Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus sinensis, and a Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, Muhamalai, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Bittern with Little Egret.

Little Egret.

'Great Egret' - Casmerodius albus, Muhamaalai, on the A9 highway, Sri Lanka.

Vallai to Varany, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Click on the web-link below to see some of the photos I took on this road:-

http://philipveerasingam.blogspot.com/2014/01/birds-on-vallai-to-varany-road-jaffna.html

The musical interpretation of bird song.

Click on the web-link below:-

http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2014/01/singing-birds-email-from-dawood.html#links

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

In the lagoon.

Keeping company with a Black-winged Stilt..

In flight.

Alighting

Resting on a tree.

We spotted this on the road from Vallai to Thunnalai around 7am. They were feeding for quite some time in the lagoon. Thet took flight after some time and alighted on some trees bordering the lagoon.

'Black-headed Ibis' - Threskiornis melanocephalus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Birds of the Thondamanaru Lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Click on the web-link below to see some photos I took on a trip in December 2013:-

http://youtu.be/btLo619k4KU

Black-winged Stilts, on the road to Anaikkottai from Jaffna, 21st December 2013.

'Gull-billed Turn' - Gelochelidon nilotica, Pungudutheevu, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture of this bird struggling against the wind on a causeway close to Pungudutheevu.

'Eurasian Curlew'- Numenius arquata, Pungudutheevu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Bird life, Manalkaadu, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

'White-rumped Munias'

'White -rumped Munias' and a 'Blue-tailed Bee-eater'.

'Asian Open-bill' - Anastomus oscitans, Nagar Kovil, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

Cormorants on the road to Kurikkadduwan from Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger.

Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

Great Egret surrounded by Little Cormorants.

'Indian Roller' -Coracias benghalencis, Pannai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

I was in a van when I saw this chap perched on a telephone mast 'stay-wire' by the roadside. It was totally unafraid of our presence and flew away after a few minutes.

'Brahminy Kite' - Haliastur indus - in flight, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

On the road from Jaffna to Anaiccottai there was a place swarming with Brahminy Kites. They and the crows were partaking of the offal thrown into a heap close to the lagoon. I took some time watching these birds in flight.
Click on web-link below to see a short video-clip of same:-

http://youtu.be/LPzdObof3OU

A 'Brahminy Kite' - Haliaster indus, Poonery, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

I saw this bird sitting on some fishing nets near the Dutch Fort in Jaffna. The rosy dawn tinted the bird and the nets a reddish color.