Houses by the lake? not exactly, houses by the marsh would be correct. If you look towards the right edge of the photo, you will see power lines and a lamp post. The road running through the marsh has been submerged and the marsh has become a temporary lake thanks to last week’s downpour.

She is an Asian Paradise Flycatcher. Her partner would have a much longer tail.

A Camouflaged cat in Seru Kele (near Anamaduwa)

This is what the sparrows were upto a couple of weeks before they started waiting for the eggs to hatch.