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Himalayas-837
A rather ... sombre looking Large-billed Crow ... for a change ___________________ Dalhousie Hill Station Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 24 June 2024- aloktewari
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- chamba corvus macrorhynchos dalhousie hill station forest-edge at altitude 6900 feet himachal pradesh himalayan forest india large-billed crow
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-818 : Blue Whistling Thrush singing at daybreak : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First video recording of this lovely Himalayan crooner, here ... Enjoy the ... ... performance On one of those clear day-breaks ... the Dalhousie valley in the Western Himalayas ... was full of the whistling songs of more than one individuals of this carefree whistler ... as seen and...- aloktewari
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- altitude 6900 feet blue whistling thrush chamba dalhousie hill station himachal pradesh india myophonus caeruleus video
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Himalayas-747 : Himalayan Jay pair foraging post sunset : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
This subspecies of Eurasian Jay is also known as the Himalayan Jay ... Here a pair is seen foraging in the canopy of a tall Oak Tree ... ... in post sunset setting ... ___________________ Subspecies ... Garrulus glandarius bispecularis ... aka Himalayan Jay 30 May 2023- aloktewari
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- alt. 6900 ft. chamba dalhousie hill station eurasian jay garrulus glandarius himachal pradesh himalayan jay india jay video
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Himalayas-727
Sometimes ... ... they pose so well ... ______________ Verditer Flycatcher Dalhousie : Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 1 June 2023- aloktewari
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- alt. 6900 ft. chamba dalhousie eumyias thalassinus flycatcher himachal pradesh india verditer flycatcher
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Himalayas-721
Grey-winged Blackbird A species that nests in this area ... Dalhousie : Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 1 June 2023- aloktewari
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- blackbird chamba dalhousie grey-winged blackbird himachal pradesh india turdus boulboul
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Himalayas-720 : Grey-winged Blackbird male singing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
It had been raining incessantly for last two days in Dalhousie .... when it stopped pouring on the evening of 1st June .. we decided to go out and check some bird activity ... And ... we were greeted by this wonderful Grey-winged, male ... ... rendering his lovely song ... ... May-June...- aloktewari
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- alt. 6900 ft. ashy drongo blackbbird chamba dalhousie dicrurus leucophaeus grey-winged blackbird himachal pradesh india turdus boulboul video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-719
These beauties have such a rich repertoire of songs and calls ... And ... they were singing gleefully when we were there a week ago ... ... we could do some recording as well ... ... taking our chances during rain-free periods ... Grey-winged Blackbird ... male- aloktewari
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- alt. 6900 ft. blackbird chamba dalhousie grey-winged blackbird himachal pradesh himalayas india turdus boulboul
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Himalayas-718 : Black-lored Tit : foraging in rain : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Light drizzle had started ... but we were out with our cameras ... to to get a shot at these little Himalayan beauties ... Black-lored Tit Dalhousie Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 30 May 2023 ... 4.00 pm- aloktewari
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- alt. 6900 ft. black-lored_tit chamba dalhousie himachal pradesh india machlolophus xanthogenys tit video
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Himalayas-716 : Rufous Sibia : post-sunset song : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
The lovely ... late evening ... rather post sunset song was celestial ... resonating ... and echoing across that lovely Himalayan setting ... ... making one feel the joy of being a part of it ... Calls of Eurasian Jay can also be heard scattered in the first half of the recording ...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie heterophasia capistrata himachal pradesh himalayas india rufous sibia song video
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Himalayas-714 : White-tailed Nuthatch : foraging & calling : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
This fabulous ... ... tiny ( less than 5 inches ) Himalayan species of Nuthatches ... is not a common sighting in India ... One adult is seen foraging in its typical style in this video recording ... ... its call can also be heard in the last part of the clip ... _____________ Dalhousie ...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie himachal pradesh india sitta himalayensis video white-tailed nuthatch
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Himalayas-713
An uncommon sighting ... ... and a rarity at the Forum ... One image each in the Gallery and Opus ... White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis Dalhousie ... Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 1 June 2023- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie hill station himachal pradesh india nuthatch sitta himalayensis white-tailed nuthatch
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Himalays-712 : Grey headed Canary Flycatcher : lovely song : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
A pair came out of canopy ... one of them sat in front of us ... the other, hidden partially ... ... and both started rendering a fabulous ... ... mesmerizing melody ... ________________ Dalhousie ... Altitude 6900 feet Chamba Himachal Pradesh India 1 June 2023- aloktewari
