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wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Bishnoi village in Rajasthan, India. The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China.

wildlife · birds

The Demoiselle Crane is a species of crane that breeds in Central Asia and winters in India. These cranes migrate to Africa and South Asia in winter. The Demoiselle is 85--100 cm long with a 155--180 cm wingspan.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

While consuming a small bird on the ground, this Crested Hawk Eagle intermittently spreads open its crest in a display of superiority and as a threat to smaller predators and birds. Seen in Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

Gujarat·wildlife · birds

A bird of prey or raptor (Oriental Honey-buzzard) outside Gir national Park, in the Porbander region of Gujarat. The raptor is eating a smaller bird that it caught mid-air.

wildlife · birds

Lovely audio of a group of vocalizing Grey Francolin or safed teetar at Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India.

birds · wildlife

A beautiful view of different winter birds like orange flanked bush robin, scaly bellied woodpecker, tree creeper and Hill barbet in th forests of Landour, Uttarakhand.

birds · wildlife

A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a tree in Arunachal Pradesh The Coppersmith Barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala) is a bird with crimson forehead a…

hills · wildlife

The White-capped Water-redstart is the only member of genus Chaimarrornis, representative of the Himalayan stream avifauna. Both sexes are similar, but the male may have slightly larger white head patch.

wildlife · birds

In Oyan, Arunachal Pradesh, we came across this Little Spiderhunter which had been predated upon by a larger bird, but not eaten. It lay still and lifeless, with an ant or two climbing up its motionless body.

desert · wildlife

Great Indian Bustards in the Desert National Park, Jaisalmar, Rajasthan, India, at the edge of the Thar desert.

birds · flowers

The beautiful iridescent shiny purple-black Purple Sunbird or Nectarania asiatica is a common garden and city bird in north India.

crafts · wildlife

A nesting colony of Baya Weaver birds (Ploceus philippinus). These sparrow like birds breed in nesting colonies of 20 - 30 nests which are intricately woven pieces of art.

wildlife · birds

Bats on tall trees and barbets calling in the distance, Spoonbill birds nesting in heronries, painted Storks by the hundreds, Openbill Storks and more, as the birding boat skirts the waterways of South India's water-bird sanctuary at Rangan…

birds · wildlife

Pycnonotus cafer or the Red-vented Bulbul is a common Indian city and shrub-land bird that has adapted to life in the fast lane of urban India.

birds · wildlife

In spring, hordes of Rosy Pastors or Starling descend upon Delhi and other northern stops, on their way back up north, to their breeding grounds, after wintering across the plains of India.

wildlife · birds

Such is the Lapwing's breeding biology that it chooses the peak of summer to lay its eggs and that too, out in the open, in the blazing Indian summer sun where it often gets to 50 degrees Celcius or more, in the open sun.

birds · wildlife

A Pelican chick walks up to a villager with such confidence that you can immediately tell the comfort level that both the birds and the villagers here have with each others' presence in their lives! The three school girls passing by don't b…

birds · wildlife

The jungle babbler is a member of the family Leiothrichidae found in the Indian subcontinent.

wildlife · crafts

The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

birds · forest

A few Common Myna birds join in, but for the most part these are Jungle and House Crows having a field day, literally! They are enjoying their summer-time bath in a park in Karnataka, India.

wildlife · birds

Treat for birdwatchers - a Koel (a species of cuckoo) captured singing in its natural habitat, during the monsoon months.

wildlife · birds

The Asian koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia.

wildlife · birds

The Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent. They make short dives to capture fish. A group will often fish communally, forming a broad front to drive fish into a corner.