Birds in Sri Lanka

Birds in Sri Lanka

Birds are the most innocent creatures that add beauty and variety to the animal life and wildlife of this planet. We open our eyes along with the thousand and one musical notes of colourful birds in the dawn. We have a combination of aquatic birds near the fields and tanks. Some of them are storks, egrets, herons, water hens, spoon bills, purple coots and king-fishers. Some common birds such as crows mynahs, seven sisters, wood-peckers, parrots and chatterboxes often associate close to our home environments.

Of those humming birds are the tiniest and the most fascinating specially with their hook like beaks. Though my country is a little island we are rich with thousands of species of feathered creatures. Bats and owls remain calm and quite during the day time, as they are nocturnal birds. What so ever, these harmless birds do not ask anything from man rather than wild fruits and nuts and freedom.