Photos taken during the month of February 2025

 Some of the photos taken during the month of February 2025, at our home garden in Karandana, Imbulgasdeniya (Polgahawela), in Gampola & on the way to Gampola on the Hemmathagama-Ambuluwawa road.

Asian (Indian) Paradise- flycatcher [@ Gampola]

Asian Brown Flycatcher [@ Gampola]

Black-naped Monarch [@ Gampola]

Black-rumped Flameback [@ Karandana]

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater [on Hemmathagama-Ambukuwawa road]

Common Myna [@  Karandana]

Large-billed (jungle) Crow [@ Karandana]

Layard's Parakeet [Endemic / @ Karandana]

The Half-moon

Oriental Dwarf kingfisher [@ Gampola]

Oriental Magpie Robin [@ karandana]

Pale-billed Flowerpecker [@ Gampola]

Wood-spider web

Spotted Dove [@ Karandana]

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher [@ Gampola]

White-rumped Munia [@ Karandana]

White-rumped Munia [@ Gampola]

Woolly-necked Stork [@ Karandana]

Photos taken at our home garden - Karandana, Polgahawela

Here are a few photo taken by Kumari Gamage during the month of January, 2025 in our home garden at Sunnymade First Lane, Imbulgasdeniya (Polgahawela), Sri Lanka

The Moon Crescent 

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Indian Koel

Black-headed Yellow Bulbul

Brown Hawk Owl

Crested Serpent Eagle preying on a Trinket snake (Katakaluwa)

Cuckoo-shrike sp.

Indian Peafowl

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Scarlet Minivet

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

White-browed Bulbul

 

Recently captured Photos @ Pinnawala & home

 Some of our recently captured Photos. They include photos of an Indian Roller (Bird / captured in the Pinnawala area), "Tikiri"; the Keelback water snake now resident in our home garden (Imbulgasdeniya), Wild Pigs (Sus scofa) at night in the paddy field behind our home (captured by Kumari), Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya) @ the Pinnawala Zoo and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) @ the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.

Indian Roller

Indian Roller

"Tikiri"; the Keelback water snake

"Tikiri"; the Keelback water snake

Wild Pigs (Sus scofa)

Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya)

Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya)

Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya)

Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya)

Leopards (Panthera padus kotiya)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus maximus)