Pied Kingfisher - Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka

I had been trying to get a decent photograph of the Pied Kingfisher for some time but hadn't had much luck. I'd seen several of them on the east coast as well as around Thalangama but they were never close enough to photograph or they were on an unnatural perch.  My luck changed when I visited the biodiversity park in Thalawathugoda as I was able to sit in a hide and watch a Pied Kingfisher feeding for some time. 

Lesser Whistling Duck - Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka

I'd been trying to get some decent photographs of the Lesser Whistling Duck for a while but hadn't been able to get close enough to get a decent photograph. I was at the biodiversity park in Thalawathugoda over the weekend and came across a family of ducks on one of the waterways. I lay on the ground behind some trees and waited for them to swim past.  It didn't take them too long top swim past me and let me take a number of shots.