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My backyard filled with surprises.

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Chilaw, Home, Dry Zone, Birds, Wildlife, 2012, 2013, Stories from Home

Author: Ashan (216 Trips)

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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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  • My backyard filled with surprises

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

The lonely path along the adjacent canal

lighted up by the rays

lighted up by the rays

a Mongoose busy digging a hole

a Mongoose busy digging a hole

Bath time

Bath time

a Humming bird

a Humming bird

Green pigeon

Green pigeon

Owl eye moth

Owl eye moth

safely landed

safely landed

Kithala

Kithala

the most frequent visitor

the most frequent visitor

morning drops caught up in a web

morning drops caught up in a web

 life we step on

life we step on

playground which birds play when the children are not around

playground which birds play when the children are not around

Art of Distribution

Art of Distribution

living in harmoney

living in harmony

Acting tarzen when the cannal is dried out

Acting Tarzan when the canal is dried out

April visitor

April visitor

im not a crow with conjunctivitis

im not a crow with conjunctivitis

Our national pride

Our national pride

rescued one

rescued one

Kawuda

Kawuda

 just before it found a mating partner

Mr Crimson just before it found a mating partner

a dead leaf?

a dead leaf?

Orange breasted green pigeon

Orange breasted green pigeon

Asian Openbill Stork found in the cannal

Asian Openbill Stork found in the canal

 Ati kukula

Ati kukula

a Indian roller

a Indian roller

 Black-hooded Oriole

Black-hooded Oriole

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Asian Paradise Flycatcher - white form which gave me a very hard time

Asian Paradise Flycatcher – white form which gave me a very hard time

Brown Headed Barbet

Brown Headed Barbet

ceylon green pigeon

ceylon green pigeon

Blue Tailed Bee-Eater

Blue Tailed Bee-Eater

Looks like a White Browed Bulbul

Looks like a White Browed Bulbul

Ceylon Swallow

Ceylon Swallow

Chestnut Headed Bee-Eater

Chestnut Headed Bee-Eater

Crested Honey Buzzard

Crested Honey Buzzard

Emerald Dove

Emerald Dove

Jerdon's leafbird

Jerdon’s leafbird

Oriental Magpie Robin

Oriental Magpie Robin

rock pigeons

rock pigeons

 මම හැඩයි මම දිහා බලන්න

මම හැඩයි මම දිහා බලන්න

Spotted Dove

Spotted Dove

Small Minivet

Small Minivet

White Throated KF

White Throated KF

Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker

Lesser Yellow-naped Woodpecker

Tresspassers

Trespassers

Cant recall its name

Cant recall its name

collecting minerals

collecting minerals

 the fight for the coconut shell

the fight for the coconut shell

Scaly Breasted Munia

Scaly Breasted Munia

kurulu goya

kurulu goya

Green Bee-Eater

Green Bee-Eater

Green Imperial Pigeon

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

එය් මටත් ඔව්නේ

moments before...

moments before…

today's special squirrel soup

today’s special squirrel soup

sharing together

sharing together

find the intruder

find the intruder

safe distance from the beaks

safe distance from the beaks

and they even fight

and they even fight

too busy

too busy

ah they left

ah they left

ok time for a tea need to head back towards the kitchen, thats all for now

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!

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