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Jasmin

raditha — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:04:16 +0000

Crested Serpent Eagle

raditha — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:00:05 +0000

I did not go deep into some jungle to capture this photo of a Crested Serpent Eagle. No siree, it was just shot from my window in Battaramulla. We only a Kilometer from the town center. Despite the efforts of successive governments and countless people, there are a few trees still left standing in this neighbourhood, and sometimes they attract beautiful and rare creatures such as this.

Cattle Egret

raditha — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:50:48 +0000

An Egret, and I think a Cattle Egret.

The real cause of Dengue has been identified as parrots

raditha — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:40:29 +0000

There is a Dengue fever epidemic going around. Every year, as soon as the monsoon starts the dengue menance raises it’s ugly head, but it dies down during the dry season. This has lead health officials to mistakenly believe that dengue is caused by Mosquitoes. Finally they have now realized that Dengue is really caused by Parrots and have ordered people to cut down all trees on which Parrots reside in. These instructions are music to the ears of a nation of tree haters and they are gleefully complying. And in doing so they are helping the country’s economy as well. Lots of unemployed persons are finding new work, as wood cutters.

Parrots build their nests by digging holes in tree trunks

There were three Cashew trees on this plot of land, home to at least 20 parrots.

Parrots often fight with Kingfishers, Mynas, Barbets and Redbacks over the same nests. Now they are all being left homeless and hopefully they will all be eliminated. After all Kingfishers might be the real cause of Aids and flamebacks are said to be responsible for Malaria. Rumour has it that Barbets might be carriers of Swine flu. A positive side effect is that we will no longer have to put up with the rackets caused by birds in the mornings.

cropped

raditha — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:35:21 +0000

The sad fate that befalls most Sri Lanka Trees

Open Wide

raditha — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:40:54 +0000

Hard Work.

raditha — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:33:57 +0000

A bee hard at work gathering nectar to take back to it’s hive. Also hard at work is a tiny insect much smaller than the bee, just barely visible on the petal below the bee

Tiny Grasshopper

raditha — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:09:23 +0000

Bee on Agapanthus

raditha — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:18:21 +0000

Yep, everyone should have in their collection a photo of a bee and everyone should have a photo of an Agapanthus flower as well. So it’s two in one

The Shoe Flower.

raditha — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:46:41 +0000

The Shoe Flower is a member of the Hibiscus family and can be seen all over Asia. Here in Sri Lanka it’s known as ‘Sapattu Mal (සපත්තු මල්)’, and you can see many differently colored varieties.