Saturday, May 11, 2013

'Black-rumped flameback Woodpecker' - Dinopium benghalense psarodes, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.




Pecking the trunk on a 'Veralu' tree.

'Common Tailor-bird' - Orthotomus sutorius, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.




Picking worms on a   Brinjal - Egg plant.

'Small minivet' - Pericrocotus cinnamomeus, Dangolla, Kandy, Sri Lanka.



'Red-vented Bulbul' - Pycnonotus cafer, Juvenile being fed by parents, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.





'White-throated Kingfisher' - Halcyon smyrnensis, Juvenile being fed by parents, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.







Friday, May 3, 2013

'White-throated Kingfisher' and 'Yellow-billed Babblers', Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Seated on the branch of a mango tree they ignore the other's presence. The King-fisher was a juvenile awaiting a feed from the parent.

'Black-rumped flame-back wood-pecker' - Dinopium benghalense psarodes, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.




 I spotted this wood-pecker by the noise it produced when it was hammering away at the trunk of a 'Veralu' tree. It stayed for quite sometime but I could not get a perfect focus on it. I am sure it will return when I will try again.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013