The Sri Lanka White Eye get’s it’s name from the white patch around it’s eyes. Predators would mistake the patch as being part of the eye. Large eyes, generally belong to large birds and might persuade birds like the Shikra to keep away.

I did say earlier that sparrows don’t usually make nests. So why is she holding some dried up grass in her beaks? Well she is building a nest, but it’s inside the bungalow at Great Western. It’s hidden behind a curtain. That window can no longer be opened and the curtains cannot be drawn.

A Pipit (whether a Blyth’s Pipit or a Paddyfield Pipit I cannot say) at a dried up lake in the dry zone.

Brown Headed Barbet is a bird with a very distinct voice. Can be seen all over Sri Lanka and in parts of India. Lives in tree holes. This one has chosen a coconut tree for it’s nest. Barbets, Parrots and Myna birds often eye the same tree hole