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  1. Himalayas-787

    Himalayas-787

    A pair of eye-catching beauties ... at ... the forest-edge ___________________ Greater Yellownape ... male above Sattal forest-edge Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet chrysophlegma flavinucha greater yellownape india sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  2. Himalayas-786

    Himalayas-786

    Large ... and hyperkinetic ... ... do not often allow a frame filler closeup ... Red-billed Blue Magpie Sattal forest-edge Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 ft. india red-billed blue magpie sattal forest urocissa erythrorhyncha uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  3. Himalayas-785 : Greater Flameback pair : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-785 : Greater Flameback pair : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    First video clip on this species here ... At the day break in Sattal ... ... as we opened the door of our room ... We spotted this fabulous pair right across the compound ... ... on the edge of the lake ... ... on a high tree ... ... doing the early morning drill ... ______________...
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet chrysocolaptes guttacristatus greater flameback india nainital sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  4. Himalayas-783 : Rufous-bellied Niltava male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-783 : Rufous-bellied Niltava male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Rufous-bellied Niltava ... male Sattal Forest Alt. 5500 ft. Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 ft. india niltava sundara rufous-bellied niltava sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  5. Himalayas-782

    Himalayas-782

    Hyperkinetic ... ... oozing energy ... and exuberance of life force ... Always ... live life in 2x mode ... Imagine ... some misguided dopes put them in cages ... _____________________ Red-billed Leiothrix Sattal forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet india leiothrix leiothrix lutea red-billed leiothrix sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  6. Himalayas-780

    Himalayas-780

    They always look so immaculately dressed ... ... and alert ... probably needed for their high profile lifestyle ... 😊 ... such a dapper he is ... ____________________ Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch ... male Dwarahat Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5000 feet chestnut-bellied nuthatch india nuthatch sattal forest sitta cinnamoventris uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Himalayas-779 : Maroon Oriole : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-779 : Maroon Oriole : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Many a birder had spent a lot of time looking for them ... without much avail ... making these appearences very special ... He may be seen in company of a Black-naped Woodpecker ... who was perched on the vertical part of the same branch ... in this video-clip ...
    • aloktewari
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    • altitude 5500 feet black-naped woodpecker grey-headed woodpecker india maroon oriole oriolus traillii picus canus sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  8. Himalayas-775

    Himalayas-775

    Named ... Rusty-cheeked ... ... but are very vocal indeed ... and have a very melodious song ... ... and they are ... very active as well ... not rusty at all ... _____________________ Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Sattal Forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 26 October 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • altitude 5500 feet babbler himalayan forest and forest-edge at 5500 feet india pomatorhinus erythrogenys rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  9. 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 Owls 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
    • aloktewari
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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
  10. 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
    • aloktewari
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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
  11. Himalayas-767

    Himalayas-767

    A Classique ... ... by Nutty ____________________ Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sattal Forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 26 October 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • altitude 5500 feet chestnut-bellied nuthatch india sattal forest sitta cinnamoventris uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  12. 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
  13. Raptor-198

    Raptor-198

    Eyes ... in front ... and False eyes behind Eyes on face ... ... and False yes on the Occipital Face Here is ... Collared Pygmy Owl for you ... Smallest Owl in Asia ... ___________________ Taenioptynx brodiei Sattal forest Nainital India 26 October 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • collared pygmy owl forest-edge pygmy owl sattal forest taenioptynx brodiei
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  14. Himalayas-761

    Himalayas-761

    Very vocal at dawn and dusk ... their habit of scurrying along the forest floor and under the bushes has earned them an alternate name ... the mouse bird _____________________ Streaked Laughing Thrush Sattal Forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 26 October 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • altitude 5500 feet india mouse bird sattal forest streaked laughing thrush trochalopteron lineatum uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  15. Himalayas-755

    Himalayas-755

    Back from the medical camp in Himalayas ... ... with bag full of return gifts ... ___________________ Life - Behind Azure _____________ Hiding behind ... ... Vast azure And ... ... Ensconced in Deafening silence I search ... And find You My Beloved ________________ Blue Whistling...
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet altitude 5500 feet blue whistling thrush india myophonus caeruleus sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  16. Himalayas-751

    Himalayas-751

    Made a flitting appearance ... ______________________ Rufous-bellied Niltava Sattal forest-edge Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet forest-edge india niltava sundara rufous-bellied niltava sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  17. Himalayas-748

    Himalayas-748

    A distinguished Himalayan ... Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 erythrogenys erythrogenys forest-edge india nainital rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  18. Himalayas-745

    Himalayas-745

    Not easy to compose their shots ... ... gotta take what I get ... _____________________ Indian Paradise Flycatcher Forest-edge Sattal Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 7 April 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet indian paradise flycatcher sattal forest terpsiphone paradisi
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  19. Himalayas-743

    Himalayas-743

    Dropped in ... ... to say hello ... ... at the forest edge _______________ Red-billed Leiothrix Sattal forest Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 india leiothrix lutea nainital red-billed leiothrix sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  20. Himalayas-742

    Himalayas-742

    A Himalayan afternoon ... ... made colorful by his presence _______________ Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sattal Forest-edge Altitude 5500 feet India
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 chestnut-bellied nuthatch himalayas india sattal forest sitta cinnamoventris
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Himalayas-739 : Grey Treepie & White throated Laughingthrush : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-739 : Grey Treepie & White throated Laughingthrush : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari

    Two fabulous Himalayan species ... ... frolicking bathing ... and drinking ... ___________________ Sattal Forest-edge Altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 27 October 2022 ... 4.00 pm
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 feet dendrocitta formosae garrulax albogularis grey treepie india sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video white-throated laughingthrush
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  22. Himalayas-733

    Himalayas-733

    This lady ... too was portrait savvy ___________________ Grey-headed Woodpecker Sattal Forest-edge Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • altitude 5500 ft. grey-headed woodpecker india picus canus sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  23. Himalayas-732 : White throated Laughingthrush drinking : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Himalayas-732 : White throated Laughingthrush drinking : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari

    Intelligent ... vocal ... and gregarious Amazing birds these White-throated Laughingthrushes Watch them in action in this closeup video-clip ... _______________________ Sattal forest-edge ... altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India
    • aloktewari
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    • garrulax albogularis india laughingthrush sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas video white-throated laughingthrush
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  24. I'm your fan ...

    I'm your fan ...

    White-throated Fantail Forest-edge Sattal Altitude 5500 Uttarakhand Himalayas India
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    • fantail forest-edge india rhipidura albicollis sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas white-throated fantail
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  25. Raptor-175

    Raptor-175

    A full frame shot ... Brown Wood Owl Sattal : altitude 5500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 7 April 2023
    • aloktewari
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    • alt. 5500 brown wood owl india owl sattal forest strix leptogrammica uttarakhand himalayas
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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