Pied Kingfisher in mid-flight carrying a fish in its beak, with a fine trail of water droplets suspended behind it against a softly blurred background.
Lunch in transit.
Pied Kingfisher.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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An Indian Pitta stands on a slanted branch in a forest, its colorful plumage visible—green back, turquoise wing patch, buff-orange belly, and a dark eye stripe, with soft green bokeh behind.
The angle of elegance.
Indian Pitta.
📍Bhondsi, Haryana
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A male blackbuck stands partially surrounded by tall dry grass in Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan. It faces forward with a calm, alert expression, its long spiraled horns forming a symmetrical frame above its head. The dark facial markings contrast with its lighter body, while the soft, golden background remains clean and out of focus.
The Spiral Crown.
Blackbuck.
📍 Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan.
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Two Black-winged Kites are captured mid-air against a pale, high-key sky, holding a brief pause during an aerial conflict. Their wings are outstretched with subtle contrast, and a measured distance separates them, creating a calm, minimalist composition despite the underlying tension.
A measured distance.
Even conflict allows a moment of stillness.
Black-winged Kites.
📍Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan.
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A Laggar Falcon in mid-flight over scrub habitat in Bikaner, wings arched and tail fanned wide. Its legs hang slightly below the body as it slows in the air. The bird is sharply detailed against a smooth, softly blurred background of muted earthy tones, highlighting its controlled posture in flight.
The Instant of Intent.
Wings arched, tail fanned and feet lowered, the falcon checks its speed in a controlled moment — a prelude to the hunt.
Laggar Falcon
📍Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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White-browed Fantail perched on a short wooden stump, tail fully fanned into a wide semicircle with brown feathers tipped in white. The bird faces sideways, showing a sharp eye and distinct white eyebrow, against a smooth, softly blurred green and brown background.
Fanned to perfection.
White-browed Fantail.
📍Mangar, Haryana.
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White-throated Kingfisher in flight carrying a small prey, wings spread with water droplets trailing, against a soft blurred background. Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
Tactical Extraction.
White-throated Kingfisher.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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Two Indian Desert Foxes standing upright and playfully interacting in dry scrub habitat in Bikaner, Rajasthan. One fox rests its forelegs on the other as they engage in bonding behaviour, surrounded by sparse grass and thorny bushes under warm light.
A moment of connection.
Indian Desert Fox pair engaging in playful bonding behaviour — often seen in the lead-up to the breeding season, but rarely witnessed at such close range.
November 2024.
📍Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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Spotted owlet perched on a curved tree branch against a smooth green background, facing the camera with bright yellow eyes and a direct, alert gaze.
A common face of Surajpur Wetlands. Still impossible to ignore.
Among its many residents, few command a gaze quite like this.
Spotted Owlet.
📍Surajpur Wetlands , Uttar Pradesh.
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Short-eared Owl in flight at Dhanauri wetlands, wings fully spread and eyes focused, captured in soft morning light against a clear sky.
Short-eared Owl at Dhanauri, photographed yesterday, lingering at the edge of the season.
A brief spell of cooler weather over Delhi NCR holding the window open.
📍Dhanauri Wetlands, Uttar Pradesh.
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Egyptian Vulture captured mid-movement in grassland, with one wing partially raised and body leaning forward. Its yellow face and pale plumage stand out against a soft green background, with layered flight feathers visible and a focused, intent posture.
Ever wondered what a bird from a 4000-year-old hieroglyph looks like in real life? Meet the Egyptian Vulture—also known as the ‘Pharaoh’s Chicken.’
📍Dhanauri Wetlands, Uttar Pradesh.
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Steppe Eagle in Bikaner lifting off from dry grassland, wings fully spread and glowing in warm golden light, talons just off the ground, with a soft, blurred desert background.
Gravity ends. Majesty begins.
Steppe Eagle.
📍Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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Russet Sparrow perched on a bright red rhododendron flower, photographed in Ramgarh, Uttarakhand. The bird shows a warm chestnut crown, white underparts, and a distinct black throat patch. It is sharply in focus against a soft, blurred background of red blooms and green foliage, creating strong subject isolation and contrast.
Russet Sparrow on rhododendron bloom.
World Sparrow Day.
📍Ramgarh, Uttarakhand.
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Pied Kingfisher flying low over water, flicking its head back with a curved spray of droplets around it, eye partly covered by a pale membrane.
The mid-flight flick 💦
After surfacing from a dive,Pied Kingfishers flick their head back to shed water.Captured mid-flight, the arc of droplets reflects that rapid recovery. The pale film over the eye is the nictitating membrane, briefly visible after the dive.
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“Golden Passage” — Picture of the Week in today’s edition of Amateur Photographer (UK).
Captured at Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, on a winter morning when fog and backlight briefly turned the trail into a glowing corridor.
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A close-up profile of a Bronze-winged Jacana standing on one leg among marsh vegetation. The bird has a striking white stripe above its eye, an iridescent deep-green neck, and rich bronze-brown wings with a patch of vibrant claret-red. The background is a soft, creamy bokeh of greens and blues, highlighting the bird's regal posture in Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India.
Light catching the bronze wings of a marshland wanderer.
