Saturday, August 3, 2013

Birding Track at "Lihiniyagala" (in Deraniyagala)

Hiking summery-
  • Colombo - Avissawella - Dehiowita - Deraniyagala (about 60 km From Colombo- two and half hours) 
  • From Deraniyagala town - Shailagiri Road - Lihiniyagala estate
Targets:
  • Birding, Hiking, Photography
Deraniyagala is a small town in the Kegalle district in the Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It was a sunny day. I started the walk early in the morning. I couldn't count a step. A Group of Scarlet Minivet were in my garden. So I couldn't miss that great opportunity. It was like blessing and good sign for my trekking. 
The hole trekking was about 5km. 

Here are the birds that I could get on my camera.

                                        
Scarlet Minivet, (Pericrocotus flammeus)


Yellow-fronted Barbet (Megalaima flavifrons)

Indian Robin (Saxicoloides fulicatus)

White-rumped Munia or White-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura striata)

Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

  
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot (Loriculus beryllinus)

Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)


Legge's Flowerpecker or White-throated Flowerpecker (Dicaeum vincens)


Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)


Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Pale-billed Flowerpecker or Tickell's Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)

  Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)

Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)

  
 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

  Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)

  

 
Sacred Mango tree




Deraniyagala town and surrounding mountains






Sun set

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