Black-rumped Flame-back Wood-pecker, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A very rare sight - Black-rumped flame-back wood-pecker, in our home garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka. It was in and out in two minutes. I took a grab-shot with my Nikon D7200. Next morning it returned with its mate but I did not have my camera ready.A very rare sight - Black-rumped flame-back wood-pecker, in our home garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka. It was in and out in two minutes. I took a grab-shot with my Nikon D7200. Next morning it returned with its mate but I did not have my camera ready.

Common Myna, Home Garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Palm Squirrel at the bird feeder, enjoying the bread crumbs

Brown-headedd Barbet and nest, Avissawella, Sri Lanka, March 2020,

Enjoying a feed of ripe plantain fruit, Home garden

A  neat hole in a  'Veralu' tree where a brood was raised

Abandoned attempt at making a nest on the same veralu tree

Common Wood Shrike, Home garden, Avissawella,, Sri Lanka, March 2020

 

Babbler and house Sparrows sharing a meal

Red-vented Bulbul and Palm Squirrel, socialising