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uttarakhand himalayas
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Butterfly-263
Life - Spring _________________ Bright ... ... and Full of ... delight Spring ... ... Turns on And ... Turns it on ... __________ Painted Lady ... world's most widely distributed butterfly species Ranikhet Altitude 6500 feet Almora Uttarakhand Himalayas India 18 April 2025- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 6500 feet india painted lady butterfly ranikhet uttarakhand himalayas vanessa cardui
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- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Himalayas-907
In nesting mode ... Blue Whistling Thrush Jeolikote Nainital Uttarakhand Himalayas India 17 April 2025- aloktewari
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- blue whistling thrush india jeolikote myophonus caeruleus nainital uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-905
The setting was backlit ... and a maze of bamboo branches all around him ... ... and guy was drumming like mad on that dry ... hollow bamboo stem ... ... for territory and partner ... And ... with his innate intelligence ... he chose the best apparatus to convey his intentions ...- aloktewari
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- almora alt 6500 feet india picumnus innominatus ranikhet speckled piculet uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-904
Definitely ... ... not pleased with our presence in their milieu ... __________________ White-throated Laughingthrush Ranikhet Altitude 6500 feet Uttarakhand Himalayas India 17 April 2025- aloktewari
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- altitude 6500 feet india pterorhinus albogularis ranikhet uttarakhand himalayas white-throated laughingthrush
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-903
A relative rarity at the Forum ... ... only third image in the database ... Last time we saw one was in April 2010 ... and it was just a glimpse ... ... we could barely manage a record shot, then ... As we move up in the Himalayas ... on Nainital Road ... there is a sharp bend of the...- aloktewari
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- india jeolikote long-billed thrush nainital uttarakhand himalayas zoothera monticola
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-901
Fresh water ... the elixir Himalayas ... the perennial source of water ... are getting warmer ... and drier ... ... and this ... we have felt on our skin ... over our 50 years of regular travels ... to different sections of these mighty mountains from west to east ... I am sure ...- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 6500 feet india psittacula himalayana ranikhet slaty-headed parakeet uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-900
Love ... ... Love me do ________________ I believe the couple is well aware of those chart buster lines ________________ Spotted Dove ... pair engaged in advanced courtship ... ... seen well in the video, I will share later ... _________________ Dwarahat Altitude 5100 feet Almora...- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 5100 feet dwarahat india spilopelia chinensis spotted dove uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-899
Life : Paradigms of Good __________________________ There are ... So many ... Paradigms Of good ... Yet ... ... It is You In ... all your Purity I seek ... My Beloved ...! ____________________ Common Rosefinch ... male in breeding plumage 20 April 2025- aloktewari
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- almora carpodacus erythrinus common rosefinch dwarahat himalayan wooded slopes at 5100 feet india uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-898 : Long billed Thrush : infrequently sighted species
Back from the Medical Camp with this return gift ... First video of the species here ... ... a chance finding ... elusive and secretive forest floor dweller ... ... and also seen on the banks of Himalayan streams and water channels ... with surrounding forest cover ... This recording is...- aloktewari
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- india jeolikote long-billed thrush nainital uttarakhand himalayas video zoothera monticola
- Comments: 7
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-896
Estranged ... __________________ Common Myna Dwarahat Altitude 5000 feet Almora Uttarakhand Himalayas India 5 May 2024- aloktewari
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- acridotheres tristis almora altitude 5000 feet common myna dwarahat india uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-894 : Dreams ... and Peace
Life : Dreams ... and Peace Sun ... reached the horizon hanging low for a while ... Tall pines seized ... the moment to kiss him goodnight An owl hooted twice while ... the ever so ebullient thrush ensconced in its roost ... crooned its lilting song one last time And a lovely...- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 5000 feet dwarahat india medical camp sunset in himalayas uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Landscapes
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Himalayas-892
Perched ... in front of a lamp post ... ... designed like an hurricane lantern ____________________ Ultramarine Flycatcher ... male Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 feet Almora Uttarakhand Himalayas India 6 May 2024- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 6500 feet ficedula superciliaris india ranikhet hill station ultramarine flycatcher uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 13
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-891
This ... Black-headed Jay ... doesn't look pleased about us ... barging into his space ... _____________________ 8 November 2024- aloktewari
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- alt. 5500 feet black-headed jay forest-edge garrulax lanceolatus sattal sattal forest-edge altitude 5500 feet uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 11
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 889
