by Malaka Rodrigo | Mar 12, 2019 | Conference, Knowledge
Annual Birdwatchers’ Conference 2019 will be held on 30th of March from 9.30- 11.00 am at Department of Zoology, University of Colombo. The theme this year is “Birders as Citizen Scientists in a Changing Landscape”. The Annual General Meeting –...
by Malaka Rodrigo | Jul 22, 2018 | Knowledge, School programs
FOGSL initiated a series of workshops under the theme ‘Leadership for Sustainability through Biodiversity and Birds’. The first workshop was conducted for a group of 20 students from Gurukula Maha Vidyalaya, Kelaniya at Sinharaja World Heritage from 20th- 22nd of...
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...