Birds on the Kandy Lake, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9BrEab2pK8

Scarlet Minivet - Pericrocotus flammeus - Kosgama, Sri Lanka.

I took these pictures using my Fuji HS 250 using near the maximum end of the 30X built into the camera. It was a hand-held shot aimed at a branch of a very high tree. The bird was very small and was quite agile.

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

Indian Pond Heron - Ardeola grayii

Seen at Sorabora Wewa, Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka.
Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_NlStUjT4

'Brahminy Kite', Haliastur indus, Batticaloa

A Brahminy Kite at Amirthakaly, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Video:-

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

Royal South African Pelican, Kandy

The Kandy Lake was the home to three Royal South African Pelicans in the 1980s. Now they are gone. This is a picture I took in 1988.

Spotted Dove - Streptopelia chinensis ceylonensis - foraging

Picture and video taken at Weralupe, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkxgdOLx1zc