Showing posts with label Jaffna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jaffna. Show all posts
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Brahminy kite - Haliastur indus - stranded on the ground, Mandaitheevu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Photos taken 45 minutes apart
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Birds in a pond, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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In close proximity to the Nallur Temple is the Rio Ice-cream Bar. There is a weed grown algae covered pond. It is an area with a lot of tra...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, Pannai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Little Egret with a Black-winged Stilt. Little Egret.
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta, near Rio Ice-cream parlour, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Indian Pond-heron - Ardeola grayii, near the Rio Ice-crem parlour, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Quite a few water birds were spotted by me in this collection of water. The proximity of active human noise and bustle seem not to have a...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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There is a small lake next to the Rio Ice-cream Parlour at Nallur. I spotted this bird feeding in the lake.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Next to the Rio Ice-cream parlor at Nallur, there is a small weed-covered lake. I have seen this bird regularly over the last fo...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Vallai to Varany, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

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Click on the web-link below to see some of the photos I took on this road:- http://philipveerasingam.blogspot.com/2014/01/birds-on-vallai...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

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In the lagoon. Keeping company with a Black-winged Stilt.. In flight. Alighting Resting on a tree. We spotted this o...
Friday, January 24, 2014

'Black-headed Ibis' - Threskiornis melanocephalus, Vallai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 23rd December 2013.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Birds of the Thondamanaru Lagoon, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Click on the web-link below to see some photos I took on a trip in December 2013:- http://youtu.be/btLo619k4KU
Sunday, January 19, 2014

'Eurasian Curlew'- Numenius arquata, Pungudutheevu, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

'Indian Roller' -Coracias benghalencis, Pannai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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I was in a van when I saw this chap perched on a telephone mast 'stay-wire' by the roadside. It was totally unafraid of our pr...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

'Brahminy Kite' - Haliastur indus - in flight, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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On the road from Jaffna to Anaiccottai there was a place swarming with Brahminy Kites. They and the crows were partaking of the ...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

A 'Brahminy Kite' - Haliaster indus, Poonery, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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I saw this bird sitting on some fishing nets near the Dutch Fort in Jaffna. The rosy dawn tinted the bird and the nets a reddish color.
Monday, March 11, 2013

Garganey - Anas quer querdula, Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Birds on the road from 'Mudakkaththaan Santhy' - Vallai to Varani, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Friday, March 8, 2013

Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax, Vallai-Varani road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Black Bittern - Dupetor flavicollis, Vallai-Varani road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus, Vallai - Varani road, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

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