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Probably ...
... the cleanest background in an image ... I have ever got ... ( ... not photo-shopped ) Apart from clear blue skies ... _____________________ Siberian Stonechat ... female Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan saxicola maurus siberian stonechat
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Raptor-269
One ... who vies with the mighty ... Andean Condor for the top spot of being largest among the tribe ... Waiting patiently ... ... after day-break for good thermals to start ... _____________________ Cinereous Vulture Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- aegypius monachus cinereous vulture desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan
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Great Indian bustard
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- ardeotis nigriceps bustard desert national park great indian bustard india indian bustard rajasthan video
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Raptor-260
A composite ... showing upper and under wing details of the Indian subspecies ... ''A. r. vindhiana'' ( considered a separate species by some authorities ... ) Globally threatened species Highly ... and probably the most adaptive ... and opportunistic ... species of eagles ... ... in their...- aloktewari
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- aquila rapax desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan tawny eagle
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It feels ...
... good to present this rarity here ... ... last still of the desert beauty came in January 2011 ... I posted the first video clip about two weeks ago ... ______________________ Persian Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia aka Red-tailed Wheatear Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India...- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer oenanthe chrysopygia persian wheatear rajasthan red-tailed wheatear
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This ...
Isabelline Wheatear ... came fairly late in the day ... when Sun was touching the horizon ... about to take a plunge ... giving barely enough light for a soft image ... Black tail ... with snow-white rump are good clue to id for this confusing species ______________________ Desert...- aloktewari
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- desert national park india isabelline wheatear jaisalmer oenanthe isabellina rajasthan
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Indian Nightjar : night activity record : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First video of the species here ... and one recorded during night ... Cryptically patterned and ... highly elusive birds ... They spend their day ... sleeping on a low branch or ground ... ... perfectly camouflaged ... show activity only at dusk ... when it gets dark ... making it very...- aloktewari
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- caprimulgus asiaticus desert national park india indian nightjar jaisalmer night recording rajasthan
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Raptor-259 : Cinereous Vulture World's largest soaring : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Now confirmed as the largest vulture of the world ... ahead of Andean Condor ... ... he is a sight to behold when soaring in the open blue skies ... ... with those huge ... broad barn door wings ... and mesmerizing ... long fingers ... gently caressing ... the column of air ... almost...- aloktewari
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- aegypius monachus cinereous vulture desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sam desert area video
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Not to be ...
... left behind is ... ... to be ... This lady ... Desert Wheatear assumed her place on the dais ... __________________ Desert Wheatear... female Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park desert wheatear india jaisalmer oenanthe deserti rajasthan
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This ... one
... was only the next ... ... definitely not the last ... Wheatear ... ________________ ''opitholeuca'' subspecies of Variable Wheatear __________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 9 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer oenanthe picata subspecies opistholeuca rajasthan
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And ... they
... kept on coming ... the wheatears one after the other ... but ... then who was complaining ... This is ''capistrata'' subspecies of the Variable wheatear ... __________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer oenanthe picata rajasthan variable wheatear
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Asian Desert Warbler glimpse in open : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Little ... volatile beauties ... ... quite an elusive winter visitor ... ... to north-western part of India Luckily ... he moved on to an open stony perch briefly ... giving an opportunity to view the plumage clearly ... ____________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India...- aloktewari
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- asian desert warbler curruca nana desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan rocky desert and scrub video
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Another ...
... Wheatear ... posing ... in a ... ... lovely setting and ... beautiful of course ... besides ... giving a full framer ... Kindly note ... the claw has missed the lower margin quite literally ... ... by a whisker ... 👀 ... 😊 ____________________ Variable Wheatear ... subspecies picata...- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer oenanthe picata rajasthan variable wheatear subspecies picata
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Beautiful ...
... bird beautifully posing ... ... in beautiful ... setting ... and lighting ... Methinks ... ... it says it all ... 😊 _________________ Desert Wheatear Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park desert wheatear india jaisalmer oenanthe deserti rajasthan
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Even ...
... the bigger a rarity at the gallery here ... today Last image posted here 2011 ... ... nearly 14 years ago ... (... apart from one posted by Duha yesterday ...) Black-crowned Sparrow Lark Eremopterix nigriceps Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- black-crowned sparrow-lark desert national park eremopterix nigriceps india jaisalmer rajasthan
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Just ... as ...
the Vulture ... left his post ... ... this little volatile guy ... came to the pedestal ... Another relatively infrequent visitor here ... last image came in December 2019 __________ Asian Desert Warbler Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- asian desert warbler curruca nana desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sylvia nana
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Raptor-258 : Tawny Eagle soaring on desert thermals : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Tawny Eagle is a mid-sized true Aquila eagle ... ... there is a great variation in plumage Once ... the commonest eagle on Indian plains ... is now globally Threatened > Vulnerable ... and an infrequent sighting ... It forms a clade with Steppe Eagle ... and Imperial Eagle ... One can...- aloktewari
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- aquila rapax desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan tawny eagle video
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Raptor-257 : Montagu's Harrier male glimpse in flight : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Surprisingly ... first video of this largely European and North Asian species ... a very brief one but with clearly identifiable features ... Handsome ... winter visitors to India ... A polygamous species ... preferring cereal farms as their nesting sites ... _____________________...- aloktewari
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- circus pygargus desert national park india jaisalmer montagu's harrier rajasthan video
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Milky Way and Orion ... Jaisalmer
... seen very well in the night sky view ... at Desert National Park Jaisalmer _____________________ Our resort ... consisting of Swiss tents ... was located barely 500 meters away from the gate of the National park ... at the base of a large dune ... owned by the resort owner ... who...- aloktewari
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- constellation orion desert national park india jaisalmer milky way rajasthan
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Raptor-255
Another raptor ... and some more stare ... just after day break ... ... this time from a far ... far away Pallid Harrier ... male ________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- circus macrourus desert national park india jaisalmer pallid harrier rajasthan
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Raptor-254
One more ... ... with those ... piercing eyes ... Montagu's Harrier Sam Desert Area Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025 ... 5.26 pm- aloktewari
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- circus pygargus desert national park india jaisalmer montagu's harrier rajasthan sam desert area
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Trumpeter Finch male call & song : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Lovely wee finches of desert ... There was a group of six individuals sitting on the rocky desert edge ... there favorite habitat ... watch a male in breeding plumage calling and singing ____________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025 ... 12.36 pm- aloktewari
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- bucanetes githagineus desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan trumpeter finch video
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Great Indian Bustard Critically Endangered- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Enjoy the flight of GIBs ... hopefully not into oblivion ... too soon With only 173 individuals left in the wild ... ... the survival of this species is Critically Threatened We could locate a group of 11 individuals partially hidden in the mid-sized grass on an undulating stretch of land...- aloktewari
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- ardeotis nigriceps desert national park great indian bustard india jaisalmer rajasthan video
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Lovely ...
... wee finches of stony desert ... and scrubland This subspecies breeds in westernmost margins of India and adjoining areas of southern Pakistan Trumpeter Finch ... male subspecies B. g. crassirostris Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- bucanetes githagineus desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan trumpeter finch
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Critical ...
Finally ... ... we could lay our lens on this most critically endangered species ... Lucky to Witness ... history that ... unfortunately ... it may soon become ... Only 173 left in the wild ... Here ... three males are seen ... one of them displaying .. ... for dominance ... The group...- aloktewari
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- ardeotis nigriceps critically endangered desert national park great indian bustard india jaisalmer rajasthan
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