'Greater Coucal' - Centropus sinensis, Piliyandala, Sri Lanka.

I took these pictures in the back-yard of a house. The bird was foraging the food thrown away. The white object in the foreground is a sweet-meat called 'Aasmi' which the bird seems to relish. This bird raids birds nest and eats up the fledglins before they fly away. It also eats up the snails in the garden..

'Oriental Magpie Robins' - Copsychus saularis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Male

Female

I spotted or rather heard the male Robin calling plaintively and the female answering to the male, 50 meters from each other. It was pleasent to hear and see them.

Oriental White-eyes - Zosterops palpebrosa, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Yellow Bittern - Ixobrychus sinensis, and a Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, Muhamalai, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Bittern with Little Egret.

Little Egret.

'Great Egret' - Casmerodius albus, Muhamaalai, on the A9 highway, Sri Lanka.

Vallai to Varany, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

Click on the web-link below to see some of the photos I took on this road:-

http://philipveerasingam.blogspot.com/2014/01/birds-on-vallai-to-varany-road-jaffna.html

The musical interpretation of bird song.

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http://1960medicalbatchcolombo.blogspot.com/2014/01/singing-birds-email-from-dawood.html#links

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

In the lagoon.

Keeping company with a Black-winged Stilt..

In flight.

Alighting

Resting on a tree.

We spotted this on the road from Vallai to Thunnalai around 7am. They were feeding for quite some time in the lagoon. Thet took flight after some time and alighted on some trees bordering the lagoon.