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A Sri Lankan blog
Bird and Nature Blogs
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August Time - After the relative quiet of birding of June and July, the first days of August sees many birders pick up their bins again. There’s hope that the new month ...
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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review - There was a time when I thought each bird species had its own individual song. Then I found out that there was this vocalization called a ‘call,’ so I th...19 hours ago
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An All You Can See Buffet! - As the month of July came to an end I had the urge to get back out in the woods to experience the wonders of nature again. So I followed the tracks out ...
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The Cordia Clade - The tropics are home to a wide diversity of plant species, many of them belonging to groups less familiar in cooler regions of the world. Prominent among t...
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Morning Walk - Movement Control Order 3.0 - Saya setiap pagi berjalan kaki atau berjogging di sekitar taman perumahan dan di Taman Maju Indah. Di hujung taman ini terdapat satu kawasan semak bersebel...
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Looking down - Fresh leaves, dried leaves, I do spy light green, dark green, brown... and even a Lemon Pansy butterfly. Green circles, pink stars Brown sand and grey wa...
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The trees are dead! Long live the forest! - Dead trees are vital habitats for nourishing life. Then why do we have a problem with them? The Green Ogre - Nature's layers unraveled To read more, visit ...1 month ago
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Seventeen-year Cicadas: Watching a Nymph Transform - Seventeen-year Periodic Cicadas have been emerging slowly and silently in my east Tennessee yard for the past week. No drumming music to attract mates. ...
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8th May 2021 Global Birding - 8th May 2021 Joined the #globalbirding yesterday and started from home around 6 AM and saw around 10 birds such as Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Iora,...
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Loose Feathers #800 - *White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS* Birds and birding news - Tomorrow is NJ Audubon's World Series of Birding, a big day tournament ...
2 months ago
Blogs continued
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Brown-headed Barbet - Colombo, Sri Lanka - The barbets are regular visitors to our garden, specially when there is fruit on the trees. I photographed this guy from about 10 feet away. I was on ...
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කළුකිච්චා (Saxicoloides fulicatus) - වියලි කලාපයේ වියලි විවෘත ප්රදේශ වල සුලභව හමුවන, තෙත් කලාපයේ දුර්ලභව ඇතැම් විශේෂිත ප්රදේශ වල පමණක් කඳුකරයේ මධ්යම ප්රදේශය දක්වා පාහේ හමුවන දේශිය පක්ෂි...
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I'm No Dog Hater... - ..but it's the owners who sometimes get on my wick. So I'd arranged to go out with my mate P the other evening. I've known him for years and I suppose I'd...2 years ago
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Those not-so-fab "Mom" days... - Ain't no shame momma. Today was one of those mornings. I woke up to a shrill little "YEAAAAAAAAAKKKKKGURGLE" in my ear. LO (little one) was wedged between ...5 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.