BIRDS HAVING FUN . . . . . . . .

ALL THESE BIRDS WERE FOUND ENJOYING A "FISH FIESTA" IN THE BACK WATERS OF SRI JAYAWARDANA PURA AND RAJAGIRIYA IN MAY 2014.

SPOT BELLIED PELICAN

PURPLE HERON

POND HERON

STORK BILLED KINGFISHER

WHITE THROATED KINGFISHER

THE GREAT EGRET

STRIATED HERON

INDIAN COMORANT

CHINESE POND HERON

LITTLE EGRET

COMMON KINGFISHER

BLUE MAGPIE NESTLINGS IN SINHARAJA FOREST . . . . . . . . .

 We were in Sinharaja forest in the last week of April 2014 and though we saw a few birds and stuff, we were able to capture some intimate movements of upbringing of 3 BLUE MAGPIE chicks.

One of the parents eating a Green Pit Viper   close to the nest  in order to feed the chicks I believe.

The Kangaroo chameleon

The infamous :WALLAPATTA TREE" as per the tracker

Sri Lanka Giant Wood Spider

The male Jungle Fowl

Sri Lankan Olive Keelback water snake

FINALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PHOTOGRAPH A LEOPARD IN WILPATTHU PARK AT WILL . . . . . . . .

WE WERE TREATED TO A FINE DISPLAY OF  EYE CATCHING MOVEMENTS OF THIS MAGNIFICENT FULLY GROWN LEOPARD IN WILPATTHU PARK IN APRIL 2014. OUR PATIENCE TO STAY WITH HIM FOR OVER 40 MINUTES REALLY PAID OFF AS HE DID ALL HIS ROUTINE STUFF OBLIVIOUS TO OUR PRESENCE. THE MOST SATISFYING THING WAS THAT THIS WAS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PHOTOGRAPH A LEOPARD IN WILPATTHU THOUGH WE HAD MADE COUNTLESS VISITS OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS OR MORE. 

FISHING DANGEROUSLY. . . . . . . . . . . .

 THIS POND HERON WAS SEEN ENJOYING FISHING IN APRIL 2014 AT THALANGAMA TANK . IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW WELLIT WAS BALANCING   HALF WAY ON THE  STEEP SPILL OVER OF THE TANK AND TAKING DOWN THE UNFORTUNATE FISH  WHO WERE JUMPING FROM THE BOTTOM AT UNBELIEVABLE SPEED.