Bronze-winged Jacana.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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A dark silhouette of a raptor flying across the glowing disk of the rising sun. The bird’s wings are spread wide as it crosses the sun, creating an eclipse-like moment against a deep orange sunrise sky. The lower part of the frame fades into darker reddish tones, emphasizing the minimalist scene and the powerful contrast between the bird and the sun.
Solar Sovereign.
A raptor’s transit across a burning star.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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Two Glossy Ibises confront each other mid-air above a misty wetland in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. The ibis on the right lifts one wing high while facing the other bird, which turns slightly away, showing iridescent green and bronze tones on its back and wings. Their long curved bills point toward one another as their legs dangle during the aerial interaction. Below them, a tightly packed group of Eurasian Coots sits together on a small muddy patch surrounded by shallow water, appearing calm beneath the dramatic moment above.
Quiet below. Riot above.
A mid-air clash between two Glossy Ibises above a flock of resting Eurasian Coots.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan
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Three Common Cranes standing on a sandy mound in the grasslands of Tal Chhapar while a Blackbuck grazes behind them, its head visible between the cranes’ long legs. Soft green foliage and tree branches blur in the background, highlighting the interaction between migratory birds and a resident antelope.
Winter guests in antelope country.
Common Cranes among grazing Blackbuck.
📍Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan.
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Silhouette of an Indian Spotted Deer stag standing slightly left of center beneath a natural arch formed by dark trees. Warm golden light glows through mist in the background, creating a tunnel-like forest scene at Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan. The stag’s antlers are sharply outlined against the illuminated haze.
Framed by nature.
Sustained by respect.
World Wildlife Day.
Indian Spotted Deer
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Action shot of a Pied Kingfisher rising from water with a fish in its beak. The bird is shedding water droplets in a dramatic spray against a blurred background. High-speed wildlife photography showing intense detail of the feathers and the catch.
Between water and sky.
Clean exit.
Pied Kingfisher
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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A Laggar Falcon perched on a weathered stone pillar in the Thar Desert, gripping a Spiny-tailed Lizard in its talons. The falcon leans forward in a feeding posture, its hooked beak close to the lizard’s head. Warm desert light highlights the falcon’s brown plumage and long tail, while the background is softly blurred in muted green tones, isolating the bird against the smooth backdrop.
Raptor Law of the Thar Desert.
Laggar Falcon with Spiny-tailed Lizard kill.
📍Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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A Yellow-crowned Woodpecker clings vertically to the deeply fissured grey-brown bark of a tree in Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan. Its brilliant red and golden-yellow crown contrasts with a pale face marked by dark streaks and a bold black-and-white checkered pattern across its wings and back. The background fades into soft earth tones and green leaves, emphasizing the bird’s vivid crest and the rugged texture of the trunk.
Flame on timber.
Yellow-crowned Woodpecker.
📍Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan.
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A high-resolution wildlife photograph of an adult Asian elephant and its calf on a forest path. The adult elephant, seen from the side, uses its trunk to hold a leafy branch near its mouth. The smaller calf walks close to its mother’s side for protection. The image features warm, earthy tones and dappled sunlight filtering through a lush green jungle background.
The Gentle Fortress.
Asian Elephant.
📍 Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
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A side-profile action shot of a Grey Heron in steady, low-level flight over the wetlands of Bharatpur. The heron’s long neck is extended, its beak slightly open, and its large grey-and-black wings are arched upward, showing intricate feather detail. In the soft-focus background, the white dome and golden spire of the centuries-old Keoladeo Temple rise above a treeline of palms, anchoring the hazy blue horizon over the water.
Ancient land. Eternal wings.
Grey Heron.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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A sharp, eye-level, full-body portrait of an Indian Golden Jackal walking directly toward the camera on a trail in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. The jackal has a focused, intense gaze with light-colored eyes and golden-brown fur. It is captured mid-stride with one front paw slightly lifted, set against a soft, blurred background of sun-drenched scrubland.
Eye to eye.
Notoriously shy — rarely this close.
Indian Golden Jackal.
📍Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan.
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A Glossy Ibis captured mid-landing in Bharatpur, wings arched wide and feathers splayed as it descends. The bird’s copper-toned body and long curved bill stand out against a soft blue and green marsh backdrop with out-of-focus waterfowl below.
Full flare before touchdown.
Glossy Ibis.
📍Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
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A tiger cub of tigress Riddhi walking forward through rocky terrain in Ranthambore, its body streaked with mud. The cub’s tail is raised, eyes focused ahead, with water droplets suspended in the air behind it.
Riddhi’s cub. Mud-streaked, steady-eyed, moving with intent.
May 2024.
📍Ranthambore, Rajasthan.
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Common Hawk-Cuckoo perched on a branch in dappled forest light, tossing a small insect upward from its open bill before swallowing. The bird shows grey upperparts, barred underparts, and a bright yellow eye.
Light, shadow, and a quick toss to align the meal.
Common-Hawk Cuckoo.
📍Sultanpur National Park, Haryana
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Close-up portrait of an Indian Roller perched on a small dry branch at Sultanpur National Park. The bird shows a turquoise crown, streaked brown throat, buff-brown wings, and vivid blue underparts and tail. The background is softly blurred scrub vegetation, highlighting the bird’s detailed plumage and alert expression.
Electric blues against muted scrub — Indian Roller.
📍Sultanpur National Park, Haryana
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