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Raptor-288
Female Pallid Harriers are amazingly beautiful ... watch the detail in this video recording done at ... Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025 ... 4.08 pm- aloktewari
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- circus macrourus desert national park india jaisalmer pallid harrier rajasthan video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-287 : Shikra : soaring on afternoon thermals
Shikra is a widely distributed hawk ... ... in urban ... rural as well as woodland ecosystems ... ... in India Here ... one can see it ... soaring effortlessly ... over the desert landscape at ... Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025 ... 2.30 pm- aloktewari
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- accipiter badius desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan shikra video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Time ...
... to go to Himalayas ... to work in the medial camp there ... This is a charity activity we have been participating in ... since 1998 ... a twice a year event It will keep us away from the forum for a week ... So ... till we meet again ... here's a lovely lark ... Black-crowned...- aloktewari
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- black-crowned sparrow-lark desert national park eremopterix nigriceps india jaisalmer rajasthan
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Asian Desert Warbler in typical habitat
A hyperactive little desert beauty ... ... seen in its preferred setting here ... Asian Desert Warbler ... at Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 30 January 2025- aloktewari
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- asian desert warbler desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sylvia nana video
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Raptor-286
Lady Montagu's ... ... has the most beautiful eye among Raptors ... ... in my opinion ________________________ Montagu's Harrier (f) Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- circus pygargus desert national park india jaisalmer montagu's harrier rajasthan raptor
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-285
... very curious and .. alert ... Keeping an eye on our movement ... and activity in ... their stronghold Egyptian Vulture at ... Jorbeer Vulture Conservation Area Bikaner Rajasthan India- aloktewari
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- bikaner egyptian vulture globally threatened india jorbeer vulture conservation area neophron percnopterus rajasthan
- Comments: 14
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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A fulfilling ...
... eye contact with this handsome bandit ... ... when Sun was at zenith ... Great Grey Shrike- aloktewari
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- desert national park great grey shrike india jaisalmer lanius excubitor rajasthan
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Evening mood ...
... and mix by ... DJ Nature as Sun readies ... to take yet another plunge ... ... at Desert National park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sunset
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Amazing Wildlife of India : by Renu and Alok
Blue Bull is among the top five largest antelopes of the world ... Watch a large male wading through the water body at ... Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India- aloktewari
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- bharatpur blue bull antelope boselapus tragocamelus india keoladeo national park nilgai rajasthan
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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That ...
... Rose though washed ... ... in winter some bleached version is seen well on them ... _______________________ Rosy Starling Jorbeer Conservation Reserve Bikaner Rajasthan India 27 January 2025- aloktewari
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- bikaner india jorbeer conservation reserve pastor roseus rajasthan rosy starling
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Raptor-284
Black Kites ... ... posing rather ... nicely ________________ Jorbeer Vulture Conservation Area Bikaner Rajasthan India 27 January 2025- aloktewari
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Raptor-283
Another delightful find on the highway to the Desert National Park ... Two characteristic features of this mid-sized eagle are clearly visible here ... ... short toes ( very short for a raptor of this size ... ) and ... ... Owl-like countenance _________________________ Short-toed...- aloktewari
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- circaetus gallicus india phalodi rajasthan raptor short-toed eagle
- Comments: 14
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-282
A lucky sighting while driving ... ... on way to the Desert National Park Just came to my peripheral vision ... and as we stopped ... it gave a couple of shots and flew away ... This raider of the bee and wasp nests ... loves honey ... but more so the larvae ... ________________________...- aloktewari
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- india oriental honey buzzard pernis ptilorhynchus phalodi rajasthan
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Water Pipit evening foraging : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First video of the species here ... They have distinct winter and summer plumages ... A low density winter visitor to northern ... and north-western region of India ... Two individuals were seen foraging in the marginal part of a water-body that formed after heavy monsoon rains in the...- aloktewari
