Tag: Wildlife

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Chameleon in my tree!

Yep, the wildlife in Sri Lanka provides no end of amusement for me. It's true. 😀 Here's…

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Tailor!

Bird. Common. From wildlife In my yard in Sri Lanka? VERY common. Visiting all the time, wiggling…

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Chameleons in my yard!

I do love the chameleons in my yard in Sri Lanka. Living in Singapore, I don't have…

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A monitor lizard crossing the road in Sri Lanka

This happens often enough in Sri Lanka – wildlife crossing the road. It might be a goat…

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Cows wandering the streets in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Cows are everywhere in Sri Lanka. If you've read more than a few blog posts here, you…

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An Elephant and a Perahara

Perahara (which I hoped I spelled correctly) is a Sinhala word which basically means religious procession or…

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An elephant at work

This photo was taken of an elephant at work in a park in the middle of Colombo,…

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Goats

You know how cows are everywhere in Sri Lanka? How they stop traffic, take naps in the…

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Squirrels!

Sri Lankan squirrels. Because they amuse me. Oh, yes, they do! Not as much as cows, it's…

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Interesting – to me at least – winged creature

Of sorts. Orange stripes would make you think of a bee, right? Yeah, not so much. From…

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Squirrels!

We've got a lot of squirrels, too, in Sri Lanka. We had one invade the second house…

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Yellow-billed babbler in Sri Lanka.

The yellow-billed babbler is quite a common bird in Sri Lanka. They visit our yard, poke through…

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Chameleons!

At our house in Sri Lanka, we'd see chameleons in our yard every now and then. Sometimes…

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A Singaporean Wildlife Bridge…

Connecting two forests so the wildlife can move back and forth and see their cousins? Very cool….

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Can’t live with ’em, can’t kill ’em all…

Because they run fast and they breed too quickly. From wildlife Geckos are a real nuisance. I…

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Rats!

Yeah. We have a lot of wildlife in Sri Lanka. A lot. Some of it, I love….

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Neighborhood Monkeys

One of my favouritest things about Sri Lanka… Having neighborhood monkeys. Purple face langurs, aka purple faced…

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One very weird day…

I went outside to the front yard – probably to hang up laundry or something – and…

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Chameleon in heat!

I read somewhere, sometime, a very very long time ago, that when a chameleon turns deep red…

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Birds, Birds, Birds

While we didn't have as many birds in Auckland as we did in Sri Lanka, we still…

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White-Rumped Munias Building a Nest

There’s been the makings of a nest between the eavestroughing and the house since as long as I’ve lived here, which is over three years. Until now, I’ve seen no activity involving it – no birds coming and going, no building, nothing. … Squatters or no, I’m glad they’ve taken over the vacant space. 🙂 These pictures are taken from the end of February.

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A Squirrel Is A-Frolickin’

He must have broken free from his travelling circus where he works on the tightrope. … Because, honestly, other than ants or other bugs on the bark, what could the squirrel possibly be interested in? … Apparently, he’s had enough of me snapping his picture.

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Project #365 Day 188 – Contortionist Barbie

But every time I try to think “Contortionist Squirrel”, it comes out as “Contortionist Barbie”. Sue me. 🙂 Yup, squirrels hang out a lot around our house. … And since they don’t cause any bad behavior as long as they don’t come inside – which they haven’t with this house *knocks on wood* – I’m pretty much fine with them. 🙂 This one, today, was climbing all over the tree, upside down, sideways, just having a good ol’ time.

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Green Parrots in Flight

A month and a half back, Fahim and I were returning home when we saw this truck. … Cuz I really don’t think we’re in an alternate universe right now, you know? As it turns out, we got our answer when the car we were in passed the truck.

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A Squirrel and a Chameleon Meet…

A month and a half back, Fahim and I were returning home when we saw this truck. … Cuz I really don’t think we’re in an alternate universe right now, you know? As it turns out, we got our answer when the car we were in passed the truck.