wildlife

forest · wildlife

Jungle Bush Quail and Common Quail (Coturnix) Birds in Sariska Sariska wildlife sanctuary. The Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary houses the ruins of medieval temples of Garh-Rajor that date back to the 10th and 11th centuries.

forest · wildlife

Wild Boar piglet at Sariska! Mother boar foraging while her sounder of piglets follows her around! The piglets have stripes on them while the mother has a more uniform brown coat. Piglet in sarika wildlife sanctuary.

wildlife

Sambhar (Rusa unicolor) deer at Slopaka water hole, Sariska national park: close up of deer drinking water in a clearing.

forest · wildlife

A Peacock bathing in dust and mud, near a water-hole, in order to get external parasities off its feathers. Peafowl in sariska tiger reserve.

forest · wildlife

Langur playing with itself... It lifts its tail in its hand, holds on to it and then pecks it a few times, perhaps to clean it or take off ecto-parasities from the tail! See a bunch of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa sinensis) and Peafowl eating alon…

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

This Brown Fish Owl is constantly mobbed by the Kotwal or Black Drongo bird! Owl sitting on a tree in Ranthambore / Ranthambhor / Ranthambhore.

wildlife · forest

Birds in sariska wildlife sanctuary. The Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary houses the ruins of medieval temples of Garh-Rajor that date back to the 10th and 11th centuries.

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Sambhar deer bathing in wet mud in Sariska National Park, Alwar district, Rajasthan, India. Sambhar deer love wallowing in wet mud, as it cleans their coat and rids it to external parasites such as ticks and chiggers (bhunga and phatinga) a…

Rajasthan·wildlife

Peacock with spread wings. Peacock displaying in the breeding season, at Ranthambore / Ranthambhor / Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India.

wildlife · birds

Water birds on the Ramganga - Egrets and cormorants, shag, grebe and other resident water birds.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Chital in velvet in Corbett National Park. Axis axis or Cheetal / spotted Deer with velvet antlers. Seen here at the edge of Dhikala chaur or grassland.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

Black Ibis feeding at the edge of the Ramganga river, along with Cattle Egrets and Lesser Egret, Jim Corbett National Park Kosi River outside Jim Corbett National Park. The Ramganga is the river that flows through Corbett Park.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

Kosi River outside Jim Corbett National Park. The Ramganga is the river that flows through Corbett Park. Stint, Plover, Lapwing.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

White Wagtail, Corbett Park. The Ramganga flows through the park while a Pied or White Wagtail sits on river rocks nearby. Kosi River outside Jim Corbett National Park. The Ramganga is the river that flows through Corbett Park.

Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

Kosi River outside Jim Corbett National Park. The Ramganga is the river that flows through Corbett Park.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Chaur grassland in Corbett National Park, near Dhikala or Khinanauli. The grasslands, locally known as Chaurs, are limited. The largest grassland is the Dhikala Chaur.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Himalayan Barbet nest hole below deodar / Dev dar hotel in Landour, Mussoorie. This nest hole, above Cosy Nook, has since been taken over by the Himalayan Rock Bee. Himalayan barbet or Great Hill Barbet has a green tail and yellow beak.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · flowers

Tiger lily in Landour, with Erigeron bellidioides wild daisies in the background.

wildlife · snow

OK, we spent two months in Ladakh in the winter, and still didn't see the Snow Leopard, despite many close ones...

forest · wildlife

Tal Chhapar Sanctuary is a sanctuary located in the Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India. It is 210 km from Jaipur and situated on road from Ratangarh to Sujangarh.

school · forest

School near Dhawa Doli Wildlife Sanctuary. Here children come from different villages to study in the school. 40 km south west of Jodhpur, this sanctuary shelters blackbuck, partridges, desert fox and nilgai.

lake · river

Flamingos in Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan. Flamingos are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus. Flamingos are very social birds that live in colonies that can number in the thousands.

lake · river

Flamingos in Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan. Flamingos are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus. Flamingos are very social birds that live in colonies that can number in the thousands.