A dancing pea-cock, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

View 'en face'.

View from the rear.

Side view.

An admiring pea-hen?

This courtship dance took more than 10 minutes. The pea-cock was turning round slowly and a shivering went through the outstretched fan on and off. The pea-hen was relatively immobile and seemed disinterested on and off.

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

Eurasian Thick-knee - Burhinus oedicnemus, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

'Spoon-bills', Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

Dredging up the mud near the shoreline of a water reservoir,  in search of grub,  these Spoonbills were having a glorious day.

Birds at the Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

Black-winged Stilt, Grey Heron, Painted storks and a Little Egret.

Painted Stork foraging.

Northern Pintails, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

We spotted these Pintails on the shore of a water resrvoir at the Udawalawe National Park.

Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

This bird is very often seen circling the clear sky in pairs wheeling in the high thermals. They make a high piercing cry of 'whee whee whee' heard all over the countryside. They swoop down on birds' nests to grab the youg chicks. Crows usually attack them in groups and drive them away protecting their young.

White-bellied Sea Eagle - Haliacetus leucogaster,Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

' I am the monarch of all I survey, None my right to dispute' this eagle seems to say as he sits on the branch of a tall tree, close to a water reservoir.