#indiasnature — Public Fediverse posts
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A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)
#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#UttarakhandPS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)
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A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)
#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#UttarakhandPS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)
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A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)
#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#UttarakhandPS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)
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A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)
#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#UttarakhandPS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)
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A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)
#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#UttarakhandPS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)
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Scenes from the Himalayas
A short video of the Ramganga (East ) river. With the sound of a thunderstorm in the background.
#rivers #RamgangaEast #himalayas #IndiasNature #landscape #video #mountains #thunderstorm #ecology #geography #nature
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Scenes from the Himalayas
A short video showing the first rise of the "Greater Himalayas" and also a double rainbow emerging just after a short thundershower
#Himalayas #Rainbow #Mountains #GreaterHimalayas #Geography #IndiasNature #Forests #Landscape #Clouds #Video
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9th May 26 was Endemic Bird day & also Himalayan Bird Count Day
Normally our group would have gone crazy - with birding events in 3 or 4 locations. This year subdued - people on assignment & in different locations. So took the opportunity to slow walk through a village forest
Bird List https://tinyurl.com/HBC26
Bird Highlight - Long-billed Thrush#nature #birding #himalayas #india #endemicBirdDay #HimalayaBirdCount #IndiasNature #Forests #Uttarakhand #Munsiari #Sarmoli #Shankhdhura #ebird
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Just laid hands on this beautiful hard cover book
*India’s Forests* : Revisiting Nature and History
A compilation of essays from some very cool researchers & writers with a foreword by an amazing historian Dr Shekhar Pathak, while the editors, Arupjyoti Saikia & Mahesh Rangarajan have a rich history of great writing as well.
Looking forward to reading this
https://www.penguin.co.in/book/indias-forests
#books #IndiasNature #Forests #Essays #history #environment #Communities #Ecology #PenguinBooks #Culture
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A Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus), from my bird photo archives (March 2019)
A Very beautiful, happy bird in the Himalayas, It's melodic and regular morning songs are a joy in themselves.
Location : Front yard of my home in the Himalayas circa 2200 metres about sea level.
#birds #nature #IndiasNature #BirdsOfMastodon #Himalayas #BlueWhistlingThrush #MyophonusCaeruleus #SongBird #Passerine
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A Mango tree in full bloom, 5th March 2026, in Delhi
Meanwhile in South India mango fruit are being sold by fruit sellers both boutique and normal (meaning to say easily available) (see linked post)
#IndiasNature #trees #aam #mango #MangiferaIndica #Trees #Plants #flowering #Delhi #nature #phenology #seasonwatch
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Called nāga Lingam maram or poo (flower ) in Tamil.
A dramtatic tree when budding or flowering. The branches make it look like a climber on a tall host rather than a tree.
A native to lowland tropical rainforests of Central and South America (wikipedia) now Widely grown in South India, esp. in planned landscaped gardens (esp. institutional).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis
#IndiasNature #bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #botany #floweraOfMastodon #tree #cannonBallTree #CouroupitaGuianensis
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Spring is in the air, it is on the ground, and it is showing up on winter deciduous trees.
This cluster shows a still leafless Himalayan Birch (Betula alnoides) full of yellow catkins, the other taller trees are Himalayan Alder (Alnus nepalensis) which have new leaves & leaf buds. The dark evergreen trees are Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum).
#trees #nature #spring #Hinalayas #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #HimalayanBirch #Alder #Rhododendron #Phenology #catkins #biology #ecology
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We came scouting for bent-toed geckos & huntsmen spiders, & to write a paper in the solitude of the Himalayas — the real reward was this beauty, the hygroscopic or barometer earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus)! Almost perfect conditions needed: slightly fired, moist, sandy & shady substrate & rain to expose the spore sack. My friend spotted not one but 15-16 of them!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus_hygrometricus
#AstraeusHygrometricus #fungi #mushroom #nature #IndiasNature #AmazingNature #barometricEarthstar #himal
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A Red Pierrot (Talicada nyseus) butterfly. Dehradun India.
As per Sanjay Sondhi of Titli Trust, the Red Pierrot was not seen in this region till some years ago. The theory being that this butterfly may have arrived with the boom in Kalanchoe, the host plant, of the Red Pierrot.
