At The Lake In Kandy.........................

I spent a little time at the lake in Kandy last Thursday. I like this particular lake for the photographic opportunities it offers. On one side of the lake there are some dead trees fallen in to it and you can always see a variety of waterbirds, turtles and huge water monitors perched on them and enjoying the sun.  Inhabiting a lake in the middle of a very thickly populated city, these birds are not as vary of us humans. However, this photography expedition didn't go all that well, the sunlight was way too bright, and I haven't    got the hang of exposure compensation and spot metering. Dah!.....

Asian Openbill Stork/ Anastomus oscitans


















Black-crowned Nigt Heron/ Nycticorax nycticorax

 





















Black-crowned Night Heron /Nycticorax nycticorax Juvenile

Little Cormorant /Microcarbo niger/දියකාවා

Parker's Black Turtle/ Melanochelys trijuga parkeri/ පාකර්ගේ ගල් ඉබ්බා

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 


















Water Monitor/Varanus salvator salvator/ කබරගොයා

Vibrant Life In A Dirty Canal 2- Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) Aka Diyakawa

This bird is a very skilled diver. They are capable of floating on water surface like ducks. It's nice to see how they float like that and suddenly dive in ti catch fish. I'll try to make a footage of such a dive. Learn more about Little Cormorant....