Prior to my trip next week back to Sri Lanka, I have been looking through a few pictures from my previous trip in 2012. I  arrive on Wednesday and am very much looking forwrd to meeting up with some old friends, both avian and Sri Lankan.  To whet your appetite here's a couple that I haven't posted before.  The first is an Indian Roller an ndividual that was a resident  in the garden next to my accommodation. When I got up on the very first morning I was very excited to know that I shared the garden with a real beauty.  I saw this bird constantly and really enjoyed photographing him.(or was it her)?

The next bird is a White bellied  Drongo, another interestesting but totally different species.