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  1. Butterfly-251

    Butterfly-251

    Another Himalayan beauty ... Himalayan Brimstone male Gnopteryx nipalensis 60-70 mm open hillside 4000-8000 feet Active February to October Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 feet Almora Uttarakhand Himalayas India 31 October 2023
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    • almora altitude 6500 feet gnopteryx nipalensis himalayan brimstone male butterfly india ranikhet hill station uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  2. Lakescape-991

    Lakescape-991

    Sometimes ... ... them waders do ... come close _________________ Ruff Inundated agrarian wilderness Gurugram Haryana India
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    • gurugram haryana india inundated agrarian wilderness lakescape philomachus pugnax ruff
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Raptor-202 : Collared Owlet showing false eyes : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-202 : Collared Owlet showing false eyes : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    This ... smallest species of Owl in Asia ... has a set of false of occipital eyes ... on the back of the head ... ... a great strategy by nature ... ___________________ Taenioptynx brodiei Sattal forest Nainital India 26 October 2023
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    • altitude 5500 feet collared owlet himalayan forest and forest-edge at 5500 feet india nainital . sattal forest taenioptynx brodiei uttarakhand himalayas video
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Lakescape-990 : Pheasant-tailed Jacana : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape-990 : Pheasant-tailed Jacana : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Video done in the Wetland ... that lost out to development ... _____ Pheasant-tailed Jacana ( Hydrophasianus chirurgus ) Basai wetlands District Gurgaon Haryana India 18 June 2015
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    • basai wetlands district gurgaon haryana hydrophasianus chirurgus india lost and degraded wetlands pheasant-tailed jacana video
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Lakescape-989

    Lakescape-989

    A closeup ... ... through a fortuitous gap in the ... marginal hedge ... ____________________ Purple Heron
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    • ardea purpurea bharatpur india keoladeo national park purple heron wetland
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Raptor-201 : Dusky Eagle Owl : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Raptor-201 : Dusky Eagle Owl : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Dusky Eagle-owl Sitting almost vertically overhead ... Seen through a narrow window among branches ... ... doing a 180 degree head turn to look at us ... _______ Bubo coromandus Dist. Jhajjar Haryana India November-2017
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    • bubo coromandus district jhajjar dusky eagle owl haryana india video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Lakescape-988

    Lakescape-988

    Two Arctic ... ... sub-arctic gentlemen ... ... came together in tropics ... At a time ... when the world was still grappling with covid ... ________________ Spotted Redshank Common Greenshank Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India
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    • bharatpur common greenshank india keoladeo national park migration mixed wetland and forest rajasthan spotted redshank tringa erythropus tringa nebularia wader
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Lakescape-987

    Lakescape-987

    A Darter ... ... becomes a Fantail ... As ... it exercises its dart ... ___________________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India
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    • anhinga melanogaster bharatpur darter india keoladeo national park lakescape oriental darter rajasthan
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. A

    Birds in Books (2010)

    I am happy to announce that now you can now click on the title and download a PDF of this book. Birds in Books: Three Hundred Years of South Asian Ornithology—A Bibliography (2010).
  10. Himalayas-769

    Himalayas-769

    Designer ... day-break ... at Sattal ... the valley was ... effulgent almost ... ___________________ Sattal Valley Uttarakhand Himalayas India 27 October 2023
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    • green-backed tit himalayan valley at 5500 feet india parus monticolus sattal uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Himalayas-768 : White crested Laughingthrush : closeup : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-768 : White crested Laughingthrush : closeup : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Watch the activity of these amazingly beautiful Laughingthrushes in a close up video recording ... Sattal Forest Altitude 5500 feet District Nainital Uttarakhand Himalayas India
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    • altitude 5500 feet district nainital garrulax leucolophus india sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video white-crested laughingthrush
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. Butterfly-249

    Butterfly-249

    An uncommon Himalayan butterfly ... called Tabby ... Pseudergolis vedah 55-65 mm Sattal Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 27 October 2023
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    • altitude 5500 feet himalayan forest-edge at 5500 feet india pseudergolis vedah sattal tabby butterfly uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  13. Lakescape-986