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- anthus spinoletta desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sam area video water pipit
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-281 : Short-toed Snake Eagle ultra slo mo flight ... a glimpse
As we spotted it ... ... it took off and moved away ... just giving us a glimpse in flight ... Presented here ... ... in ultra slow motion ... ______________________ Pokhran Rajasthan India 28 January 2025 ... 11.05 pm- aloktewari
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- circaetus gallicus india pokhran rajasthan short-toed eagle video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Rosy Starling group drinking : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and AlokTewari
These attractive ... ... very vocal and ... highly gregarious starlings spend nearly 9 months of an year in India ... but do not breed here ... ... for breeding they migrate to central Asia and eastern Europe ... using vast steppes and open spaces available there ... Watch a very lively...- aloktewari
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- bikaner india jorbeer vulture conservation centre pastor roseus rajasthan rosy starling video
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Raptor-279 : Cinereous Vulture soaring
Arguably ... the largest vulture of the world ... ... a winter visitor to India ... mainly restricted to north western region ... Here ... an individual is seen enjoying the thermals in the afternoon sky ... ... soaring leisurely overhead ... ______________________ Sam Area Desert National...- aloktewari
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- aegypius monachus cinereous vulture desert national park india jaisalmer rajasthan sam area
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White Stork : a vagrant at Jorbeer carcass dump
An extreme rarity in India ... their frequency of sighting is so low that it can be called a vagrant only ... Here, in a lucky sighting ... one adult is seen foraging at the carcass dump in Rajasthan ... Not a pretty sight ... though the stork himself is so good looking ... It shows...- aloktewari
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- bikaner ciconia ciconia india jorbeer vulture conservation centre rajasthan video white stork
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Raptor-278 : Long-legged Buzzard in flight : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A buzzard ... that is more eagle-like in his demeanor and and disposition ... ... arguably the largest among buzzards ... This video was recorded in afternoon in the exclusive desert habitat of Jaisalmer ... ... where it comes during winter ... Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan...- aloktewari
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- buteo rufinus desert national park india jaisalmer long-legged buzzard rajasthan video
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Raptor-277
At day break ... Proximity ... Two giants share a niche ... ... and they really got inquisitive about us being present there ... ... their expression is a give away ... ________________________ Cinereous Vulture Eurasian Griffon Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29...- aloktewari
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- aegypius monachus cinereous vulture desert national park eurasian griffon gyps fulvus india jaisalmer rajasthan
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Raptor-276 : Laggar Falcon in flight : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First video of the species I posted 2 years ago ... ... this one, though, gives a much better view of the falcon in flight ... A mid sized Raptor Laggar falcons ... used to be the most common falcons in the region ... but numbers have declined markedly in recent times and today ...- aloktewari
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- desert national park falco jugger india jaisalmer laggar falcon rajasthan video
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Raptor-273
Proximity ... Three Himalayan Griffons ... mingling well with a larger group of Eurasian Griffons ... _________________________ Desert National Park Jaisalmer Rajasthan India 29 January 2025- aloktewari
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- desert national park eurasian griffon gyps fulvus gyps himalayensis himalayan griffon india jaisalmer rajasthan
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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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Raptor-271 ... Proximity
The Stilt ... in the other image ... took her chances ... The Lapwing was ... though more wary ... standing not in front ... but behind ... the Eagle _______________________ Steppe Eagle Red-wattled Lapwing Jorbeer Vulture Conservation Reserve Bikaner Rajasthan India 27 January 2025- aloktewari
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- aquila nipalensis bikaner india jorbeer vulture conservation reserve rajasthan red-wattled lapwing steppe eagle vanellus indicus
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Raptor-270 : Beauty ...
... and the Beast The beast though ... is ... kind hearted as the story goes ... The Stilt is nearly brushing past the massive talons of the mighty eagle ... _____________ Black-winged Stilt and Steppe Eagle ... Jorbeer Vulture Conservation Reserve Bikaner Rajasthan India 27 January 2025- aloktewari
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- aquila nipalensis bikaner black-winged stilit himantopus himantopus india jorbeer vulture conservation reserve rajasthan steppe eagle
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