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

 

Brown-headed Barbet entering its nest, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

This Barbet couple built their nest in the hole of  a 'Veralu' tree and 3 yong ones  came out and flew away. This couple was prevented from using the earlier nest by a very aggressive couple of  'Mynahs', who subsequently laid  eggs  there and brought up their brood of young ones. The Barbet couple found a hole in the same 'Veralu tree and have prepared this place for the second brood.

Brown-headed Barbet, Megalaima zeylanica, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Common Myna, Home Garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Brown-headedd Barbet and nest, Avissawella, Sri Lanka, March 2020,

Enjoying a feed of ripe plantain fruit, Home garden

A  neat hole in a  'Veralu' tree where a brood was raised

Abandoned attempt at making a nest on the same veralu tree

Common Wood Shrike, Home garden, Avissawella,, Sri Lanka, March 2020

 

Red -vented Bulbul, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Male

Female

Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopacea, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Enjoying a slice of ripe papaw on the feeding tray. Traditionally their mating season commences, just before the Sinhalese - Tamil New year. Their mating calls are heard throughout Sri Lanka.

'Blue-tailed Bee-eater', Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, 15th December 2019.

Pecock dancing, Udawalawe, Sri Lanka, December 2019.

Pea-cock showing off to a pea-hen close-by, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka, 15th December 2019. While we were watching the dance we spotted the pea-hen nearby. The pea-hen saw us and scooted off in one direction and the pea-cock folded its feathers and ran off in the opposite direction.

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Peacock dancing – Udawalawe

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Bee-eaters of Udawalawe,, Sri Lanka

Please click on web-link below. All photos taken by Philip G Veerasingam

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Birds visiting our home garden, Avissaweella, Sri Lanka.

Common Wood Shrike

 

Oriental Magpie Robin

Red vented Bulbul

Common House Sparrow