4TH VISIT TO SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST IN 2025.....

I visited Sinharaja rain forest in the 1st week of November with my good friend who came for a vacation from Australia and the usual couple who generally go out to photograph with me.

It was a fruitful trip as though there were heavy showers all over the island a few days before ,the weather gods were extremely kind and we were able to photograph a few birds as well .

This was only the 2nd time I was able to get good shots of the Red faced malkoha.

Sri Lanka ashy headed laughing thrush

Female malabar trogon

Gladeye bush brown 

Sri Lanka crested drongo

Famous BANDURA or PITCHER PLANT

Water snake

Female hump nosed lizard

male

Jungle foul

Yellow  bulbul

Sri Lanka blue magpie

Sri Lana spot winged thrush

Frogmouth- female

Tree snail

Green pit viper

Sri Lanka black capped babbler

Orange billed babbler

Common indian crow

Ceylon tree nymph

female kangaroo lizard

brown breasted flycatcher

Blue naped monarch

THIRD VISIT TO WILPATTU FOR 2025.....

 I went to Wilpattu yet again with my usual photography fried and his wife in the 4th week of October and this time was able to book Menikwila bungalow . However the initial plan was to go with my family and my cousin who came from Dubai for 2 days and stay in Tree house villa just outside the entrance on the 1st day but they had to opt out as my wife and daughter got the flu a couple of days before and my cousin was bitten by a domestic dog .

Great Cormorant @ Anawilundawa en-route to Colombo

Changeable haw eagle

whiskered tern

Power nap

 Wilpattu clicks.....

Jordon's bushlark

pin tailed snipe

Gull billed tern

Common greenshank

sambar

Indian paradise flycatcher

Brahmin kite

 

Great Commorant

Kind of a rare site these days as te population as declined due to decease

White bellied sea eagle juvenile

Wooly necked stork

Juvenile serpent eagle

Just next to the bungalow we stayed at MENIWILA  -Taken at 6.10 pm

This one was stalking another male for sure wo was on a tree without moving . As we had to rush to the bungalow before 6 pm and when we left , it was seated at the edge looking at us at  arms length

The one on the ground was prowling around , growling and looking up trying to intimidate the one above

This is the one who was scared 

Brown shrike

small green bee eater

Male Kangaroo lizard

These are some of the shots taken of Cleo wo gave us a show initially and then only 4 vehicles had the opportunity for another 10 minutes or so.

Marking the territory with a splash

Indian pitta

Shikra

Devakas' fan lizard

Majestically posing

Tibetian plover

Little stint

Black tailed godwit

brown capped babbler

Displaying te catch

Great Curluew

Golden Caspian plover

Common redshank

Sri Lanka shama

Malabar pied hornbill

Crested tree swift

Sri Lanka jungle foul