Birds of the Thondamanaru Lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Click on the web-link below to see some photos I took on a trip in December 2013:-

http://youtu.be/btLo619k4KU

Black-winged Stilts, on the road to Anaikkottai from Jaffna, 21st December 2013.

'Gull-billed Turn' - Gelochelidon nilotica, Pungudutheevu, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture of this bird struggling against the wind on a causeway close to Pungudutheevu.

'Eurasian Curlew'- Numenius arquata, Pungudutheevu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Bird life, Manalkaadu, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

'White-rumped Munias'

'White -rumped Munias' and a 'Blue-tailed Bee-eater'.

'Asian Open-bill' - Anastomus oscitans, Nagar Kovil, off Point-Pedro, Sri Lanka.

Cormorants on the road to Kurikkadduwan from Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorax niger.

Indian Cormorant - Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

Great Egret surrounded by Little Cormorants.

'Indian Roller' -Coracias benghalencis, Pannai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

I was in a van when I saw this chap perched on a telephone mast 'stay-wire' by the roadside. It was totally unafraid of our presence and flew away after a few minutes.