Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

The Irritating Fellow

A house crow (Corvus splendens) badgering a Eurasian Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus).

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400

Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Kingfisher with Skink

Jewel of Konkan – as tiny bird and a doting parent!

Exif: 1/3200s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 500

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Dropped in Flight

A Purple Heron was caught dropping the fish after a chase with another heron at Mangalajodi.

Exif: 1/3200s, ƒ/4, ISO 320

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Searching for Food

The small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole, is a small wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 640

Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Spectacular Show

A shot of the air show, Aero India, held at Air Force Station in Yelahanka, Bengaluru.

Exif: 1/1000s, ƒ/8, ISO 500

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Girl Power

The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds that resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 720

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Jewel of Bhitarkanika

The mangrove pitta is a species of passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent and western Southeast Asia. It is part of a superspecies where it is placed with the Indian pitta, the fairy pitta and the blue-winged pitta but has no recognized subspecies.

Exif: 1/500s, ƒ/4, ISO 2000

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Grassland Beauty

The blackbuck, also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to 74 to 84 cm high at the shoulder.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 220

Photography by Prakash Maharana, Odisha, India

Silhouette

Silhouette suggests a shape especially of a head or figure with all detail blacked out in shadow leaving only the outline clearly defined.

Exif: 1/4000s, ƒ/6.3, ISO 400

Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Buffalo Grazing

The ecosystem of the famous and magical land for birds – Mangalajodi Wetland.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/4, ISO 500

Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

Portrait

The Sri Lanka frogmouth, Sri Lankan frogmouth or Ceylon frogmouth is a small frogmouth found in the Western Ghats of south India and Sri Lanka. Related to the nightjars, it is nocturnal and is found in forest habitats.

Exif: 1/3200s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 500

Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

The Prey & The Predator

Purple heron with Murrel fish kill.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 560

Photography by Prakash Maharana, Odisha, India

Sunset View

Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth’s rotation.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/6.3, ISO 800

Photography by Neelima M Reddy, Odisha, India

Holy Anklets

I fell for these lovely anklets; captured it in Barsana during holii; Radhe Radhe!

Exif: 1/250s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 400

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Pride of India

A peacock displaying its feathers during the monsoon.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/8, ISO 400

Photography by Prakash Maharana, Odisha, India

Mating Time

Native to India and Southeast Asia, with introduced populations scattered elsewhere around the world. Typical adults dark chestnut-brown above, white below, with a fine dark scaly pattern on belly; some populations duller brown.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/6.3, ISO 800

Photography by Subhro Gupta, Chennai, India

Red Headed Trogon

Immersion of exclusivity paired with the thrill of nature.

Exif: 1/1600s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 500

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Family

Elephants are synonymous to family bonds. A small herd led by a matriarch in the savannah of Masai Mara.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/8, ISO 400

Photography by Robin Karyeth, Karnataka, India

Common Kingfisher

The common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

Exif: 1/320s, ƒ/4, ISO 800

Photography by Prasadkn, Kerala, India

Our Lifeline

Trees are vital. As the biggest plants on the planet, they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil and give life to the world’s wildlife. They also provide us with the materials for tools and shelter.

Exif: 1/800s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 800

Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Midnight Wonder

A bush froglet photographed in a coffee plantation in the western ghats of India.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/11, ISO 400

Photography by Prasad Datar, Maharashtra, India

Spotted Owlet

The spotted owlet is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from mainland India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities.

Exif: 1/2000s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 800