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

We spotted a tribe of these on the branches of a dead tree inside the Udawalawe National Park. Drs. Wignaraja, Kaluaratchi, David, Peter and Mick were with me in the Safari Jeep when we spotted them. I took these photos with a Nikon D90 using a 70 to 300 D lens with vibration reduction on. The shot was taken hand-held from the Jeep.

A Pea-cock - Pavo cristatus courting, Uda-walawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

We waited nearly fifteen minutes watching this display. We moved on before it ended. I wonder whether the male attained its purpose. 

Common Tailor-bird - Orthotomus sutorius, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Birds in a Paddy field, Tissa, Sri Lanka.

'Black-winged Stilt' - Himantopus himantopus.

Stilt and 'Black-headed Ibis'.

Black-headed Ibises - Thrskiornis melanocephalus, Deberawewa, Sri Lanka.

Greater Coucal - Centropus sinensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Useful because it eats up the snails and molluscs in the garden. It is a danger to the chicks of other birds. It raids the nests just before the chicks take flight and has a good meal of the chicks.

'White-throated Kingfisher' - Halcyon smyrnensis, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis, Katharagama, Sri Lanka.