Black-hooded Oriole - Oriolus xanthornus, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Come for a feed of a plantain fruit left in a container, home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus, Kanthalai, Sri Lanka.

Brahminy Kite foraging over the waters of the Kanthalai water reservoir.

Cormorants and Egrets on the shore of the Kanthalai tank, Sri Lanka.

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, near Kanthalai Rest House, Sri Lanka.

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, Kanthalai, Sri Lanka.

Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus and Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia, Allai, Sri Lanka.

Indian Darter - Anhinga melanogaster, Allai, Sri Lanka.

Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia, Allai, Sri Lanka.

Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala, with a few Black-headed Ibises, Allai, Sri Lanka.

Serunuwara to Kanthalai, Sri Lanka. Identify the birds by the road side.

A good exercise in identifying the birds seen along the way.

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Little Cormorants - Phalacrocorax niger, Allai, Sri Lanka.

Great Egret - Casmerodius albus, Allai, Sri Lanka.

A Pea-cock in flight, Allai, near Kanthalai, Sri Lanka.

It is quite a heavy bird and it needs quite an effort on it's part to get airborne. I took these pictures on a rapid-fire sequence on my Nikon D90.

'Black-headed Ibis - Threskiornis melanocephalus and Indian Darter - Anhinga melanogaster, Allai, on the road to Kanthalai, Sri Lanka.

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea, near Serunuwara, Sri Lanka.

Wooly-necked Stork - Ciconia episcopus, on the Seunuwara - Kanthalai road, Sri Lanka.

There was a large collection of these birds in the uncultivated paddy fields by the side of the road, closer to Serunuwara.

Pied King-fisher - Ceryle rudis, near Allai, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

 This bird was hovering over a small stream and repeatedly diving into the water, catching fish.

Changeable Hawk Eagle - Spizactus sirrhatus, Vakari, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

This bird was feeding on some chicks on a bird's nest, by the roadside. It flew up and took refuge on a Palmyra tree, on the approach of our car. I took these shots with the camera hand-held, using a 70-300 Nikkor zoom lens with VR on on my Nikon D90.

Nests of the Baya Weaver - Ploceus philippinus, Seruwavila, Sri Lanka.

On a tall tree in a windy plain, by the side of a small stream this was an ideal site for these nests. This was by the side of a mud track on the approaches to the Serwavila Buddhist shrine.