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  1. Lakescape-1K106

    Lakescape-1K106

    Gotcha ... ! Great Egret ... ... in action and ... making a splash ... ... surprisingly somehow ... not disturbing ... the good reflection ... ___________________ Gurugram Rural Haryana India
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    • agrarian wilderness and scattered waterbodies egreta alba great egret gurugram rural haryana india
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Raptor-247

    Raptor-247

    Perched majestically ... on a mound ... then taking off ... granting me a momentary eye contact ... __________________ White-tailed Eagle Sultanpur National Park India
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    • gurugram haliaeetus albicilla haryana india raptor sultanpur national park white-tailed eagle
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Raptor-246 : Imperial Eagle apex predator on top : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-246 : Imperial Eagle apex predator on top : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    An adult Imperial Eagle ... the apex predator ... ... perched on top and surveying the the wetland ... ... on World Wetlands Day ... at Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2023
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    • apex predator aquila heliaca gurugram haryana imperial eagle india raptor sultanpur national park video
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Bay-backed Shrike ; feeding behavior : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Bay-backed Shrike ; feeding behavior : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    It disengaged and re-impaled the prey on different thorns 3-4 times ... ... tearing it bit-by-bit ... and devouring it full ... even cleaning-up the minimal bit on the prick like polishing off a bone ... _________ Bay-backed Shrike ( Lanius vittatus ) Open Countryside Dist. Gurgaon...
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    • bay-backed shrike gurgaon haryana india lanius vittatus video
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. On a ...

    On a ...

    ... very misty winter morning _______________ Grey Heron
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    • ardea cinerea grey heron haryana india jajjar
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Lakescape-1K104 : Sarus pair & Nilgai Antelope on WWD- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape-1K104 : Sarus pair & Nilgai Antelope on WWD- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    An early February morning had broken and Kingfisher called ... on World Wetlands Day ... in the idyllic setting of ... Sultanpur National Park Majestic Sarus Crane pair was standing tall on a mound ... ... while the Nilgai Antelopes grazed unhurriedly ... A Wetland classic on that...
    • aloktewari
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    • grus antigone gurugram haryana india sarus crane sultanpur national park video world wetlands day 2 february 2023
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Raptor-245 : Booted Eagle both light & dark morphs : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-245 : Booted Eagle both light & dark morphs : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Both light and dark morphs seen in this recording together ... are winter visitors of India ... ... dark morph being more common than the light morph ... Captured on ... World Wetlands Day ___________________ Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 2...
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    • booted eagle booted eagle (dark form) booted eagle (light morph) gurugram haryana hieraaetus pennatus india sultanpur national park video
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Red Avadavat M & F group feeding : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Red Avadavat M & F group feeding : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Watch a group of much persecuted ... these richly colorful beauties ... ... swinging on the reed stalks ... and enjoying the cornucopia ... ---------------------- aka ... Strawberry finch Chandu Budhera Gurugram Rural Haryana India 2 February 2023
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    • amandava amandava chandu budhera gurugram rural haryana india red avadavat strawberry finch video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. Lakescape-1K102

    Lakescape-1K102

    Quintessential ... wetland scene during winter ... On the World Wetlands Day ... on a small but lovely wetland of Sultanpur National Park The migratory waterfowl ... are seen in the ... background while .. the foreground is occupied by the impressive pair of Sarus cranes (Antigone...
    • aloktewari
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    • anas crecca antigone antigone common teal eurasian coot fulica atra gurugram haryana india northern shoveler sarus crane spatula clypeata sultanpur national park world wetlands day 2 february 2023
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Lakescape-1K101 : Western Marsh Harrier flying over wetland : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape-1K101 : Western Marsh Harrier flying over wetland : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A large species of Harriers ... ... winter visitor to the agrarian wilderness and grasslands of India ... Here ... a female is captured in flight surveying the wetland ... full of waterfowl ... ... on the World Wetlands Day ________________- Gurugram Rural Haryana India 2 February 2023
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    • circus aeruginosus gurugram rural haryana india video western marsh harrier world wetlands day
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Asian Woolly necked Stork : Near Threatened : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Asian Woolly necked Stork : Near Threatened : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A globally Threatened Species Fabulous mid-sized storks with fluffy white neck feathers giving the appearance of neck being covered by wool ... Have wonderful contrasting black and white color and a distinctive black skull cap ... ... with lovely colors of iris ... bill and legs ...
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    • agrarian wilderness and scattered waterbodies asian woolly-necked stork chandu budhera ciconia episcopus episcopus ciconia gurugram haryana india video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Black Redstart foraging male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Black Redstart foraging male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    First video of the species linked to the Opus ... This species is a winter visitor to the plains ... A male is seen foraging in the dry open forest area of the National Park ... ___________________ Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2023
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    • black redstart gurugram haryana india phoenicurus ochruros sultanpur national park video
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Raptor-244 : White tailed Eagle : super winter visitor : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-244 : White tailed Eagle : super winter visitor : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A regular but infrequently sighted winter visitor to India ... With their close to ten feet wing span they are super ... and truly majestic winter visitors to India ... _________________ Sultanpur National Park Haryana India 2 February 2023
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    • haliaeetus albicilla haryana india sultanpur national park video white-tailed eagle
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Orange headed Thrush feeding : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Orange headed Thrush feeding : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    These lively and brightly colored beauties ... ... lighten the dark and mundane looking forest floor ... ... they are preferentially ground dwelling thrushes and forage actively in the leaf litter ... There are many subspecies seen in India and Southeast Asia ... ___________________...
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    • geokichla citrina gurugram haryana india orange-headed thrush sultanpur national park video world wetlands day zoothera citrina
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Lakescape-1K100

