Black-headed Oriole

Layard's Palm Squirrel

On the way to Rivestone

Road side Sceneries

Two Different Couples

A member of Family Arecaceae

Yellow-fronted Barbet

Yellow-fronted Barbet - Megalaima flavifrons - Endemic to Srilanka

Nesting Purple Rumped Sunbird

Location : near my Home

Night eYe

Special Post : Tribute to War Heroes

“A patriot wraps himself around the flag to defend it; a scoundrel wraps it around himself to defend himself”

Beauty Of Horton Plains [Post # 07]

Bakers Falls

Beauty Of Horton Plains [Post # 06]

These are Rhodobryum sp. it is an epiphytic plant
This is the flower of Wahlenbergia marginata commonly known as Hare Bell [Family - Campanulaceae]
This is a fiddlehead of a Pteridium aquilinum (warella) fern. Also considered as an invasive species. Commonly found in the grassland area.

Beauty Of Horton Plains [Post # 05]

In this picture canopy of the tree is dominated by the lichen called Grandfathers beard.
Here is the Calotus nigrilabris [Kata kaluwa] found in Horton plains
Some common flowers belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Another glance at the Grassland

Beauty Of Horton Plains [Post # 04]

Flower of Pedicularis zeylanica. This species can be seen time to time in the grassland area.
This image shows a Lycopodium sp. which comes under family Lycopodiaceae. They are flowerless, vascular, terrestrial or epiphytic plants.
In this area they record the Rainfall, wind speed, wind direction etc.
This is the flower of Michelia nilagirica (wana sapu) and it’s a common tree in high elevation to montane evergreen forests. It comes under family MAGNOLIACEAE.