wildlife

birds · wildlife

"Hold still while I peck your forehead, lest I peck out your eye!" A Jungle Babbler sits like a king while its partner preens its feathers. The partner goes in for thorough preening near the beak of the other.

wildlife · birds

See a pair of Red-wattled Lapwing eggs hatch and the chicks emerge right before your eyes! The speckled and camouflaged eggs have been laid on the ground, in a little scrape, and the temperature outside is a melting 50 degrees Celcius in th…

wildlife · birds

Unlike most other bird chicks that are born blind and helpless, a Plover chick is able to crawl, walk and even run within minutes of birth. This chick is goaded to move on, by its mother, who protects it from the harsh Indian summer sun.

wildlife

Is this monkey taking advantage of the dog and using him for a lifelong free ride or is it a tale of true friendship? A stranger sight you surely never saw! This stray street dog in India has befriended a Rhesus Macaque (which seems to beha…

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A Monkey harasses a puppy in India. Monkey teases the puppy, it pulls the puppy's tail. Puppy turns angry and makes the monkey scared, puppy barks at the monkey and the monkey jumps down from the wheel cart.

wildlife

Despite trying his best and after aping the humans he swears he has seen drawing water from this weird metallic machine, this langur monkey cannot pull out any water, until...

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

A bratty inquisitive pack of langurs hang out on our ridge at Jabbarkhet, in the grassy oak forest. They come upon our wildfilmsindia camera trap and one bandar peers in to the lens... More follow.

snow · wildlife

This bratty bandar has stolen a stick Kulfi ice cream , and sits confidently atop a red sandstone pillar in Chandni Chowk, and consumes the same in a rather human-like fashion.

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A dog tries to chase a bandar off the roof, but the monkey is far more agile and in control in a precarious roof-top environment. They are supposedly chasing off each other, but they are also sort of having fun and playing around.

birds · wildlife

A charming pair of Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) displaying natural social and breeding behaviours in a home aviary environment.

wildlife · birds

A close-up view of a lovebird family inside a nesting pot as adult birds care for their growing chicks.

Kerala·forest · hills

People walking in the rain, Munnar. Munnar town is in Kannan Devan Hills ( KDH ) Village in Devikulam taluk and is the largest panchayat in the Idukki district having an area measuring nearly 557 km².

wildlife · river

An Indian man eats Barhel or Lakoocha fruit in Delhi. Artocarpus lacucha, also known as monkey fruit, or Monkey Jack or Barhar / Badhal is a tropical evergreen tree species of the Moraceae family.

wildlife · birds

Giant Rock Bee Beehive in Nagaland, a feeding station for Honeyguide birds and Squirrels. Is that a Hoary bellied Squirrel? Rocky Cliff face with multiple hives: Giant Rock Bee Beehive in Nagaland, a feeding station for Honeyguide birds and…

flowers · wildlife

Giant Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa spp.) and Robber Fly (Pogonosoma genus) gather nectar and pollen from a bright a Loofah (Luffa or Sponge Gourd) flower in a close-up wildlife scene.

Rajasthan·festival · wildlife

Monkey 'charmer' or 'Madari' along with two of his companions, entertaining the crowd at Pushkar Mela ground during Pushkar Mela. The crowd enjoys the way the monkey fools around with them.

wildlife · village

Shocking footage shows how a leopard cub is mercilessly strangled by locals at Rajasthan. Some youngsters are suspected of having killed a leopard cub while trying to get a selfie clicked with it at Kachhbali village in Rajasthan's Rajsaman…

politics · river

To send a Congress party signal out to potential voters, these pigeons are being thrown up into the air along with fire crackers to carry a Congress party flag on their necks and (supposedly) get votes for the Congress party in India.

birds · wildlife

The Red-vented Bulbul isn't a particularly pugnacious bird but these people make them fight, in Assam, India. This is animal / bird cruelty but fortunately, the Government of India has banned this practice.

wildlife

Caged man-eater - this poor tiger has been classified as a man-eating tiger and that blights it's future. It can never be released and will forever exist in zoos, unfortunately.

forest · wildlife

Have you seen a more pathetically malnourished and starved elephant in your life? Elephant Training Center or 'Elephant Kraal' is an elephant training center in Kodanad is adjacent to a mini zoo, run by the Forest Department of the Governme…

wildlife

This is not the way to treat a captive tiger. Zoo visitors and other people are bothering and disturbing it here, causing it to roar and show provoked aggression, albeit in a controlled manner.

wildlife · birds

The Tailor Bird has made adequate arrangements for the monsoon season. Nesting started at the end of June 2013, so the birds know they will be dealing with heavy rainfall.