Indian Paradise Flycatcher - Tersiphone paradisi paradisi, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Brown-headed Barbet - Megalaima zeylanica, eating a Papaw fruit, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Photo taken on a Sony Mavica digital camera with 20x zoom in 2005.

'White-browed Fan-tail' - Rhipidura aureola, Paradise Estate, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

On a paddy field at Paradise Estate, Rathnapura.

Oriental White-eyes - Zosterops palpebrosa, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Indian Paradise Fly-catcher - Terpsiphone paradisi paradisi, Saman Dewale, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

 

A flash of long white plumes and the next thing I saw was this bird perched among the foliage. I took this photo before it disappeared.

Juvenile Oriental Magpie Robin - Copsychus saularis - Saman Dewala, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'Oriental Magpie Robin' - Copsychus saularis, Saman Dewale, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'Blue-tailed Bee-eaters'- Merops philippinus - Saman Dewala, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

I spotted these regular visitors to the banks of the Kalu Ganga bordering the Saman Dewala, Rathnapura. Sri Lanka.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfXNifcKyNA

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

'House Sparrow' chick, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'House Sparrow' chick awaiting feed.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8U0jYyqgo

'Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker' - Dinopium benghalense psarodes, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

I took these pictures at Paradise Estate, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka on the 6th April 2012

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1EtopjrEQo

Nest of 'White Eye', Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Photos by Dr.Charaka Wickremasinghe.

'White Eyes', Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Photos taken by Dr.Charaka Wickremasinghe.

'White-bellied Drongo' - Dicrurus caerulescens, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Picture by Dr.Charaka Wickremasinghe.

'Brown-headed Barbet' - Megalaima zeylanica, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

The 'Barbet' relishes the unripe berries of the black pepper tree as you see in this picture.

Pictures taken by Dr.Charaka Wickremasinghe.

Bluetailed Beeeater - Merops phillipinus, eating a dragonfly, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Picture taken behind the 'Saman Dewale', Rathnapura.

'Brahminy Kite', Malwala, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture from the Malwala bridge, Rathnapura. The bird was perched on a large tree bordering the 'Kalu Ganga'.

'Chestnut-headed Bee-eater', Erathna, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'Blue-tailed Bee-eater' - Merops phillipinus, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.