Brahmiiny Kite - Haliastur indus, Dutch Fort Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

A rather untidy bird with ruffled feathers sitting on the wall of the Fort.

A fallen feather in the vicinity.

Changeable Hawk Eagle - Spizactus sirrhatus, Vakari, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

This bird was feeding on some chicks on a bird's nest, by the roadside. It flew up and took refuge on a Palmyra tree, on the approach of our car. I took these shots with the camera hand-held, using a 70-300 Nikkor zoom lens with VR on on my Nikon D90.

Ashy Wood-swallow - Artamus fuscus, Vakarai, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Great Egret - Casmerodius albus

Picture taken in the moat between the Batticaloa Fort and the old Rest-House. The water was drying up and the fish in the rapidly drying up water was easy prey for the birds, as seen in the video below.
Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1j8fUXWxOw

Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus sinensis, Bar road, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QzSSBRPC5w

'Brahminy Kite', Haliastur indus, Batticaloa

A Brahminy Kite at Amirthakaly, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKOxjt2vsgY

'Brahminy Kite' - Haliaster indus , Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

I took these pictures on the old Dutch Fort, Batticaloa.

'Pied Kingfisher' - Ceryle rudis, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

I saw this pair from the rampart of the old Dutch Fort in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.