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

The noisiest bird in the jungles of Sri Lanka. The older generation of bird-watchers could never get a bird-song recorded without the cry of this bird creeping into the audio-recording.

Ceylon Paradise Fly-catcher - Tersiphone paradisi ceylonensis, various poses, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Oriental Magpie Robin'- Copsychus saularis - bathing, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Deciding on a bath.

'Water must be cold'.

Deciding.

Stepped in at last.

Splashing the water with the wings.

'Time to leave the water'.

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.