wildlife

Kerala·forest · hills

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.

Landour, Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

Like the front of its face has been dipped in a pot of red, this is a plain looking bird until you see its smaller coloured assets! The European Goldfinch is not an easy sighting in India, so this March end sighting in 2013, in Landour, was…

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Himalayan Barbet or the The Great Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The mountain hawk-eagle or Hodgson's hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis, earlier treated under Spizaetus[3]) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae.

Kerala·forest · hills

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.

Kerala·forest · hills

Thai jack fruit was on sale at the Munnar market. 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.

birds · wildlife

Thanks to Nikhil Devasar, we now know that this is indeed a Common Buzzard and not just a mysterious bird of prey! Abhishek Gulshan, while not wanting to question this more authoritative identification, suggests that "somehow this looks lik…

birds · wildlife

What a rugged bird the Chukor is, for it to be able to survive in the high altitude cold of Ladakh and other regions of the western Himalaya! Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.

birds · wildlife

Magpies are intelligent birds of the corvidae family, including the black and white Eurasian Magpie, which is one of the few animal species known to be able to recognize itself in a mirror test.

birds · hills

Even a high altitude domestic cat joins into the carrion feast! Magpies are intelligent birds of the corvidae family, including the black and white Eurasian Magpie, which is one of the few animal species known to be able to recognize itself…

birds · hills

Isn't that a flock of choughs circling overhead in Ladakh? Ladakh has a great diversity of birds, both resident and migratory birds. Some 225 different species of birds have been recorded in Ladakh.

river · lake

Cormorants gather en masse at Pong Dam. The bird family Phalacrocoracidae or the cormorants (/ˈkɔrmərənts/) is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags.

wildlife · birds

Pong dam- A place where local residents and migratory birds can be easily spotted. The bird family Phalacrocoracidae or the cormorants (/ˈkɔrmərənts/) is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags.

birds · wildlife

Cormorants, Egrets and Indian River Terns in Pong Dam. The bird family Phalacrocoracidae or the cormorants (/ˈkɔrmərənts/) is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags.

wildlife · birds

The Spur-winged Lapwing or Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.

birds · wildlife

Maharana Pratap Sagar- A renowned bird sanctuary with its egrets and cormorants. The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

festival · wildlife

As one macaque fools around with a peela kapda in its mouth, the others follow him around, as he seems to have quite the prize on him! He tries to wear it, tear it and try anything else that can reveal its true worth and use...

wildlife · desert

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), also called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

wildlife · desert

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), also called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

wildlife · desert

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), also called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

wildlife · desert

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), also called the rhesus monkey, is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

river · wildlife

Cormorants and Egrets at Maharana Pratap Sagar - A renowned bird sactuary The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

wildlife · birds

A Banyan or Barh or Bargat tree in India. Considered holy by Hindus and worshipped. A banyan (also banian) is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte (a plant growing on another plant) when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices o…