Common Moor-hen - Gallinula chloropus, near Rio Ice-cream parlor, Nallur, Jaffna.

Common Moor-hen.

?Yellow Bittern and  Common Moorhens.

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

There is a small lake next to the Rio Ice-cream Parlour at Nallur. I spotted this bird feeding in the lake.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Next to the Rio Ice-cream parlor at Nallur, there is a small weed-covered lake. I have seen this bird regularly over the last four years. An Australian Doctor said that this bird is also called the 'Jesus Bird'. It walks on the large spreading lotus leaves and appears to 'walk on water' as Jesus did.

Malabar Pied Hornbill - Anthracoceros coronatus, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

Photos taken hand-held on my Nikon D90 with a 70 - 305 D lens (with VR on), from a safari jeep.

Paddy-field Pipit - Anthus rufulus, Wellawaya, Sri Lanka.

I spotted this close to a paddy field perched on a high-tension aluminium wire.

Little Cormorant - Phalacrocorx niger, Chandrika Wewa, Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka.

Chandrika Wewa at dawn.

A Cormorant cooling itself  after a dive. It has no sweat glands and spreads its wings to catch the breeze. 

Red-wattled Lapwing - Vanellus indicus, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

Black-capped Kingfisher - Halcyon pileata, Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.