'Purple-rumped Sun-bird' - Nectarinia zeylonica - Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Sun-birds drinking nectar from the coconut flowers and pollinating them in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'Oriental White-eye' - Zosterops palpebrosa - Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A rare visitor to the bird bath in our garden.

'Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer - taking a bath, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

'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.