by Malaka Rodrigo | Apr 6, 2021 | Birds
The ‘Aluth Avurudda’ or the Traditional New Year in Sri Lanka is extra special for bird-lovers as Koha (Asian Koel) is considered the harbinger of the new year. Avurudu Bird Count conduct in the complete month of April is a citizen science project aimed at...
by Jeewantha Bandara | Apr 27, 2016 | Birds, Knowledge, lecture, news
The Art & Science of Bird Song FOGSL Monthly Lecture The monthly lecture by FOGSL for the month of April will be conducted by Dr. Sampath Seneviratne on Bird Songs. Dr. Sampath Seneviratne Dr. Seneviratne is a senior lecturer at the Department of Zoology of...
by Chandima Fernando | Apr 24, 2016 | Birds, Knowledge, observation, science
Rose-ringed Parakeets Damaging Sesame Fields Apr 24 2016 Chandima Fernando Bsc, PDIP -GIS Here in our field house in Wasgamuwa, our care taker Siriya -local farmer, one day told me "I really want to kill all the parakeets in Wasgamuwa" frustratingly and angrily, I...
by Chandima Fernando | Apr 24, 2016 | Birds, Knowledge, observation, science
Green Imperial Pigeons - An unfamliar Diet - Eating Moringa Leaves Apr 24 2016 Chandima Fernando Bsc, PDIP -GIS One morning while I was doing some birding around our field house at Wasgamuwa, a couple of Green Imperial Pigeons on a Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera)...
by Jeewantha Bandara | Apr 11, 2016 | Birds, Knowledge
Some Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka - A Video Apr 11 2016 Photo Credits - Nishanthi Perera Video created by Jeewanthi Mendis Text and description by Jeewantha Bandara Sri Lanka is spoiled in riches of avifaunal diversity. Of the 500 species of birds recorded in the...
