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Indian Jewel Bug in Mumbai : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
With metallic sheen ... and rainbow colors ... ... these are also called ... Metallic Shield Bug ___________ Kanjurmarg Mumbai : Maharashtra India 19 September 2024 ... 11.37 am- aloktewari
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- chrysocoris stollii india indian jewel bug insect kanjurmarg maharashtra mumbai video
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- Category: Invertebrates
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It is ...
... definitely a fruit-full shot if ... nothing else _________________ Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus Kajurmarg Mumbai Maharashtra India 18 September 2024- aloktewari
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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The grub ...
... was too big ... sure enough ... another Bulbul arrived ... and ... they jostled ... ... each holding it at one end ... and ... started ... ... tugging apart ... managing to break it into two ... ... nearly equal parts ... ... both of them satisfied ... ... in the end...- aloktewari
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- india kanjurmarg maharashtra mumbai pycnotus cafer red-vented bulbul
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Purple-rumped Sunbird male nectaring : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Iridescent ... and beautifully colored these wee wonders are barely 4 inches in size ... but are amazingly agile ... It was past mid September ... and they were still in nesting mode ... probably having second brood of the season ... ___________________ Lodha Aurum Grande Kanjurmarg...- aloktewari
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- india kanjurmarg leptocoma zeylonica lodha aurum grande mumbai purple-rumped sunbird video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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In ...
... full breeding glory ... possibly for the ... second brood of the season ... ___________________ Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male Urban Residential Society Garden Kanjurmarg Mumbai India 18 September 2024- aloktewari
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- india kanjurmarg leptocoma zeylonica mumbai purple-rumped sunbird second brood urban residential society garden
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Looking ...
... for spiders and tiny insects ... _______________ Ashy Prinia In the northern India their plumage shows seasonal variation ... whereas in peninsular parts they retain this plumage through the year ... ____________________ Urban Residential Society Garden Kanjurmarg Mumbai India 18...- aloktewari
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- ashy prinia india kanjurmarg mumbai urban residential society garden
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Red-whiskered Bulbul lovely song : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
Pleasant song ... ... consists of rich echoing ... warbled phrases ... calls include ... high-pitched pips a long buzzy note and a sharp ... ... “pik-pik-a-wew.” Both ... calls and song are heard in this recording ... ____________________ Urban Residential Society Garden Kanjurmarg Mumbai...- aloktewari
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- india kanjurmarg mumbai pycnonotus jocosus red-whiskered bulbul song urban residential society garden video
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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So much ...
... color in ... winter as well ... ________________ Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male Mumbai 28 December 2023- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird urban garden
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Restless ...
Wagtails are extremely restless birds ... Spot-breasted Wagtails are no exception ... They do not believe in posing ... and eye-contact ... __________________________ Urban Garden Mumbai India 1 January 2024- aloktewari
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- india mumbai rhipidura albogularis spot-breasted wagtail urban garden
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Adding ...
... colors to the urban garden ... While males were busy nectaring porter's weed for a sugar high ... ... females were preferentially taking spiders ... My daughter's housing society in Mumbai ... ... and my granddaughter located the bird for me ... ___________________ Purple-rumped...- aloktewari
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- leptocoma zeylonica mumbai purple-rumped sumbird sunbird urban garden
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Poise ...
Endowed with ... ... poise grace ... and ... rich colors ... ____________________ Purple-rumped Sunbird Mumbai Maharashtra India- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird male
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Urbane ...
Here's the lady ... Purple-rumped Sunbird ... in the thick urban milieu of Mumbai ... The males around were aggressively nectaring ... the females were feeding on aphids and small spiders ... preferentially _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird urban bird biodiversity
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Enjoying the weed ...
Here ... ... a colorful male ... Purple-rumped Sunbird enjoying the Porter's weed ... They have brush-tipped tubular tongues ... which, they use to sip the nectar ... _________________ Urban Garden Mumbai Maharashtra India 28.12.2022- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai nectaring purple-rumped sunbird male india sunbird tubular brush-tipped tongue urban bird biodiversity
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Megapolis birding ...
That yellow bird ... While in Mumbai ... One morning we decided to check out the lovely green patch of the residential society ... where our daughter lives ... Our granddaughter who turned 3 ... only a day ago ... and was testing her newly acquired bicycle came running to us ... come...- aloktewari
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- garden bird india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sumbird sunbird urban birding
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Rosefinch
A lucky sighting and and shot of this winter visitor ... We had only a couple of hours to spend at a coastal birding area in Mumbai ... this first winter/ female was foraging in the canopy ... came out briefly and called ... Not a very frequent find in the area ... _____________________...- aloktewari
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- airoli creek bhandup pumping station bird watching area carpodacus erythrinus common rosefinch creek india kanjurmarg east maharashtra mumbai
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Welcome 2023
Purple-rumped Sunbird 27 December 2022- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird sunbird urban garden welcome 2023
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Chin up ...
... and tail up too ... captured during brief birding visit to Bhandup in Mumbai today ... ... this slightly agitated individual was disturbed by something ... and was calling and posturing ... _____________________ 29 December 2022- aloktewari
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- bhandup bird watching area bhandup pumping station creek india lanius schach long-tailed shrike mumbai waterfront wilderness
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Just showing ...
Purple-rumped Sunbird ... male ... the purple of the rump is just showing ... In the garden of my daughter's residence in Mumbai ... Nectaring on Porter's Weed flowers ... ... captured in the morning today ... At less than 10 cm ... these are very small in size ... even among...- aloktewari
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- garden bird india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sumbird sunbird
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Butterfly-223
Great Orange Tip ... male Hebomoia glaucippe A large butterfly 80-100 mm Nectaring on Jatropha flowers ___________________ Sanjay Gandhi National Park Mumbai India 30 September 2013- aloktewari
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Butterfly-219 : Common Mormon Butterfly : Courtship dance : 5 males chasing 1 female : by Renu Tewari & Alok Tewari
Watch this amazing wild event ... of nuptial ... courtship dance by Mormon Butterflies ... ... where 5 males are chasing one female for favor ... Shot in the thickly populated milieu of Mumbai ... India 1 October 2013- aloktewari
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Butterfly - 217
Peacock Pansy Junonia almana 54-62 mm Perched on a decaying log ... Shows seasonal polyphenism ... This individual is wet season form ... ... luckily showing both upper and underwing color and patterns _______ Sanjay Gandhi National Park Borivali, Mumbai India- aloktewari
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- borivali butterfly india mumbai peacock pansy (wet season) peacock pansy butterfly sanjay gandhi national park seasonal polyphenism
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Purple-rumped Sunbird : male : Amazing Wildlife of India by Renu Tewari and Alok Tewari
A male ... seen here in an urban garden in Mumbai ... A species of southern and eastern India ... it relatively recently extended its range northward ... up to Gujarat ... ___________ June 2019- aloktewari
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- india leptocoma zeylonica maharashtra mumbai purple-rumped sunbird range extension sunbird video
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Coppersmith Barbet
Courtship display. The male was calling out with its mouth full of figs and a couple of minutes later the female landed and was fed with much love.- Aniketa Kabir
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- india megalaima haemacephala mumbai
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Purple Swamphen
- Aniketa Kabir
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- grey headed swamphen india mumbai porphyrio porphyrio purple swamphen
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Chestnut-shouldered Petronia
- Aniketa Kabir
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- chestnut shouldered petronia gymnoris xanthocollis india mumbai yellow throated sparrow
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands