VISIT TO SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST : FIRST FOR 2025 .........

 I got the opportunity to visit Sinharaja in the 3rd week of February and went with a couple of friends.

Although we went with a new tracker, it was one of my most fruitful trips as far as the bird pictures I was able to photograph 11 endemic bird species.

Getting Endemic Red faced malkoha as clear as this was very special.

Endemic Ceylon crested drongo

Green garden liard

Endemic sri lanka spur foul

Illusive and endemic Sri Lanka scaly thrush

Endemic ceylon hill myna

Endemic white faced starling

Endemic sri lanka ashy headed laughing thrush

Endemic sri lanka lue magpie

Malabar Trogon

Frogmouth nesting 

 

Asian brown flycatcher

Endemic kangaroo lizard

bronze back tree snake

Endemic Sri Lanka wood pigeon

Endemic orange billed babbler

Endemic layards parakeet

Endemic hump - nosed lizard

Endemic sharp snouted shrub frog

VISITS TO UDAWATTAKELE IN THE LAST WEEK OF 2024.

 I went to Kandy with my family in the last week of the year and had the opportunity to visit Udawattakele 3 times walking over 15 Km's in the process as well. Although the bird activity was not what I expected , managed to get some shots.

 Mountainous view from the view point

Indian black turtle

Spot winged thrush

Surprisingly this barking deer was quite oblivious to my presence

Newly named endemic Sri lanka shama

Tickell's blue flycatcher

Forest Wagtail

brown breasted  flycatcher

Yellow bulbul

Large billed leaf warbler

Endemic Greater Sri Lanka flameback