Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Pictures clicked at Bailparao Village, Ramnagar, Nainital District, Uttaranchal.

The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It has characteristic loud alarm calls which are variously rendered as did he do it or pity to do it^[2] leading to colloquial names like the did-he-do-it bird.^[3] Usually seen in pairs or small groups not far from water but may form large flocks in the non-breeding season (winter).

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The Baronet (Euthalia nais)

The Baronet (Euthalia nais) is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.

She looked attractive. When I followed her like a tiny girl, she kept playing hide and seek. Jumping from this leaf to that flower. Hopping on this stone to that bud. Just like me. Interested in anything and everything. I think she finally recognized that my intentions were not dangerous. She took time to sit and pose. And I went ‘Click! Click! Click!’