Shovelers are one of the most common ducks 🦆 in the northern hemisphere, migrating large distances… Northern shovelers, Rajasthan 🇮🇳
Shovelers and deep dabbles…
Laughingthrush and etymological eccentricities…
Musing on a Streaked laughingthrush, apple and cherry orchards of Thanedar, Himachal Pradesh 🏔️, India 🏔️
Larkspur and resilience…
Musing on Musk larkspur, a high altitude flower 🪻 growing between 4,300 to 5,500 metres in Himalayan and trans-Himalayan regions 🏔️…
Ruddy shelduck and whimsical waddles…
They are an intriguing lot, these waterbirds that traverse continents with nonchalance… musing on Ruddy Shelduck 🦆, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
Mountains and distant colours…
Mountains are rocks anyway, made by vomiting volcanoes or tectonic tantrums… in their folds, the animate tries to find its inanimate roots…
Grosbeaks in a roadside rendezvous…
Bright plumage, brilliant camouflage, restive yet reticent dispositions, that sums these finches up… musing on black-and-yellow grosbeaks, Himachal Pradesh 🏔️, India 🇮🇳
Rolling hills…
One always yearns for rolling hills, perhaps it is that seeming infinite or the symmetry.. musing on mountains, hiking in the #Himalaya 🏔️
Redstarts and a family frenzy
Musing on the breeding season frenzies of black redstarts, flycatchers that migrate to high-altitude Himalaya 🏔️, Markha Valley, Ladakh 🇮🇳
Deserts and a night ponder…
Deserts, embodying deep time, and contradictions in the contrast between day and night… musing on deserts, a walk up to Mount Sinai, Egypt
Marmots and their dreamy domain…
One could say marmots live on hope, embarking on their long hibernations… musing on a long-tailed marmot, Markha valley, Ladakh 🇮🇳