2015 February 12-18: The Weekly Wednesday Wildlife Report Vol 1

We have kids who follow our blog. Once a week we will be posting the wildlife that we have seen, just for them!

 Turtles and fence lizard at Lord's Restaurant in Negombo.

 This palm squirrel and babbler were chasing each other out of the vines covering this old house's roof behind our hotel.

 Water buffalo and sacred ibises near Chilaw.

A colony of hundreds of flying foxes near Chilaw...

and one dead one we found electrocuted on a wire near our hotel.

This one is especially for Dave. :)

The first insect I've been able to photograph -

a moth in our hotel hallway.

The friendly neighbourhood palm squirrel that hangs out at our hotel. We think he sleeps inside the ceiling - something about his size runs around in there right over heads each night!

Can you see the Ghost Crab?

Here's a hint...his legs are sort of reddish coloured.

Gecko.

Dogs on the beach.

Pamela's Bird Species:

Asian Openbill

Indian Cormorant

Spot-billed Pelican

Gray Heron

Great Egret

Intermediate Egret

Little Egret

Cattle Egret

Indian Pond-Heron

Black-headed Ibis    Male in foreground; female at back right.

Brahminy Kite

Purple Swamphen

Red-wattled Lapwing

Tern

Rock Pigeon

Asian Koel  2 males  female

Greater Coucal

White-throated Kingfisher

Green Bee-eater

Brown-headed Barbet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

White-bellied Drongo

House Crow

Large-billed Crow

Barn Swallow

Red-vented Bulbul

Yellow-billed Babbler

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Common Myna

Pale-billed Flowerpecker

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Purple Sunbird

Long-billed Sunbird Steve's New Bird List: Asian Openbill Indian Cormorant Spot-billed Pelican Gray Heron Little Egret Cattle Egret Indian Pond-Heron Black-headed Ibis Brahminy Kite Purple Swamphen Red-wattled Lapwing Roseate Tern Rock Pigeon Asian Koel Greater Coucal Little Swift White-throated Kingfisher Green Bee-eater Brown-headed Barbet Crimson-backed Flameback Rose-ringed Parakeet White-bellied Drongo House Crow Large-billed Crow Barn Swallow Red-vented Bulbul Common Tailorbird Yellow-billed Babbler Asian Brown Flycatcher Oriental Magpie-Robin Common Myna Pale-billed Flowerpecker Purple-rumped Sunbird Long-billed Sunbird House Sparrow Incidentally, this puts Steve currently in #11 and myself as #10 in the Top 100 Sri Lankan birders in 2015, and Steve is currently #90 and I am #89 in the Top 100 All Time Sri Lankan Bird Watchers!