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| Asian Open Bill |
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| Pied Kingfisher |
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| Pheasant tailed jacana |
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| Lesser whistling Duck |
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| Little comorant |
 Black Headed Ibis    Brhamin KITE   Pacific Golden Plover-Beddegana    Common Crow-Kalutara Oriental Honey Buzzard-Attidiya        |
| Indian Darter |
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
BIRDS IN FLIGHT
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
MOVEMENTS OF A JACKAL IN YALA- AUGUST 2011
The Sri Lankan Jackal (Canis aureus naria), also known as the Southern Indian Jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to southern India and Sri Lanka. On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs in the whole southern part of the Indian peninsula, from Thana near Bombay in the northwest southwards through the Western Ghats, Mysore, the Eastern Ghats and Mandura. It occurs in all of Sri Lanka.[2]
In southern India, adult males measure on average 29 inches in length, while females measure 26½ inches. Weight ranges 12-19 lbs. In Sri Lanka, they can attain slightly greater sizes than their mainland cousins. Jackals in Sri Lanka, though classed as the same subspecies as those in southern India, have a rooted lobe on the inner side of the third upper premolar. The winter coat of Sri Lankan jackals is shorter, smoother and not as shaggy than those of northern Indian jackals. The coat is also darker on the back, being black and speckled with white. The underside is more pigmented on the chin, hind throat, chest and forebelly, while the limbs are rusty ochreous or rich tan. Moulting occurs earlier in the season than with northern Indian jackals, and the pelt generally does not lighten in colour
In southern India, adult males measure on average 29 inches in length, while females measure 26½ inches. Weight ranges 12-19 lbs. In Sri Lanka, they can attain slightly greater sizes than their mainland cousins. Jackals in Sri Lanka, though classed as the same subspecies as those in southern India, have a rooted lobe on the inner side of the third upper premolar. The winter coat of Sri Lankan jackals is shorter, smoother and not as shaggy than those of northern Indian jackals. The coat is also darker on the back, being black and speckled with white. The underside is more pigmented on the chin, hind throat, chest and forebelly, while the limbs are rusty ochreous or rich tan. Moulting occurs earlier in the season than with northern Indian jackals, and the pelt generally does not lighten in colour
Saturday, August 27, 2011
BIRDS OF SRI LANKA-VOLUME 2
Cinnamon bittern , Thalangama- February 2021
Sri Lanka Serendib scops owl- Sinharaja , April 2021
Yellow eyed babbler- Hanthana 2021
Sri Lanka Chestnut-backed owlet. Sinharaja March 2021
Sri Lanka Schimitar babbler- Sinharaja- April 2021
Spot Winged Thrush- UDAWATTAKELE. September 2019
Three Toed Kingfisher- Wilpattu, July 2019
Long Tailed Shrike- Mannar- January 2019
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
FASINATING NATURE
This female purple rumped Sunbird along with it's partner built this attractive and fascinating nest in the court yard of a house in Thalawathugoda.It's now probably nestling and helping to incubate the eggs and if I am lucky may be I can be part of the family activity when the eggs hatch and the chicks come out.
By the time I got the message the eggs had been hatched and the chicks were up and about.Unfortunately minutes before I got there the male chick while trying to fly had fallen to the pond below and had not survived.The female chick had gone inside the house and I managed to catch it slowly and put it inside the nest.Hopefully it will survive to tell the story to the next generation.
Monday, August 15, 2011
GOBBLING DOWN ............
This White throated Kingfisher was trying all the tricks to gobble down this massive meal in Thalawathugoda.
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