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		<title>Of Bombu Fruits and Hornbill Love</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2010/06/10/of-bombu-fruits-and-hornbill-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming back after the Kudu tour, I found myself guiding two short tours from 21-23, January—with Brian and Isabel Eady, two keen birders from Suffolk England. Our first trip was a day excursion to the dry lowlands of Sigiriya to explore the climax forest that envelopes the Sigiriya Rock. The second, was a 2-day affair, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature photographs of Vanni&#8230; (වන්නි‍යේ සොබා අසිරිය කැමරා ඇසින්&#8230;&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2010/06/06/nature-photographs-of-vanni-%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%9a-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%9c%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%ba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TONY123</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to visit Vavuniya district with some of my friends to observe the spectacular nature which was forbidden to us to explore for the last 30 years...]]></description>
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		<title>Red-Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) Juvenile &#8211; By Prasad Hapuarachchi</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/05/07/red-wattled-lapwing-vanellus-indicus-juvenile-by-prasad-hapuarachchi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 11:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prasad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 7th day of May 2009, I was on my way to office. From Parliamentary junction in Kotte, the Capitol City, I sometimes used to take a by-road omitting the main road for convenience. On top of that I really enjoy the ride through the area rich in bio diversity on the right-hand side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapwings of Lanka</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/03/14/lapwings-of-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bingzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This charming bird is from the family Vanellus and are &#8216;wading&#8217; birds. There are more than twenty varieties around the world out of which three are seen in Sri Lanka. Lapwings are closely related to plovers and some of them are even referred to as plovers.
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Homagama, Sri Lanka.
The Red-wattled Lapwing  is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polonnaruwa Glory</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/03/14/polonnaruwa-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bingzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View Larger Map
In a hasty official visit to Polonnaruwa recently, I made an even more speedy call to the infamous ruins of the Polonnaruwa Kingdom.  Sadly some of the macro pictures were lost in confusion. Promising myself to make a more productive visit photographically, I offer this for the time being.
Polonnaruwa was the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pidurangala &#8211; Ancient Rock Buddhist Monastery of Sigiriya</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/02/21/pidurangala-rock-buddhist-monastery-of-sigiriya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danushka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As one of our journeys in exploring Sri Lanka, my beautiful motherland we planned a visit to the Anuradhapura cultural triangle, Minneriya Wildlife Sanctuary and Sigiriya Rock fortress. When we left  Minneriya National park, the next stop was Sigiriya. At that point one of my friends came up with this idea of visiting Pidurangala, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Hooded Oriole</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/02/15/616/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bingzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Black Hooded Oriole is also called the Black Headed Oriole and comes from the family Oriolidae, one of the Old World Birds. The Sri Lankan common name for this lovely creature is &#8216;Kaha Kurulla&#8217; or Yellow Bird attributed due to its brilliant orange or yellow plumage mixed with black. 
This bird is a difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey to the land of Kings &#8211; Anuradhapura</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/02/10/journey-to-the-land-of-kings-anuradhapura/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was on 31st of January 2009, we packed our camera gear and started our journey to the sacred land of Anuradhapura. Our first stop was the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya,  the place where the sapling from the historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha came to Enlightenment. I managed to capture some sculptures in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unawatuna Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiranya Malwatta</dc:creator>
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Unawatuna &#8211; One of the most beautiful and well known among the famous sandy beaches of Sri Lanka. Unwatuna is situated in the Southern coast and close to the Southern capital, Galle. This particular stretch of beach is more isolated and quieter than the better known part of Unawatuna beach which is ideal for swimming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bambarakanda Waterfalls</title>
		<link>http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/02/10/bambarakanda-waterfalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photograph &#169; by Ruwan Rajapakse
The Bambarakanda beauty falls to a depth of 263 meters, reigning as the highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. In global terms she ranks 299th. This elegant waterfall is situated in a place called Kalupahana along the Colombo Badulla highway. Kalupahana falls in the Badulla District. 
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambarakanda_Falls
http://zeylanica.com/blog/2009/02/09/bambarakanda-beauty/
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