Nature clicks by Pradeep

Brown Shrike patiently waiting for a prey
බොර සබරිත්තා (Lanius cristatus)

Fun fact: Lanius genus name derived from Latin which means butcher 🫠. This is because some shrikes have some interesting feeding strategies 🥹.

මලක් ? ✿ නෑ, සිතිරි මුදුවා 𐦍
White four-ring
(𝘠𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢)

Scaly-breasted munia/ ළය කායුරු වී කුරුල්ලා
(Lonchura punctulata)

A beautiful little bird from the Estrildidae family which includes munias and other seed eating birds. They are commonly seen in grasslands and paddyfields where their favourite seed types are abundant. The adults are dark chestnut-brown above, white below, with a fine dark scaly pattern on the belly from which they get their name.
They are seen in small groups. I often see them together with the white rumped munia. They are small and agile and their beaks are well adapted for the seed eating. The beak is short, triangular and conical in shape. This enables them to pluck small seeds and crush them.
It is quite pleasing to watch them hanging on the Panicum plants and feeding on them.