Budu Sasuna Babaleewa

Lizard

Lizard

Salabaya

Strage Insect

Bath Koora

Frog

Frog at Dewalegama, Kegalle

Robarosia

A Robarosia tree near Dalada Maligawa.

Yellow Blooms in University of Peradeniya

The Yellow Flower Season in University of Peradeniya. This is how the flower vines covered a tree near Faculty of Agriculture. Every year in March- April season the University can be seen like this. Covered with all yellow.

Sal Mala

Cannon Ball flower (S: Sal Mal) near Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Tooth Relic)

The pink beauty

This is a beautiful flower captured near Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Tooth Relic).

Mahaweli Seya - A view from Nuwara Eliya Gampola main road, Near Thawalantenna

The tiny dageba seen in the picture is Mahaweli Seya (still under construction). It is a monument for Mahaweli Project. Between the two mountains (in the valley) you will find Kotmale Tank, one of the tanks built under Mahaweli Project . The area (down) you see is Kotamale region.

A pear tree in Victoria Graden- Nuwara Eliya

These are some of the traces remain still in Nuwara Eliya area. Some 10, 15 years ago Nuwara Eliya also was a better place for pears but one storm came at that time had destroyed all the pear plants and their yeild. Even still we cannot grow good pears in Nuwara Eliya city.

The Tree

This is a tree at the road side ( Kandy - Nuwra Eliya), which is special to us. It was there eversince I can remember free and alone. It always gave me a stange inspiration whenever I set my eyes on it. I still look out when i travel home to see it.

Flower and a Bee

We took this picture at Nuwara Eliya Victoria Park

Kande Ala - Lake : Nuwara Eliya

Kande Ala lake on a rainy day. The mountain at the back is known as 'Hamudurugala Kanda" since it apears as Buddha statue in a sleeping posture. (See whether it apears the same to you)

Kitty in sleep

This is a stray cat used to come our home so often. This is how he slept one night he decided to stay at our place (for a change).

Indian Pond Heron ( S: kana koka) at Lakeside-Kandy

He was enjoying the evening breeze at the lake bank and had just finished eating a large Dragon Fly.
Scientific name: Ardeola grayii

Mother and Daughter (White Breasted Waterhen)

We were on the road around Kandy lake and saw the mom teaching her daugher how to get away from strangers ( like us ). They were walking along the lake shore, and as we were closing , the mother took the child to water and swam around 50m. Then landed again and hid under a bush.

Scientific name: Amauronis phoenicurus

Scaly Breasted Munia (S: Wee Kurulla) We saw at Victoria Park - Nuwara Eliya

This beautiful fellow we saw at Nuwara eliya Victoria park on a gloomy day. It was building its nest with its partner on a pinus tree. See the grace in its posture!

Scientific name: Lonchura punctulata