    Lakescape-986

    It was ... ... that kind of ... A monochrome day ... ... at Keoladeo The Grebes ... ... were far away ... ... but aligned briefly ... ___________________
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    • bharatpur great crested grebe india keoladeo national park mixed wetland and forest podiceps cristatus rajasthan
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Lakescape-985 : Spotted Crake : rarity in lost wetland : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape-985 : Spotted Crake : rarity in lost wetland : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Post sunset record of this rare winter visitor to India ... ... now that ... this wetland is totally wiped out ... it may be well nigh impossible to spot another Spotted Crake ... soon Lost Wetland of Basai Gurugram Haryana India
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    • gurugram haryana india lost waterbody with reed hedging lost wetland of basai porzana porzana spotted crake video
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Raptor-200

    Raptor-200

    Definitely ... ... deserves to be 200th Raptor post ... ________________ White-tailed Eagle Sultanpur National Park Gurugram Haryana India 2 February 2022
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    • agrarian wildernes gurugram haliaeetus albicilla haryana india mixed wetland and forest sultanpur national park white-tailed eagle
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Himalayas-767

    Himalayas-767

    A Classique ... ... by Nutty ____________________ Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sattal Forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 26 October 2023
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    • altitude 5500 feet chestnut-bellied nuthatch india sattal forest sitta cinnamoventris uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Himalayas-766

    Himalayas-766

    Himalayan Bulbul ... posing
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    • alt. 5500 himalayan bulbul india pycnonotus leucogenys sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Butterfly-248

    Butterfly-248

    A rare species of Tortoiseshell ... ... seen in Himalayas seen in summers between the heights of 8000 to 15000 feet We captured it in October end ... and it was real serendipity to get it at the height of 6500 feet ... probably some altitudinal movement occurring during autumn ... Mountain...
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    • aglais rizana butterfly almora altitude 6500 feet himalayan butterfly india mountain tortoiseshell butterfly ranikhet hill station rare butterfly uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  19. Himalayas-764

    Himalayas-764

    Kalij ... male ... on the forest-edge ___________________ Kalij Pheasant Sattal Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 26 October 2023
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    • altitude 5500 feet india kalij pheasant lophura leucomelanos sattal uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Blue-tailed Bee-eater : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Blue-tailed Bee-eater : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Bee-eaters are fascinating birds to watch ... Brightly colored and fabulously shaped ... it is a great sight when they glide down to a perch ... Blue tailed Bee-eater Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India
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    • bee-eater bharatpur blue-tailed bee eater india keoladeo national park merops philippinus rajasthan video wetland
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Butterfly-247

    Butterfly-247

    Butterfly called ... Rustic Cupha erymanthis 50-60 mm Brush-footed butterfly They ... Nectar Eat plants Drink liquid from carrion Himalayas upto 5200 feet and Sahyadri mountains upto 7000 feet __________________ This individual was captured in Himalayas above the described range ...
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    • almora cupha erymanthis india ranikhet hill station rustic butterfly uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  22. Raptor-197

    Raptor-197

    Definitely ... not pleased about the proximity ... __________________ Spotted Owlet Athene brama Village Mankrola Gurugram Haryana India 8 August 2023
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    • agrarian wilderness with marginal open forest athene brama gurugram haryana india raptor spotted owlet village mankrola
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Lakescape-983 : Grey headed Swamphen : territorial display: Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Lakescape-983 : Grey headed Swamphen : territorial display: Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Two individuals ... ... engaged in territorial display and show-off ... ___________________ Village Mankrola Jhajjar Haryana India 8 August 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • agrarian wilderness with inundated fields grey-headed swamphen haryana india jhajjar porphyrio poliocephalus territorial display video village mankrola
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. Butterfly-247

    Butterfly-247

    Indian Cabbage White Pieris canidia In Himalayas between 2000-11000 feet ( This was captured at a lower altitude) Bank of River Ganga Rishikesh Uttarakhand Himalayas India 5 October 2023
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    • bank of river ganga butterfly india indian cabbage white butterfly pieris canidia rishikesh uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  25. Adaptability ...

    Adaptability ...

    ... is the hallmark of superior intelligence ... Well ... one may or may not agree with that viewpoint ... but the parents of these juvenile Bank Mynas know it well ... ... using a pipe inserted in the column of a bridge for rearing the young ... These chicks had already fledged ...
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    • acridotheres ginginianus adaptability and myna bank myna guugram haryana india kmp highway
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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