Common Hoopoe - Upupa epops, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Grey Heron - Ardea cineria and Great Egret - Casmerodius albus, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Indian Pea-fowl - Pavo cristatus, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Green Bee-eater - Merops orientalis, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Eurasian Spoon-bill - Platalea leucorodia, Yala, Sri Lanka.

'Companions' - I saw this couple at Yala, Sri Lanka.

I saw this couple a 'Black-headed Ibis' and an 'Open-bill' keeping very close company at Yala, Sri Lanka.

'White-throated Kingfisher, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Brahminy Kite and an elephant, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Scene inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

'Brahminy Kites', Yala, Sri Lanka.

Pictures taken inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. It looked like the parents and their off spring, still in juvenile plumage were perched on a tree overlooking a pond. Junior might have been undergoing training in hunting.

A 'Bittern' and a 'Cormorant', Yala, Sri Lanka.

Picture taken inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

'Rose-ringed Parakeet' - Psittacula krameri, Yala, Sri Lanka.

II took these pictures inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Peahens and chicks, Yala, Sri Lanka.

'Redwattled Lapwing' - Vanellus indicus, Yala, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

Black-headed Ibis and 'Open-bill', Yala, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t425bYrpNIk