Visitors to our home garden, March 2014, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The 'Drongo' which imitates the mewing of a cat and many other noises.

The 'Oriental Magpie Robin' which has a variety of songs.

The 'House Sparrow' making a come-back after disappearing for a few years.

The 'Common Tailor-bird' flitting from place to place, always on the move.

Ceylon Paradise Fly-catcher - Terpsiphone paradisi ceylonensis, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Note the beautiful camouflage provided by the dried Banana leaf.

Views of a 'Tailor-bird' - Orthotomus sutorius, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Black-hooded Oriole' - Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

On the garden wall of our home in Avissawella.

'Brown-headed Barbet' - Megalaima zeylanica, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

I spotted this bird making a meal of a Dragon-fly perched on the bough of a 'Veralu' tree.

'Red-backed Wood-pecker' - Dinopium benghalense psarodes, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'House Sparrows' - Passer domesticus indicus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Looking for worms.

Bathing.

Nest of a 'Red-vented Bulbul', time-lapse, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Click on web-link below to see a 'time-lapse' video of the activities in the nest over two afternoons. They took flight the next day.

http://youtu.be/54dN8oje-1g