About four or five months ago, we signed up for a new high-speed Internet service in Sri Lanka – AirTel. AirTel is an Indian company that had just moved into the Sri Lankan market and provided wireless Internet through their towers. They promised much higher speeds than we were getting through SLT (Sri Lanka...
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I know, I know, I’m strange. I’m considering bats and bat houses. Here’s the thing – bats eat a lot of insects like mosquitoes. We have a lot of mosquitoes. This country has a lot of mosquitoes, so many that dengue fever is an epidemic right now. That tends to alternate with other mosquito-born...
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I really don’t get this kind of reporting. I don’t. In a shocking revelation, a Sri Lankan banking expert says that more than 70 percent of the country’s population does not make use of banking facilities. Shocking? Really? What part of this is shocking? He said that majority of the people are low income...
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Yeah, not talking about a can of cola beverage. Kana Koka or Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii) isn’t a frequent visitor to our house that I’ve seen. I’ve probably only seen him a couple or three times. From reading the Wikipedia article on the Indian Pond Heron, it looks like they have non-breeding plumage...
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Here in Sri Lanka, Fahim tells me, no one likes having this bird in their yard because the red eyes make the bird look evil and the bird is supposed to be a harbinger of death. This bird is known locally as Atikukula (also spelled Atti Kukkula) or Bu Kukkula and in English is...
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I’ve decided to make Fridays a Flying Friday day. That means that I’m going to showcase some kind of flying creature – birds, insects, bats… – that I’ve seen and hopefully photographed every Friday. And because I like looking at other people’s pretty and/or interesting pictures, too, I’d love it if you joined me....
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Every now and then, I’ll hear a really really loud MOO! That usually means that either a cow is eating the foliage in the empty lot next door or a cow or five is wandering down the road. Usually, thought, it’s munching, and as often as not, the cow or two are tied up...
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Here he is, the Battichcha or Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius), getting ready to pose… And here he is with wind swept hair, posing spectacularly for me and my camera… What a beautiful bird he is! Similar Posts: Teeny tiny little greenish bird Birds of Sri Lanka Project #365 Day 53 Common Tailorbird Project #365...
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This isn’t about all birds in Sri Lanka, but rather, birds that I’ve seen and photographed. I’m keeping a general repository list here. Granted, it’ll likely be more for my reference than anyone else’s – I need to look up names on occasion to remember what a bird is named – but you might...
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A few days ago, Fahim called to me from downstairs, telling me to hurry and bring my camera. He wouldn’t say anything else, though. So while I didn’t run, I did manage to hurry and reached the door in time to see this chameleon, just standing there on our doorstep. Although, really, “in time”...
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