Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Report # 83 Yala Safari Camp March 23, 2016 Wednesday Hot and humid as always 91 Pictures Part #2 of 2


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Subject: Report # 83   Yala Safari Camp   March 23, 2016   Wednesday   Hot and humid as always     91 Pictures    Part #2  of 2

 

Water birds

 

Another lake

 

Birds drinking because of the hot heat.

 

Spoonbills, digging for food

 

The males are hanging out.

 

White egret

 

Birds in flight

 

Crane in flight

 

Looks like a crane hunting

 

Soaring over the jungle

 

Birds of a feather, flock together

 

Another stork

 

Boar with a friend

 

Common mynah was cleaning off bugs

 

Think the pig liked it

 

Pond full of water plants and egrets

 

Fish hide under the lilies

 

These birds find all the fish

 

Ducks feeding

 

Ducks

 

Water buffalo with a buddy

 

A moorhen

 

Taking in the sun

 

What a pose

 

Different type of stork

 

Drying the wings

 

Whistling duck and jacana

 

Many waterbirds and flowers

 

Stork

 

Land monitor

 

Flooded plains

 

Bee-eater

 

Pelican

 

Pelican

 

Pelican

 

Landing pelican

 

Pelican over the pond

 

Elephant rock

 

Odd rock

 

A wasp nest

 

Elephant rock

 

Flooded pond

 

Elephant

 

Afternoon Game Drive……

 

Flooded plains

 

Kills the trees eventually

 

Many water birds in Block # 5

 

Grey-headed fish eagle

 

Eagle eyes

 

Refuses to fly

 

Junglefowl

 

A yellow-billed hornbill

 

Pigeon at the nest

 

Hornbill

 

Birds on a limb

 

Turtle

 

Streaming pond

 

Spotted buck

 

Herd of deer

 

A hawk

 

Croc on a rock

 

Laying in wait

 

Pie kingfishers

 

Testing their wings

 

Could be a family

 

Expert at hiding

 

Munchee stop

 

River seems to be drying up

 

A lone boar roams the creek

 

Actually finding some food in the dining room.

 

A quiet place

 

Good place to stop for a break

 

Fish eagle

Monkeys in the tree

 

The river

 

There are birds on these rocks

 

There they are

 

Sulfurous river

 

Sunset

 

A Malabar stork in flight

 

Getting dark

 

Sun was going down

 

Neat sky

 

Jungle growth hides a lot of wildlife

 

A leopard in the backround

 

Little sunbird in the tree hole

 

He never moved even with a flashlite on him

 

Dinner at camp

 

Eating by candlelight

 

Chicken, tomatoes, garlic bread, veggies, and melted butter

 

Banana fritters were the best