Long-billed Sun-bird (Loten's sun-bird) -Nectariinia lotenia, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

They flit so fast from flower to flower that it s a real effort to capture them on camera.

'Red-wattled Lapwings' -Vanellus indicus , Beira Lake, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

They seem to have built a nest on a fallen concrete pillar in Beira Lake.

House-sparrow chick - Passer domesticus indicus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Black-headed Oriole -Oriolus xanthornus, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Perched on the top branches of a Veralu tree, after a shower of rain.

White-throated King-fisher, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A chick only a few days old seen in the photos above.

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Indian Pond Heron - Ardeola grayii, Mathara, Sri Lanka.

Red-wattled Lapwing, Padukka, Sri Lanka.

Feeding, on a harvested paddy field.

Indian Pond-heron - Ardeola grayii, Padukka, Sri Lanka.

A rather mud soiled bird on a paddy field after a shower of rain.