Tag: Wildlife

There are times when a point-and-shoot camera totally sucks, like when the object you want to focus…

This is my second time writing this post. Ugh. Not ugh because the post is so terrible….

This one is my choice of picture of the day. At least, so far today. I love…

This brown butterfly is an occasional visitor. He flits, he flies, he takes a brief rest break….

Take a good look at this spider. Notice, first of all, that it really is a spider….

Slugs and snails seem to be everywhere here. They burrow into plant roots, they inhabit my compost…

Early morning, I stumble onto the front balcony, barely awake. I pry my eyes open and look…

I heard a high-pitched whiny "Moooooo!". This is not at all unusual here. But since I’m nothing…

I swear, every creature in the neighborhood loves these pink flowers. Including, it would seem, this very…

There’s a tree just outside our front yard. It grows prolifically, so even though it was cut…

…that I’ve seen in Sri Lanka. I’m sure there are many more. I’ve heard tales of them,…

Tags: squirrels

It’s the kingfisher, as it’s known in Sri Lanka. More accurately, this bird is the Whte-Throated Kingfisher…

A cow and a calf, happily munching away on the vegetation in the empty lot next door….

We get a lot of spiders here. Some are small, some, not so much. Here’s one that…

Okay, so he’s probably never been to Chernobyl, or, really, out of this country, so I’m being…

At least, I think it’s what’s locally known as. That’s what Fahim told me, but he’s not…

Yeah, not talking about a can of cola beverage. 😀 Kana Koka or Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola…

Here in Sri Lanka, Fahim tells me, no one likes having this bird in their yard because…

Um, yeah, pretty much. Not in Colombo itself so much, but where we are, in Nugegoda, which…

I’ve decided to make Fridays a Flying Friday day. That means that I’m going to showcase some…

Every now and then, I’ll hear a really really loud MOO! That usually means that either a…

And flying insects and bats and… I dunno. I’m kinda thinking out loud here, but I’m considering…

Here he is, the Battichcha or Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius), getting ready to pose… And here he…

This isn’t about all birds in Sri Lanka, but rather, birds that I’ve seen and photographed. I’m…