Bodhinagala

There are a lot of kinds of birds in Sri Lanka and to see some rare species you normally have to go really far. But fortunately there is one place not too far away from Colombo called Bodhinagala where you can see lot of birds.

We went to Bodhinagala on 12th April 2012, and our journey started early as 5 am from Colombo. It was a bit drizzling but we were able to see many kinds of birds. Hornbills, Honeybirds, Woodpeckers and many kinds of Kingfishers even the rarest Dwarf Kingfisher can be seen at Bodhinagala.

Butterfly

Woodpecker

Chicken

Mushroom growing on a Tree

Honeybird having a look at the flowers

Bird building its nest

Kanneliya

Kanneliya is another rain forest is located close to the famous Sinharaja forest. It has almost the same climate and lot of similarities to the Sinharaja forest. We there on 31st March 2012 and 1st April 2012 and went to on 2 hikes. Our main mission was photography, so we were all prepared for the rain (which did not fell for our luck) and leeches.

Pol Mal Karawala (Golden Tree Snake)

Hump Nosed Lizard

A large Spider

Wooden Bridge near Anagimala Waterfall

A Monkey