'Great Egret' - Casmerodius albus, Muhamaalai, on the A9 highway, Sri Lanka.

Vallai to Varany, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Click on the web-link below to see some of the photos I took on this road:-

http://philipveerasingam.blogspot.com/2014/01/birds-on-vallai-to-varany-road-jaffna.html

The musical interpretation of bird song.

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http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2014/01/singing-birds-email-from-dawood.html#links

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

In the lagoon.

Keeping company with a Black-winged Stilt..

In flight.

Alighting

Resting on a tree.

We spotted this on the road from Vallai to Thunnalai around 7am. They were feeding for quite some time in the lagoon. Thet took flight after some time and alighted on some trees bordering the lagoon.

'Black-headed Ibis' - Threskiornis melanocephalus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

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.