Life - Legacy of Silence __________________ Enter ... The vault ... of eyes A vault Deep And wide As History Itself May be ... Even beyond Treasures ... Ensconced ... In echelons Of Memory Quiet ... ... and deep Then ... shall ... Words unravel And redeem Unity And ... Legacy Of Silence...- aloktewari
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- alt. 5500 feet forest-edge india indian white-eye nainital sattal uttarakhand himalayas zosterops palpebrosus
- Comments: 10
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-888
One ... ... last look before ... I go ... go ________________ Rufous-throated Partridge ... on the edge Sattal forest-edge Altitude 5500 feet Nainital Uttarakhand Himalayas India 8 November 2024- aloktewari
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- altitude 5500 feet arborophila rufogularis himalayan wooded slopes india nainital sattal uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-887
They use their amazing bill to produce some very sonorous calls and songs ... ... nearly hypnotic ... _______________ Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler 8 November 2024- aloktewari
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- india pomatorhinus erythrogenys rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler sattal uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-886
Possibly ... one of our most serendipitous images This is a very hyperdynamic ... ... and hyperkinetic species To get even one cleanly is cool ... ... to get two in proper alignment is good luck ... and to get them so with a good refection is nothing less than pure joy ... May be ...- aloktewari
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- black-chinned babbler cyanoderma pyrrhops india nainital sattal forest-edge uttarakhand himalayas
- Comments: 12
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Butterfly-261
Indian Tortoiseshell Uttarakhand Himalayas 12 November 2024- aloktewari
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- algais kasmirensis almora india indian tortoiseshell butterfly ranikhet hill station uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Butterflies & Moths
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Himalayas-885 : Whistler's Warbler : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Kindly be satisfied with whatever little is visible of this rarity, here ... First video record of this species at BF ... ... not reported or recorded frequently from this part of Himalayas ... A fast mover ... ... it was seen foraging and feeding with a group of Indian White-eye and...- aloktewari
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- india jeolikote nainital phylloscopus whistleri uttarakhand himalayas video whistler's warbler
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-883
Himalayan Griffon ... ... cruising moving from one thermal ... to ... another _____________________ Mussorrie Hill Station Altitude 6500 feet Dehradun Uttarakhand Himalayas India- aloktewari
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- altitude 6500 feet dehradun gyps himalayensis himalayan griffon india mussorrie hill station uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-882 : Green-tailed Sunbird male nectaring : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
We waited for him through all morning ... ... did we yes ... we did But ... no ... he had his own rigmarole ... to follow ... ... coming late not soon ... sometime past ... noon ___________________ Nectaring Scarlet Clock Vine flowers ... Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 feet...- aloktewari
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- aethopyga nipalensis almora altitude 6500 feet green-tailed sunbird india ranikhet hill station uttarakhand himalayas video
- Comments: 9
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-881
Life - Promise __________________ From ... Cobwebs of ... Life I Promise To ... disengage Moving to Realm of ... Joy ... and Bliss ... Searching ... No more And ... for Nothing ... Yet ... Finding You ... Behind The veil My Beloved __________________ Forest-edge Sattal Forest Altitude...- aloktewari
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- altitude 5500 feet forest-edge grey-hooded warbler india nainital phylloscopus xanthoschistos sattal forest uttarakhand himalayas
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Himalayas-880 : Fire-breasted Flowerpecker female foraging- Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
First video of the species, here ... colorful ... and hyperdynamic ... canopy dwellers ... ... not easy to capture ... Here, one can see a female foraging and feeding and calling ... during morning time ... __________________ Forest-edge Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500 feet...- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 6500 feet dicaeum ignipectus fire-breasted flowerpecker forest-edge india ranikhet hill station uttarakhand himalayas video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-879
These amazing Laughingthrushes ... ... with impressive eyes and handsome looks ... ... display wonderful social ... vocal ... and behavioral skills ... ... are ... a treat to watch and a gift to record and share ... ____________________ Forest-edge Ranikhet Hill Station Altitude 6500...- aloktewari
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- almora altitude 6500 feet forest-edge garrulax albogularis india ranikhet hill station uttarakhand himalayas video white-throated laughingthrush
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas-878 : Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler bathing : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A colorful and distinctive looking Babbler ... in company of ... ever so ebullient Red-billed Leiothrix ... ... bathing at the forest-edge ... Lovely action to watch and record ... ________________ Sattal Forest-edge Altitude 5500 feet Nainital Uttarakhand Himalayas India 8 November 2024- aloktewari
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- altitude 5500 feet erythrogenys erythrogenys leiothrix lutea nainital rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler sattal forest-edge uttarakhand himalayas video
- Comments: 6
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands