One of the most sought after bird by the birders in when they visit the union territory of LADAKH is the White-Browed Tit- Warbler. One of the small birds almost the size of a sparrow lives in the shrubs rarely coming on the top in clear view. One has to have a lot of patience to click this bird. We tried about an hour or so and were not happy with the images we were able to make. Just while we were having our breakfast which was a sumptuous

Many of the raptors sometimes look different due to the morphs / color variation. This is the Dark Morph of the UPLAND BUZZARD. Many days ago there were many videos about a bird photographer trying to capture the nictitating membrane which he was trying for many days and finally sold the video to some channel. This image also shows the UPLAND BUZZARD with the nictitating membrane on its eyes.. So this nictitating membrane is not on just birds but on some mammals and reptiles. The major work of this membrane which is

One of the many common birds found in the region of Ladakh of which the color helps to blend in the surroundings. Moving in a flock ranging from 10 to 40 strong they have a peculiar call which they give from time to time letting us know about their presence. While getting the permits registered for entry we heard the peculiar call and started looking for the bird when we just saw its head popping out from behind a rock. Me being in constant search of new and different

Blue sheep also known as BHARAL is the local name in INDIA where as it is called as the YANG YANG in mandarin. One of the major prey of the predators in the Himalayas including the snow leopards and the tibetan wolf the small fawns are targeted by the bigger birds of prey/raptors like the golden eagle and the bearded vulture. The color exactly matches the surroundings and though staying in the a coverless areas the bharals have an excellent capacity of standing motionless in one position so that they

The small sparrow sized bird which is as red as a rose and so called a ROSEFINCH. Waiting for the one of the most photographed bird im the LADAKH region this beautiful one showed up and we couldnt help but click it. They are found in summer in thickets, woodland and forest edges near rivers and in winter in gardens and orchards, wetlands. Location: WARILA PASS, LADAKH