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A Sri Lankan blog
Bird and Nature Blogs
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Day 62 - the disapproving parakeets - Female - without a rose ring Said the lady parakeet - Screech, screech, screech! I am a rose-ringed parakeet, So, don’t call me a parrot please, in your...
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Eurasian Goshawks in Berlin - “You can tell by the fact that you can’t see it” – this famous description of the Goshawk by 20th-century zoologist Oskar Heinroth is still widely valid. T...4 hours ago
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Goldfinch Flower And Hummingbird Fence - I don't always pay close attention to goldfinches because there are so many of them around but when they land on top of a flower I take notice. This one ...
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Birds panting to cool down - Glosy Starling Yellow-vented Bulbul Brown Shrike (From AI Overview) Birds pant, or more specifically engage in "gular fluttering," to cool down by rapidl...
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Well, Here We Are — Back to Birding Girl After 11 Years - Well, here we are—after an epic 11-year hiatus, I’m sitting back at my Adirondack chair, overlooking the picturesque cranberry bogs we live on now. I've ...
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Change of address - Just putting this here in case anyone is still subscribed. Due to issues with hosting requirements, the Variety of Life website has changed its address. ...1 month ago
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BirdFinder – A wordy puzzle for bird nerds - BirdFinder, a new puzzle by The Green Ogre, is exactly what you need to spend time away from time-wasting online habits and apps that do the thinking for you2 months ago
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Force of Nature – George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement - This is a review of Force of Nature – George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement by Arthur Melville Pearson George Fell was born in 1916 in Elgin...4 months ago
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Head In The Clouds - Caitlyn emailed me from Princeton ‘I am delighted to let you know about this one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the artists w...
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Blogs continued
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Common Kingfisher - Thalangama, Sri Lanka - Common Kingfisher photographed at Thalangama this morning. The bird was far away and I had to crop the image a fair bit. It was pretty quiet from a bi...
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I Want To Be A Nationalist - Whichever direction I glance in it seems that Nationalism is on the rise. Be it Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism over your way, the good old US Trump flavoure...6 years ago
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Fashion that doesn't bleed! - Been a very very long time since I wrote something on the blog... :) But moving and being busy doesn't really help. So becoming vegetarian (again) was...9 years ago
Amila Salgado
- Amila Salgado
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- I am a naturalist guide specialising in bird watching and wildlife tours. I have keen interests in Theravada Buddhism and Vedic Astrology. I became an ardent Buddhist in October, 2012 after meeting Venerable Waharaka Abhayaratanalanka--who attained the Supreme Bliss of Nibbana in February, 2017. I studied at St. Peter's College, Colombo 4.