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- chamba culicicapa ceylonensis dalhousie hill station flycatcher grey-headed canary-flycatcher himachal pradesh india song video
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Himalayas-636
Hopelessly ... ... unfocussed by the foliage and twigs ... __________ Green-backed Tit Dalhousie Hill Station Altitude 6900 feet Himachal Pradesh India- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie india green-backed tit himachal pradesh india indian himalayas parus monticolus tit
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Himalayas - 635
Amazing level of skill ... ... commitment organization and diligence ... He had picked up two long sticks ... ... but did not leave ... pushed them to the back part of his bill ... then proceeded to roll up a wet mud pellet ... ... to mop up the shopping list for making that beautifully...- aloktewari
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- chamba collecting nest material himachal pradesh himalayas hirundo rustica india swallow
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Himalayas - 587
A relative rarity here ... ... and a fortuitous capture ___________ Variegated Laughingthrush Tissa, District Chamba Alt. 6000 feet Himachal Pradesh India 26 March 2013 dscn0148- aloktewari
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- chamba endemic himachal pradesh himalayas india laughinghthrush pir panjal range himalayas tissa town trochalopteron variegatum variegated laughingthrush
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Spring-Summer - 366
Though there are many unshared images ... in the archive ... here's one that I discovered 2 days ago ... Another species ... that comes infrequently here ... last image came nearly 3 years ago ... one I posted even before that ... This species breeds in Himalayas and moves to the ...- aloktewari
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- chamba chamera_reservoir_lake himachal_pradesh india thrush
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Himalayas - 394
Himalayas - 394 ... The Forest-edge ... After doing the Wallcreeper ... and the Nutcracker/Crossbill (courtesy Ann) ... acts ... the lady walked upto the fortuitous waterhole ... formed by a leaking water supply pipeline running along the edge of the forest ... to get a refreshing...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousiae himachal_pradesh himalayas india
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Himalayas - 371
Himalayas - 371 Green Valley and Snow ... Another Forest-edge ... ... where we do some of our Himalayan birding ... This is about 800 kilometers to the west of the first Forest-edge image posted ... Link : https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/623357/ppuser/86675 The...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousiae himachal_pradesh himalayas india
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Himalayas - 279
Just as we had finished shooting the images and videos of Rufous-bellied Niltava ... a light drizzle had already started ... ... it soon picked up and we had to rush back to our hotel room barely able to save our equipment ... It continued to rain throughout that day with spells of very...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie grey-headed_canary_flycatcher himalayas india
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Himalayas - 278
Himalayas - 278 In Dalhousie ... ... as we move along the forest-edge ... there is an old gnarled Rhododendron tree ... standing at a bend on one side ... ... we always scan its crown for any bird activity ... while passing ... We had seen Ultramarine FC ... Verditer FC ...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie himalayas india rufous_bellied_niltava
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Himalayas - 277
Life : Glimpse ... and expanded consciousness __________________ In ... those Dizzying heights ... A little lull ... In rain Covers opened ... Albeit briefly Rich was ... The forest Full of Summer calls Blackbird ... Ushered in ... A lovely dawn With his Lilting song...- aloktewari
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- bakrota_forest chamba dalhousie grey-faced_woodpecker himalayas india
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Himalayas - 276
Himalayas - 276 ... First Monsoon showers on abating ... left many wet patches ... and puddles at the forest edge ... Many birds were more than eager to take advantage of these at the day-break ... Here's one of those beauties ... Watch it drink at one such newly formed facility ...- aloktewari
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- chamba dalhousie himalayas india oriental_turtle_dove streptopelia orientalis
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Himalayas - 275
Himalayas - 275 ... Sentinel on duty ... sitting on vantage point ... nearly 8000 ft in Himalayas ... on the edge of the rich forest known to have Leopards and Himalayan Black Bear ... ... overlooking a precipitous drop with resplendent slope reaching a deep valley ... One of my all...- aloktewari
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- blue whistling thrush chamba dalhousie himalayas india
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Himalayas - 274
Himalayas - 274 ... These gregarious and daring birds are amazing vocalist as well ... Apart from close to a dozen calls and songs of their own ... they are great mimic ... ... repeating calls of other species also ... Here, in the accompanying video ... one can see this individual...- aloktewari
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- black_bulbul chamba dalhousie himalayas india
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Himalayas - 273
Himalayas - 273 ... ... as I mentioned earlier ... there were micro rain-free intervals during our stay in Himalayas ... on this occasion ... and these provided small windows of opportunity to image possible, bird and ... even occasional butterfly activity ... ... here, a fairly worn...- aloktewari
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- bakrota_forest chamba dalhousie himalayas india verditer_flycatcher
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