Whatever reason this is a beautiful butterfly, both closed wings, or open wings.
#entomology #IndiasNature #butterfly #lepidoptera #TalicudaNyseus #RedPierrot #Himalayas #Dehradun #nature
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A Jewel Bug, aka Lychee Shield Bug
Stunning on a natural red background (bracts of a pointsettia plant ) -
A common roadside, park and garden tree in Chennai.
Many individuals across many size classes.
The trees always have something happening.
New leaves, leaves turning red & then brown and falling
Flowers in upright racemes and only when viewed close up show such delicate arangements. Fruits small to larger green to then hard red brown. A wonderful alive tree, makes the city feel real. Good shade too
#trees #nature #TerminaliaCatappa #india #indiasnature #chennai
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On the last day of the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count i did finally count some birds, in someone elses backyard.
Not sure how to term this
A Murder witnessing a Murder or a Murder WakeSaw about 30 House Crows (maybe more) very noisy & swirling , & and sitting in a somewhat orderly fashion on roof tops. They were upset. Walked a bit & found a older pup / young dog possessively guarding a dead crow. Pictures attached
#birds #dogs #greatbackyardbirdcount #IndiasNature #nature #crows #corvids
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A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season
The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.
#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount -
Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.
I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.
#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia
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Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.
I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.
#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia
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Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.
I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.
#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia
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Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.
I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.
#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia
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Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.
I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.
#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia
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This article exposes the negative side of nature photography along with reiterating, of course, the same jealousy & competitive elements of social media
The theory that nature photography & unfettered nature tourism is good for conservation are actually only good for profit lines & do very little for real conservation. While tourism itself is ending up displacing local communities
#nature #ethics #naturephotography #naturetourism #wildlfephotography #indiasnature
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A Brown Wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) seen in tall trees near Kosi Katarmal, Uttarakhand India.
Bird was in a dark shaded spot in the mid canopy of tall trees. I was quite some distance but it was fully aware of my presence and tracking as i tried to get closer walking through dense undergrowth. One blink and look away this #SuperbOwl vanished.
#BrownWoodOwl #Strix #StrixLeptogrammica #Owl #India #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #Himalayas #Uttarakhand #Nature #Birds #Nikon #BirdPhotography
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My favourite kind of photo -- in the light but still there is mystery , there is beauty, just there waiting to be seen.
On the other side a full moon was rising but haze and low clouds prevented both sun and moon from being visible together.
#Corvid #HouseCrow #CorvusSplendens #corvussphere #dslr #sun #sunset #nature #indiasnature #dslr #photography #silhouette #tamilnadu #chennai #india
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A Sunset made spectacular by the clouds, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Pictures are taken between 1805 1830 hrs. I think the clouds are a mix of Cirrus and Altocumulus clouds. To the east (not pictured is a 90% plus gibbous moon).
#Sunset #IndiasNature #SouthIndia #TamilNadu #Chennai #Nature #Landscape #Clouds #MobilePhotography #India #NatureIsAwesome #BeautyIsEverywhere
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It snowed recently in the Himalayas - late & less. A short term sense of relief is palpable, influencer videos will cover up the severe dangers as this article reminds us yet again of how bad the situation is. Across popular media we are seeing a lot of climate change writing. Will policy & political will match the urgent attention required ?
#himalayas #ClimateChange #WinterDrought #ClimateScience #HimachalPradesh #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #nature #mountains #India
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A large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) seemingly balancing the setting sun on its beak.
Close by, along with other large-billed crows were also some small and big murders of House Crows (Corvus splendens).
These photo were taken during the festival of Pongal when people call and feed crows who are the links to ancestors.
#birds #crows #corvids #nature #indiasnature #sunset #pongal #festival #tamilnadu #corvusmacrorhynchos #corvussplendens #CORVUSPHERE
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For the past month or so, others & I had been birding & naturing (nature watching) every day, & we had been seeing Steppe Eagles (Aquila nepalensis) often (not a rarity in this part of the mountains at this time of the year).
Sharing this moment here, as my first post, reminds me of the thrill of that special moment & in a way also hopefully a thrill start to being here on Mastodon (& the fediverse)
#birds #nature #himalayas #indiasnature #himalayaspeaks #Uttarakhand #winterbirding