A few years ago I had the blessing of watching a pair of Paradise fly-catcher birds at close quarters as they started building a nest and went on to lay eggs and feed the little ones. These birds are a rare beauty seen in Himachal Pradesh, and they are difficult to photograph as they are always on the move to catch flies. You will notice in these photos how they build the nest using cobwebs as the thread binding the pine-needles together. You will also see how the female bird sits in the nest again and again to make it take its own shape. The female bird is ochre in colour and does not have a long tail, while the male is pure white in colour with an unbelievably long tail. Both have blue-black heads and eyes. The juvenile male is just like the fully grown male, with a long tail, but its colour is just like the female—ochre.

Below is the link to google-drive where you can enjoy these photos:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VON_rKi6J-9E-n-hnM2WEh1ncoiD6YCo