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birds · wildlife

A cheery little Streaked Laughing Thrush sits on a branch in a forest in the Himalayas. With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

flowers · wildlife

When a Rhododendron tree is in flower in the Himalayan spring, it become a veritable feasting site for local birds! They hop from flowering head to flowering head, partaking of the nectar and insects...

wildlife · birds

Watch this hard-working little bird excavate a deep hole in a mud bank using its claws and its beak, all the tools at its disposal, to prepare a safe nesting space for its eggs.

hills · wildlife

After their brief pit stop in Delhi, to recharge their batteries, eat mulberries and insects, drink and rest in the shade, the Rosy Starlings have headed north and across the Himalaya, to their summer and breeding grounds...

hills · forest

The Himalayan Tree Pie is a forest bird that lives in the middle Himalaya, is shy and retiring. It is related to the plains Tree Pie but is more often seen in thick forest and doesn't venture into hill stations gardens a lot.

hills · birds

A jocular White-cheeked Hill Bulbul with its jaunty crest and yellow vent, as seen at our wildfilmsindia Himalayan estate at Motidhar in Uttarakhand. If ever there was a cheery bird, it is this, it is this...

birds · hills

The female is more greenish-grey than the bright blue Verditer male. The male sits on a prominent perch and lets out its pleasant whistling trill...

birds · wildlife

Now called a Flameback but previously and always known to us as the good old Golden-backed Woodpecker, a Katphora it will always remain! Inquisitively peeking out of its newly excavated nest hole, the Woodpecker surveys its new domain...

wildlife · birds

In 55 degrees Celcius temperature in the sun, out in the open, in the Indian summer, this brave female Red-wattled Lapwing or titeeri / titehri bird, a species of plover, sits out to incubate her clutch of eggs laid on the ground.

wildlife · birds

In 55 degrees Celcius temperature in the sun, out in the open, in the Indian summer, this brave female Red-wattled Lapwing or titeeri / titehri bird, a species of plover, sits out to incubate her clutch of eggs laid on the ground.

wildlife · birds

True to its name, the Spotted Forktail is s smart black and white cheery bird with a ceaselessly wagging forked tail.

hills · wildlife

Normally arboreal or tree dwelling birds, Himalayan Treepies or Grey Treepies (Dendrocitta formosae) will willingly come to the forest floor and sit on the ground to feed on any scattered seeds or grains.

wildlife · birds

Our Jay couple collect rootlets from the ground, in order to create their nest's foundation. They hop at the base of a couple of Oak trees and collect disconnected rootlets that have been released by the trees.

birds · hills

This cheery Laughing Thrush is actually accompanied by the audio or calls of the Hill Barbet, but when in a noisy gaggly group, the White-crested has a bubbly loud call...

wildlife · birds

Kabootars or Blue Rock Pigeons are few of the birds that have adapted superbly to the growing cities worldwide. They have adapted so well indeed that they have become close to being pests.

wildlife · birds

This Jay shyly approaches its nest to not let predators know if its nesting location. Sitting at our wildfilmsindia estate in Motidhar, the Jay collect rootlets from the ground for its nest, as it's still in construction mode.

wildlife · birds

What smart colours - the light rufous with the blue wing patch! This Jay shyly approaches its nest to not let predators know if its nesting location.

river · hills

Digging up old leaves and mud in the stream, these Forktails hunt for insects, molluscs and grubs in the stream water. Normally found near small streams and rivulets, these beautiful birds get their name from the deep forks in their tails.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

What a natter bird the forktail is, with the demeanour and movements of a ballerina! The elegant tail is held high and periodically wiggled around to provide a nice contrasty black and white look! It overturns leaves at the moist edges of o…

wildlife · birds

The male Jay feeds the female a juicy morsel, in a form of courtship. They both then descend on a patch of flowering clover for furtherance of their courtship...

birds · hills

Listen to this bird call and tell me you haven't heard it while walking in mountain forests or sitting in a hill station garden...!? Is that a Slaty Blue Flycatcher at the end of this video? Please help us identify and confirm the same! It…

birds · wildlife

With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and friendly mountain bird as a 'Laughie'. This Streaked Laughing Thrush couple have decided to nest in a shrub, in April 2021, at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar estate forests.