Meet Birds

From the cold lakes of the Himalayas to the sand dunes of western Rajasthan to the tropical rain forests in the south, India hosts a dizzying variety of birds, like a dizzying variety of everything else.

A guest searches the skies for birds at Chhatra Sagar, a luxury camp on the banks of a dam in parched western Rajasthan, in northern India. The dam's reservoir attracts water birds, including terns, cormorants and ducks, as well as mammals like antelope and jackals.

See beautiful images of the birds at NY Times

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