Oriental Magpie Robin - Copsychus saularis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Juvenile still to develop its plumage.

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer, juvenile female, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Brown-headed Barbet - Megalaima zeylanica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The loudest bird in the garden. Makes its loud cry from a tree close by. When it descends to eat the fruits offered it is very silent. It is off in a jiffy if it catches sight of a human closeby.

Red-vented Bulbul chick, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Black-hooded Oriole and chick - Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Collecting food for the chick.

Feeding the chick.

Going near the water - 'I am scared'.

'Come on. Don't be afraid to drink some water' .

 The cry of the chick of a Black-hooded Oriole is shorter and more plaintive. I spotted this mother feeding and teaching its young to drink water at the bird bath in our home-garden. The plumes on the wing of the chick is a pale yellow.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40g9EmGth3s

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis celonensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Black-hooded Oriole - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNwVmeV6ZU&list=UU1dqepitfAJwrQWLD-gZ3NA&index=2

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNwVmeV6ZU


I took these pictures at my 'bird-feeder' in our home garden at Avissawella. I placed some ripe Bananas and at one time there were four of them taking their turn feeding. Photo taken on 19th March 2013 on a Nikon D90 with a 18-105 Nikon lens.

Black-hooded Oriole - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

On the leaf of a coconut tree making its call.

In flight as seen from below.

Red-vented Bulbuls - Pycnonotus cafer, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The Red-vented Bulbul are the most numerous in our home garden. They invade the dining table and pick on the ripe bananas on the table making a big racket. They come come for a bath and eat the plantains left close by. I took these pictures in an afternoon near the bird-bath in our home garden. The top two pictures are of a male and the bottom two pictures are of a female.

Asian Paradise-flycatcher - Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A camera-shy female bird seen in our home-garden at Avissawella.

Yellow-billed Babbler - Turdoides affinis taprobanus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

They come in groups and make the loudest noise in our home-garden. They work in tandem with the squirrels. If any predators like cats or rat-snakes are around the squirrels start chirping rapidly and the babblers take flight and add to the cacophony. The Babblers are called 'Seven sisters' because they travel in groups.

Common Mynah - Acridotheres tristis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Oriental Magpie Robin - Copsychus solaris, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Photo taken in our home garden at Avissawella.

Purple Sun-bird - Nectarinia asiatica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Male.

Female.

Photo taken in  tour home garden at Avissaawella.

Bird-life, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Garganey - Anas quer querdula, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

You can also see three Little Stints - Calidris minuta - in the back-ground.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Birds on the road from 'Mudakkaththaan Santhy' - Vallai to Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.