Pair of Eastern spot-billed ducks enjoying each other's company at Tokyo, Japan

White-cheeked starling perched on a sign board ready to take off at a city park at Tokyo, Japan

Female purple-rumped sunbird looking all around for its partner sitting on a thorny bush at Pune

Female Asian koel struggling to swallow an entire sweet tamarind fruit intact at Pune

Female purple-rumped sunbird making frequent sorties to feed its hungry nestlings

Male purple-rumped sunbird feeding its anxiously waiting hungry nestlings in the morning at Pune

Female Asian koel, sitting on a cable wire trying to remove sweet tamarind fruit from its pod

Female purple-rumped sunbird fondly feeding its young one resting in its nest, made on tamarind tree

Purple-rumped sunbird nestlings wait impatiently for their parents to quench their hunger

Female Asian koel on a fruiting sweet tamarind tree in the evening at Pune

Female purple-rumped sunbird taking good care of her eggs in the safe environment of her nest, Pune

Coppersmith barbet, hanging precariously while peeling and eating sweet tamarind fruit at Pune

Male purple-rumped sunbird working hard to help its female partner in the process of nest building

Male Asian koel struggling to grip sweet tamarind fruit in its mouth at Pune

Female Asian koel finally manages to hold on to a dangling sweet tamarind fruit ready to be eaten

Coppersmith barbet enjoying sweet tamarind fruit, being quietly watched by Ashy drongo at Pune

Female purple-rumped sunbird examining its nest from all directions, before giving finishing touches

Close up of Red-vented bulbul sitting on an electric wire, and enjoying sweet tamarind fruit

Rose-ringed parakeet precariously balancing itself on badminton ball tree, and enjoying its fruit

Close up of Indian grey hornbill eating sweet tamarind fruit, unaware of my presence at Pune

Close up of singing Spot-breasted fantail perched on a horizontal branch in the morning at Pune

House crow hanging up side down in a successful bid to eat sweet tamarind at Pune

Spot-breasted fantail majestically fanning its tail feathers as it climbs up a mango tree at Pune

House crow precariously balancing itself, before successfully managing to pluck and chew tamarind

Close up view of Oriental magpie-robin quenching its thirst in the morning on the terrace at Pune

Indian grey hornbill stretching its neck and balancing itself in an effort to break fruit

Female purple-rumped sunbird hiding behind flowers on a palm tree at Pune

Chestnut-tailed starling, partly camouflaged in branches in the morning at Pune

Indian grey hornbill removes the seed successfully, before eating the sweet tamarind fruit

Spot-breasted fantail singing melodiously to attract its partner in the morning at Pune

Large-billed crow shreading feathers from chicken meat for its meal at Pune

Male breeding purple sunbird finding food in dry leaves in the morning at Pune

Female purple rumped sunbird enjoying nectar from a powder puff flower in the morning at Pune

Oriental Magpie-robin having a drink from a puddle of water on a hot morning at Pune

Male Asian koel almost loses his balance, while trying to pluck sweet tamarind fruit at Pune

Amur Falcons taking off in large numbers on their annual migration before sunrise at Nikhakhu

Pale-billed flowerpecker looking all around for its partner in the morning at Pune

House crow enjoying meat from a chicken thigh bone at dusk at Pune

Red-vented bulbul flapping its wings to attract its partner on a cluster fig tree at Pune

Indian grey hornbill finally succeeds in plucking and eating sweet tamarind fruit at Pune

Oriental dwarf kingfisher getting focused on its prey before diving into a slow moving stream, Apta

Beautiful reflection of solitary Asian openbill feeding at Maguri beel, Assam, India

Amur Falcons roosting in large numbers on trees surrounding a lake with pink water lily flowers

Spectacular roosting behavior of a large flock of noisy amur Falcons at sunset at Nikhakhu village

Water dripping down through the open bill of Asian openbill as it feeds at Maguri beel, Assam

Greater adjutant flying towards us at a large garbage dump, Guwahati, Assam

Both male and female Amur falcon seen in a single frame on a flowering tree at Nikhakhu, Nagaland

Asian openbill flies away from us as we approached it on a boat ride at Maguri beel, Assam

Male Mrs.Gould's sunbird posing for a photograph with cherry blossum flowers at Khonoma, Nagaland

Large flock of Amur Falcons seen resting on and flying over bamboo trees at Nikhakhu, Nagaland

Flock of greater adjutant resting on a tall tree top at Guwahati, Assam

Stately walk of lesser adjutant with water hyacinth flowers at Kaziranga National Park, Assam

Black backed dwarf kingfisher posing for a photograph at eye level at Apta, Raigad, Maharashtra

Male Ashy-crowned sparrow-lark teasing his female partner at Bhuleshwar temple, Maharashtra

Male and female scarlet minivet startled by our proximity at Mishmi hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India

Flock of Asian openbill enjoying each other's company at Kaziranga National Park, Assam

Short glimpse of male small niltava in thick forests of Mishmi hills, Arunachal Pradesh

Male Mrs.Gould's sunbird enjoying pink cherry blossum bloom on a winter morning at Khonoma

Grey sibia on a pink cherry blossum tree at Khonoma, Nagaland

Male small niltava comes out in the open for a short time in bamboo forests of Mishmi hills