Red-vented Bulbul and squirrel sharing a papaw fruit, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

 

Red-vented Bulbul and Palm Squirrel, socialising

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer, looking after its young, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The fledgling chick with a white flesh on its beak is easy prey to the Rat snake or Coucal bird. The parents always hang around, feeding the chick and protecting it by raising an alarm when the predators are near.

Red-vented Bulbul - Picnonotus cafer, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer partaking of a fruit, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The plumage of a Red-vented Bulbul, Karandana, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Red-vented Bulbul panting on a hot day, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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

Red-vented Bulbul chick, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

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.

Red-vented Bulbul, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Picture taken  in our home garden. Nikon D90, 18-200 zoom lens, hand-held camera.

Red-vented Bulbul eating a slice of Papaw , Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Red-vented Bulbul Mother and Chick, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Red -vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Videos:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOYi5MwAcos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4_mhE6sK8s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87DAz41ESI