'White-bellied Drongo' - Dicrurus caerluscens - in various poses.

'House Sparrow' - Passer domesticus indicus - Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A male in beautiful plumage and the female seen gathering grass leaves for nest-building. The male was doing all the work while the female was 'supervising'.

Common Mynah - Acridotheres tristis - Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

It was the nesting season and I spotted this Myna carrying a feather.

Juvenile Oriental Magpie Robin - Copsychus saularis - Saman Dewala, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'Oriental Magpie Robin' - Copsychus saularis, Saman Dewale, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

'White-bellied Drongo' - Dicrorus caerulescens, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Red-rumped Swallow - Hirundo daurica hyperythra, Batathota, Kuruwita, Sri Lanka.

I saw a couple of these on a patch of mud presumably gathering the wet clay to reinforce their nest.

Asian Koel - Eudynamys scolopacea, Mutwal, Sri Lanka.

 

Announcing the arrival of summer with its strident call the Koel is a welcome call of the season. To get a glimpse of it is not easy as it hides in the branches of tall trees. It lurks to lay its eggs in the crows nest.