    Lakescape-1K100

    Tread ... ever so cautiously ... ... when you see humans around ... ___________________ Common Sandpiper Dighal Village Jhajjar Haryana India
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    • actitis hypoleucos common sandpiper dighal village haryana india jhajjar
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. High fliers ...

    High fliers ...

    ... regularly fly well over the Mount Everest ... ... during migration ... in ... and ... out ... ________________ Bar-headed Goose Nazafgarh Wetland and Marshes Gurugram Haryana India
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    • anser indicus bar-headed goose gurugram haryana india nazafgarh wetland and marshes
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Painted Stork group of 20 in flight : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Painted Stork group of 20 in flight : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    It was a gloriously bright day ... and a spotless azure provided a fabulous canvas ... ... and ... ... it was up to the Painted Storks to do justice to such a grand setting and paint the sky with with their magical flight ... using the surreally ... real brushes ... of strong thermals...
    • aloktewari
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    • flight video gurugram haryana india mycteria leucocephala painted stork sultanpur national park video
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Raptor-245 : Four big Eagle species in one sky frame : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-245 : Four big Eagle species in one sky frame : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    One of the most serendipitous day of our birding life ... of many decades ... getting these four magnificent aerial hunters in single frame ... ... gathered at Sultanpur National Park ... a tiny wetland in Gurugram ... All of them are winter visitors to India ... And ... to top it ... it...
    • aloktewari
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    • aquila heliaca aquila nipalensis booted eagle gurugram haliaeetus albicilla haryana hieraaetus pennatus imperial eagle. india steppe eagle sultanpur national park video white-tailed eagle
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Huge ...

    Huge ...

    ... escort with lone Ibis ... _________________ Eurasian Spoonbill Glossy Ibis Nazafgarh Wetland and Marshes Gurugram Haryana India
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    • eurasian spoonbill glossy ibis gurugram haryana india nazafgarh wetland and marshes platalea leucorodia plegadis falcinellus
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Black breasted Weaver nest material & call : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Black breasted Weaver nest material & call : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A small lovely weaver with a golden cap ... A polygamous species ... males alone build more than one nest ... ... for final selection by a female ... _________________ Ploceus benghalensis Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Rural Haryana India 25 July 2024
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    • black-breasted weaver gurugram rural haryana india ploceus benghalensis sultanpur flats video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. The greens ...

    The greens ...

    ... all aligned and having a good time ... ______________ Asian Green Bee-eater Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Haryana India 25 July 2024
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    • asian green bee-eater gurugram haryana india merops orientalis sultanpur flats
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Nilgai Antelope : nine bulls in wilderness- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Nilgai Antelope : nine bulls in wilderness- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Arguably the largest antelope in Asia ... ... they roam free in the agrarian wilderness of India ... though the farmers dread their fence ... ___________________ Bosephalus tragocamelus Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Rural Haryana India 25 July 2024
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    • bosephalus tragocamelus gurugram haryana india nilgai video
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  23. Lakescape-1K99

    Lakescape-1K99

    High breeding time plumage ... and ... behavior ... ____________________ Indian Pond Heron Gurugram Rural Haryana India 25 July 2024
    • aloktewari
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    • ardeola grayii gurugram rural haryana india indian pond heron
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Indian Hare darting across wilderness : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Indian Hare darting across wilderness : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    A fairly good sized Hare ... through widely distributed across India ... the sightings have decreased ... ... due to constant persecution ... and majorly due to loss as well as massive degradation of the habitat ... ___________________ Lepus nigricollis Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Rural...
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    • gurugram rural haryana india indian hare lepus nigricollis sultanpur flats
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  25. Grey Francolin group moving like little dinos : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Grey Francolin group moving like little dinos : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Video ... ... shot through the windscreen ... It shows ... nine individuals foraging and ... feeding ... and moving like little dinosaurs ... ___________________ Sultanpur Flats Gurugram Rural Haryana India 25 July 2024
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    • francolinus pondicerianus grey francolin gurugram rural haryana india ortygornis pondicerianus sultanpur flats video
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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