Indian Robin - Black Robin, Kudagama, Sri Lanka.

The 'Black robin' looks like the 'Oriental Magpie Robin' but is totally black. It makes a hissing call unlike the Oriental Magpie Robin' which is a very musical bird. The male 'Black Robin' is black and the female is a greyish red. I took this photograph at Kudagama, Avissawella in February 2010. 

?"Common bush-shrike', Kudagama, Avissawella, Sri Lanka

Photo taken in shrub jungle by a foot-path, Kudagama, Avissawella, in February, 2010. Camera used Fuji Finepix S 1500.

'Blyth's Pipit' - Kaluwandura, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Around 10am on the 4th of February 2010, we were returning from Kaluwandura, a village off Puwakpitiya. We saw this bird by the roadside. It circled around and would not fly away. There must have been a nest closeby for we spotted its other partner momentarily before the latter flew away. It gave us anexcellent photographic study.

Common Tailor-bird.

The above is a regular visitor to our garden. They flit about and are difficult to photograph. This one literally posed for the photograph taken by me a few days back.

'White-rumped Munia', Kudagama,Sri Lanka

The 'White-rumped Munia' and the 'Scaly-breasted Munia' are often seen together. I took this photo within a few feet of the picture below on a bright sunny day in Kudagama.