Rosy Pelicans

THE ROSY PELICANS

The great white pelican also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes. 

Scientific name: Pelecanus onocrotalus

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Bharatpur, Rajasthan

NIKON GEARS

Feb 2020

Bronze-winged jacana (Bharatpur, Rajasthan)

Bronzed Winged Jacana (Juvenile). The Jacanas are a group of waders which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation. Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, November 2018.

Meghalaya

Meghalaya known as, the Scotland of the East, the Wettest Place on Earth and the Abode of the Clouds. Cherrapunjee (Sohra), Meghalaya (September 2017)

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Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga National Park, which is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. A homeland of the endangered one horned rhinoceros, and spotting of few of these magnificent beasts roaming in the wilderness is guaranteed once you are there. @Elephant safari, Kaziranga Assam(December 2016)

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Terrace Farming

Arnav Agarwal "Terrace Farming in Ramasarain Valley.

This wide, beautiful valley has some amazing views of terrace farming. It seems that all of the terrace farms of the Himalayas have been put in here. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, July 2017"

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Tehri Garhwal

Dinesh Singh Pundir (Near Pilakhi, across Bhilangana River, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand)

Terrace fields across the Bhilangana River, Tehri Garhwal, full with water of Tehri Dam, near Pilakhi, ready with paddy (rice) crop to be harvested, enhancing the beauty of the area like the mother earth has been garlanded / decorated with gold ornaments. Taken from moving TGMOU Ltd. Bus, while going to Chirbatiya,

Advisory: Please keep Himalayan regions free from all kind of plastic garbage / neat and clean so that our future generations can also enjoy its beauty.

25th of September, 2017

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Valley of flowers National Park, Uttrakhand

Valley of flowers National Park, Uttrakhand, India is part of the Nanda Devi Bio-reserve.

Kumbhalgarh National Park

Kumbhalgarh, one of the well know wildlife sanctuaries of Rajasthan, has got a green signal from the government to be converted into a National Park.

The park will cover the areas of Pali, Udaipur and Rajsamand districts. The conversion aims to protect the wildlife and environment in the area covered by the park and it will also help in increasing tourism.

The decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet held in Jaipur on November 28, presided by the Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot. He said, “Kumbhalgarh sanctuary is also a famous tourist destination of the adjacent districts due to Kumbhalgarh Fort and the Ranakpur Jain Temple.”

Bina Kak, the Tourism, Art and Culture Minister remarked, “The Kumbhalgarh sanctuary is a habitat of many wildlife and endangered species of fauna. The sanctuary is famous for Wolf, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Hyena, Jackal, Jungle Cat, Sambhar, Nilgai,Chausingha (the four horned antelope),Chinkara and hare.”

Forest of Kumbhalgarh is also a home to a variety of flora including many trees with herbal quality and it is an important Bird Site too.

The sanctuary encircles the fort of Kumbhalgarh and was named it. It is known for its high hills and narrow valleys that add to the scenic beauty of the area. The sanctuary also marks the division of two socio-cultural regions of Rajasthan, Mewar and Marwar, located either side of the Aravali Hills. Mewar is located to the east of the Aravali mountain range and Marwar to the west.

Chandoli National Park

Chandoli National Park in Sangli District Maharashtra state, India, established in May 2004, Earlier it was a Wildlife Sanctuary declared in 1985. Chandoli Park is notable as the southern portion of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, with Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary forming the northern part of the reserve. Chandoli National Park is located near the Chandoli Dam between longitudes 73°40' and 73°53' E and latitudes 17°03' and 17°20'N near Sangli in Western Maharashtra. It is located at the junction of Sangli District, Kolhapur District, Satara District and Ratnagiri District. It lies between the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary and Radhanagri Wildlife Sanctuary and forms the southern part of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve.

The historical places of the park include the 17th century Shivaji's Forts, Prachitgad and Bhairavgad, of the Maratha kings Shivaji Maharaj and his son Sambhaji Maharaj. Ruins of the Bhavani temples palatial buildings in Prachitigad and Kalavantin vihir depict the ancient glory of the Maratha Empire. Most of the protected area was used an open jail for the "prisoners of war" of the early Imperial Maratha Conquests during Shivaji Maharaj's rule. Sambhaji Maharaj used Prachitgad as an observation point and recreational place. The forest types seen here are a mix of Malabar Coast moist forests and North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests. In the dwarf evergreen forests, some tree species commonly seen here are the anjani ironwood tree, jamun, pisa (angustifolia), fig, Olea (diocia), katak spinous kino tree, nana or Crape myrtle (lanceolata), kinjal, kokum tree and phanasi false kelat (brachiata). Other trees dominating the landscape include asan wood or ain or Indian laurel, amla or Indian gooseberry, umbar or devil fig (hispida) and harra or chebulic myrobalan.

Grasses commonly seen here include bangala or bluestem grass sp., dongari or golden beard grass (fulvus), black spear grass, kalikusli or tangle grass, anjan grass or buffel grass, grader grass or karad or kangaroo grass (quadrivalvis) and grasses belonging to Poaceae family, like saphet-kusli or Aristida funiculata. Insectivorous plant species like sundews and bladderworts sp. are also found in this protected area. Nearly 23 species of mammals, 122 species of birds, 20 species of amphibians and reptiles are known to be resident in the forests of Chandoli.

Bengal Tigers, Indian leopards, Indian bison, leopard cats, sloth bears and Indian giant squirrels are quite conspicuous here.

Many prey species of ungulates such as barking deer, sambar deer, mouse deer and blackbuck are present. A census carried out in 2002 by the Forest Department showed a rise in the number of tigers, leopards, gaur, barking deer, mouse deer, sloth bears and blackbuck. A similar census carried out in 2004 showed a rise in gaur population in the Kolhapur Wildlife Division from 88 to 243. ‪#‎india‬ ‪#‎nationalpark‬ ‪#‎nature‬‪#‎bharat‬ ‪#‎flora‬ ‪#‎fauna‬