or Crimson-breasted Barbet bird can hang on to a branch upside down as it has zygodactylic feet, or two claws in front and two behind. This allows it to exert pressure and develop a hold onto any rough surface.

wildlife · birds

Hanle Monastery, marshes of Hanle are Black-necked Crane habitat, in Ladakh L blue skies white cotton clouds

highway · wildlife

Chuha sheher Dilli! City of Rats could well be the next plague capital of Asia - Delhi hosts rats galore City of Rats: New Delhi has more rates underground than perhaps any other city in India: Future plague capital of India? Rats scurry ar…

highway · wildlife

City of Rats: New Delhi has more rates underground than perhaps any other city in India: Future plague capital of India? Rats scurry around at the floor of a flyover, looking for discarded morsels of food. One rat nuzzles another rat.

wildlife · birds

After a heavy monsoon shower, this Papiha dries its wings in the wan sunlight, spreading out its feathers to maximize the drying.

highway · wildlife

NDMC truck with in-built crane and platform as seen in Sarojini Nagar, used for cutting tree branches and replacing light bulbs, as used by the New Delhi Municipal Committee.

birds · wildlife

A pair of Common Myna birds shelter in a Sarojini Nagar tree's nest hole, even outside of their breeding season.

birds · wildlife

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye, a forked tail and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.…

birds · hills

The Red-crowned Jay has a smart blue wing patch, while Striated Laughing Thrush has white streak - striations. A female Pied Flycatcher Shrike or Dark Grey Bush Chat follows, flicking its tail up and down.

wildlife · birds

After a heavy monsoon shower, this Papiha dries its wings in the wan sunlight, spreading out its feathers to maximize the drying.

Odisha·wildlife · birds

Johnney Lever looks large-eyed and enthusiastic, and smiles from ear to ear, as he chats with his industry colleagues.

ceremony · highway

A man wraps up an elephant god statue that a couple has just bought. The Indian couple return home, cradling their Ganesh murti, intended for Ganesh Puja, and bought during th Ganesh Chaturthi season.

wildlife · industry

Delhi seems to be catching up on the Covid lull, as multiple residential and commercial projects catch up on the gap years. A tower crane dominates a construction site in Delhi, as the city undertakes lots of post Covid projects.

school · hills

Hanle is noteworthy not just for the monastery but the vast wetland and plains that are favoured by the rare Black-necked Crane and the one of the highest altitude and most important / largest observatories in the world and moreso in India.…

wildlife · birds

Merops orientalis or the Green Bee-eater is a cute nattily attired bird in smart green and one that launches out from its tree perch, after passing flying insects, flies and bees, bringing them back to its perch for a good battering and the…

wildlife · birds

The friendly neighbourhood titeeti must be one of the most loved and recognized birds of India.