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| Year and Month | 2012 & 2013 |
| Number of Days | Contless |
| Accommodation | Second home |
| Location | Chilaw Suburbs |
| Activities | Wildlife / Birding |
| Weather | Sunny, overcast, Windy and etc etc |
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| Author | Ashan |
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It is fascinating what you could observe around your own residence sometimes! some people travel to places to see wild life but if you are observant enough there are plenty of things right at your doorstep. This is a collection of images taken around my second home while having a chat in our garden. The canal which lies at the boarder attracts many birds and its a great pleasure to walk along it when the water levels are low.
 The lonely path along the adjacent canal |
 lighted up by the rays |
 a Mongoose busy digging a hole |
 Bath time |
 a Humming bird |
 Green pigeon |
 Owl eye moth |
 safely landed |
 Kithala |
 the most frequent visitor |
 morning drops caught up in a web |
 life we step on |
 playground which birds play when the children are not around |
 Art of Distribution |
 living in harmony |
 Acting Tarzan when the canal is dried out |
 April visitor |
 im not a crow with conjunctivitis |
 Our national pride |
 rescued one |
 Kawuda |
 Mr Crimson just before it found a mating partner |
 a dead leaf? |
 Orange breasted green pigeon |
 Asian Openbill Stork found in the canal |
 Ati kukula |
 a Indian roller |
 Black-hooded Oriole |
 Asian Paradise Flycatcher |
 Asian Paradise Flycatcher – white form which gave me a very hard time |
 Brown Headed Barbet |
 ceylon green pigeon |
 Blue Tailed Bee-Eater |
 Looks like a White Browed Bulbul |
 Ceylon Swallow |
 Chestnut Headed Bee-Eater |
 Crested Honey Buzzard |
 Emerald Dove |
 Jerdon’s leafbird |
 Oriental Magpie Robin |
 rock pigeons |
 මම හැඩයි මම දිහා බලන්න |
 Spotted Dove |
 Small Minivet |
 White Throated KF |
 Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker |
 Trespassers |
 Cant recall its name |
 collecting minerals |
 the fight for the coconut shell |
 Scaly Breasted Munia |
 kurulu goya |
 Green Bee-Eater |
 Green Imperial Pigeons |
The best thing is observing how the parrots and squirrels fight for the left over rice on the birds feeder. Most of the time I do sit on the door step and watch for hours how they play around the feeder. The next set of images are few moments that i captured.
 එය් මටත් ඔව්නේ |
 moments before… |
 today’s special squirrel soup |
 sharing together |
 find the intruder |
 safe distance from the beaks |
 and they even fight |
 too busy |
 ah they left |
 ok time for a tea need to head back towards the kitchen, that’s all for now |
So guys as you can see we do not need to go and see wild life at parks or lakes, sometimes they just drop by daily at your door step.
Thanks for reading!