This one is from just before the lockdowns kicked in. the red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera), endemic to india and africa.

the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian
peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon.
we had an encounter near chennai with it today and it even put up a
performance for us.

(Aseo flammeus.)

We (me and my  son adit) went on a birding trip/beginner’s trek to deoria tal and chopta in uttarakhand in the third week of may. some of the birds we managed to photograph there, the himalayan  monal definitely being the highlight of the trip….

himalayan monal, male

himalayan monal, pair

black-headed jay

black-headed jay

eurasian jay

crested serpent eagle

ashy drongo

blue whistling thrush

black-throated tit, juvenile

chestnut-bellied nuthatch

great barbet

grey-headed woodpecker

turtle dove

rufous-bellied woodpecker

rufous sybia

verditer flycatcher

yellow-breasted greenfinch

ultramarine flycatcher

yellow-billed blue magpie