Tuesday, September 6, 2016

CAMPING IN WILPATTU PARK IN SEPTEMBER 2016 ........




I was in Wilpattu  with my daughter and 11 others ( mostly my close relations) in the 1st week of September 2016 and camped in KOKMOTE near the river. It was the furthest  camping and accommodation site and is more than 50 k.m from the entrance  and takes 2 hours . 

Copper-smith Barbet


Indian Robin
 Sri Lanka Hornbil
 Indian   Paradise  Flycatcher
Wooly necked Stork

 Camouflaged

This  is  the only Leopard we saw  at the same place all the time on 3 occasions. May be it had a kill on a tree close by .








This  was in the  2nd day morning and it started stalking the Deer  a little further  to the left due to the animal instinct perhaps more than the hunger










And it was this close but did not continue......




This was my favorite shot : A Green Bee-eater toying with a Bee






 Pacific Golden Plover







This was when we were going back for breakfast after the round.
Very rare  Sri Lankan Chameleon /; Bodiliya




This one is called :GHOST MANTIS" and looks like fallen twigs.





Juvenile Changeable Hawk Eagle
Although generally shy, we saw a few Barking Deer and looked quite human friendly.