Thursday 30 March 2017

Sri Lanka 19.2.2017 Part One


Today was another enjoyable day which was largely spent inside Udawalawa National Park on safari. I took a large amount of photos so I've had to split the post into two. One of the trip highlights were a pair of Rain Quail that I managed to pick up out in an open area of grassland. These are rare winter visitors to Sri Lanka and they both gave decent views with a little patience. Birding from a safari jeep had its good and bad points. One of the positives was that wildlife had become habituated to the numerous vehicles which gave some great photography opportunities. One of the negatives was that you didn't have complete freedom to stop where you wanted and spend time on particular species of interest. I'll post another blog post of the passerines and mammals encountered on the same day shortly.

Grey Heron, local birds were noticeably paler than our own.

Painted Stork

Painted Stork

Painted Stork

Woolly-necked Stork

Black-headed Ibis
Adult Crested Hawk-Eagle with prey.

Adult Crested Hawk-Eagle

Juvenile Crested Hawk-Eagle
Grey-headed Fish Eagle
White-bellied Sea Eagle

White-bellied Sea Eagle nest number one. 


White-bellied Sea Eagle nest number two.
Female Rain Quail

Male Rain Quail

Male Rain Quail

Male Indian Peacock

Red-wattled Lapwing

Pacific Golden Plover

Wood Sandpiper

Indian Stone Curlew

Indian Stone Curlew

Indian Stone Curlew

Adult Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Juvenile Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Juvenile Yellow-wattled Lapwing

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper with Indian Pond Heron.
Whiskered Terns

Whiskered Tern
Brown Fish Owl


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