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Yala N.P. June 2003

Yala National Park is definitely growing on me and with each trip I am finding that there is more to see. This two-day trip in June showed elephants in record numbers. I saw at least 50 elephants. More species of birds and animals - two sightings of bears and one sighting of a leopard. Along with the pictures I am including a small commentary on the scene and the camera settings.
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Elephant-and-Elephant-Rock.jpg
Elephant-and-Elephant-Rock.jpg		 Elephant-and-lillies.jpg
Elephant-and-lillies.jpg		 Black Bear.jpg
Black Bear.jpg		 Mongoose3.jpg
Mongoose3.jpg
Mongoose.jpg
Mongoose.jpg		 Mongoose digging.jpg
Mongoose digging.jpg		 Mongoose have claws.jpg
Mongoose have claws.jpg		 Malibar-Pied-Hornbill_.jpg
Malibar-Pied-Hornbill_.jpg
Jungle-Fowl.jpg
Jungle-Fowl.jpg		 Asian-Openbill.jpg
Asian-Openbill.jpg		 Jacana_male.jpg
Jacana_male.jpg		 Jacana_fem.jpg
Jacana_fem.jpg
Copying-Mother.jpg
Copying-Mother.jpg		 Great-White-Pelican-[Juv]-and-Egret.jpg
Great-White-Pelican-[Juv]-and-Egret.jpg		 Great-White-Pelican_[Juv].jpg
Great-White-Pelican_[Juv].jpg		 White-browed-Fantail.jpg
White-browed-Fantail.jpg
Yellow-wattled-lapwings.jpg
Yellow-wattled-lapwings.jpg		 Yala-Tusker.jpg
Yala-Tusker.jpg		 Yala-Tusker-2-close.jpg
Yala-Tusker-2-close.jpg		 Malibar-Pied-Hornbill.jpg
Malibar-Pied-Hornbill.jpg
Pied-Cuckoo.jpg
Pied-Cuckoo.jpg		 Booted-Eagle.jpg
Booted-Eagle.jpg		 Croc-smile.jpg
Croc-smile.jpg		 Changable Hawk-Eagle.jpg
Changable Hawk-Eagle.jpg
10-Elephants.jpg
10-Elephants.jpg		 Young-Chital-buck.jpg
Young-Chital-buck.jpg
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Dr. Pranay Rao 30-Apr-2005 18:17
hi there,
The bird mentioned as booted-eagle in page 2 of ur gallery is in fact a juvenile Grey-headed fishing eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus)and not a booted eagle.Pls. correct it.
regards
pranay
David Behrens02-Jul-2004 13:16
Dear Jeeweka and Albert Noorlander. Thank you for your observation and correction. I agree that this is a Changable Hawk-Eagle or Crested Hawk-Eagle, i.e. Spizaetus. Cirrhatus. Picture now corrected. Rgds, Dave Behrens
Jeeweka 01-Jul-2004 08:19
Its not a serpant eagle, its a changable crested hawk eagle. - Jeewaka from Yala East Park
Albert Noorlander 21-Feb-2004 18:09
dear David

Nice pictures. The crested serpent eagle on page two of your Sri Lanka trip is definitely not a serpent eagle. I guess it is a hawk eagle species. I don't know which one, as I'm not familiar with the birds of Sri Lanka. The crested serpent eagle can easily be recognised by it's unfeathered yellow lores.

Albert
David Behrens05-Oct-2003 03:29
GOOD!it has been far to long since you last updated the site and i aswell as others i am sure are pleased with the new arrivals, keep up the work and look forward to the next set of photographs ;)
Stephen
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