After a hectic couple of weeks we decided to have a fairly lazy day with just some early morning and late afternoon birding around Habarana.
The weather since we arrived in Sri Lanka had been hot, very hot, even the locals were commenting that it was usually hot – hence any form of activity for us and indeed our avian friends was out of the question from about 11.00am until 4.00pm.
There is some good habitat around Habarana and quite varied at that with forest, lakes, scrub and some cultivated land.
We had good sightings of a number of interesting species and managed to keep our tally on endemics ticking along.
Brown-headed Barbet – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 250White-browed Fantail – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 500White-rumped Shama – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 800Scaly-breasted Munia – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 800
Plain Prinia
Plain Prinia
Black-hooded Oriole – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 1600Coppersmith Barbet – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 250Alexandrine Parakeet – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 250Indian Paradise Flycatcher – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 320Grey-breasted Prinia – Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII – Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 Pro – f/4 – 1/250s – iso 640
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