Kingfishers sitting on a power line wire in front of Sadhana Mandir. (14 Mar 2017)
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Parrots and other birds eating on a Sadhana Mandir roof. (18 Mar 2017)
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I believe this is a hornbill near Sadhana Mandir. (5 Mar 2017)
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A bird on a rock in the Ganges in Rishikesh. Is it a vulture? (20 Feb 2017)
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Or is this a vulture? Or are both vultures? (31 Mar 2017)
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A Katydid along the Ganges near Sadhana Mandir. (14 Apr 2017)
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Crows begging cookies from us. One has an odd beak for a crow. (19 Apr 2017)
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An elephant on the banks of the Ganga across from Sadhana Mandir. I have seen only one elephant this year. Two years ago we saw several. See our Elephant pictures page from that time. (24 Feb 2017)
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The same elephant came out a few days later. The cut in his ear and his tusks identify him as the same elephant and the same one I saw two years ago. Elephants have come out since, but I have not seen them.(5 Mar 2017)
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Petra walking along the Ganges with Sister, one of the dogs she regularly fed cookies. (18 Mar 2017)
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Sister, sitting calmly after her ration of cookies for that day. (18 Mar 2017)
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This time Petra walks with four dogs. Or are they walking with her. (10 Apr 2017)
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Brother waits for a cookie. (9 Apr 2017)
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Another dog stops by for a cookie. (9 Apr 2017)
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Sister aims to snatch a cookie in mid-air while brother waits for his turn. The Ganges dam a mile south of SM is in the back of the picuture. (13 Mar 2017)
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One of the Sadhana Mandir watch dogs gets a bath with a hose. He loved it and didn’t move a muscle as he was scrubbed and rinsed off. (16 Mar 2017)
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A monkey and her baby. (6 Mar 2017)
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The same mom and kid cross the walk path with a friend along the Ganga. (6 Mar 2017)
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The frogs finally appeared at the frog pond. This guy was sitting there just yesterday. (20 Apr 2017)
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