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Re: [RECAP] Attidiya Birds Walk 🐦🐀

Wowww!!! Beautiful... @ThamaraKandabada really I had lots of fun with you guys 😊😊.

 

Especially the fun with buffalo. Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful recap.

 


@ThamaraKandabada wrote:

This was a fun meet up! Although we didn't get to see as many birds as we would have liked to see, I certainly took home some fun memories.

 

@IlankovanT@IsurangaD, and @Amilamadushan were already at the location when I arrived. They had already started walking down the path along the canal and through the sanctuary.

 

Now, there are two things you should know: these three guys are experienced photographers and they had several DSLR cameras, lenses and other gadgets on their person; I know nothing about photography and as I always do, I was only carrying my phone. So naturally, I was not expecting to capture any good photos of birds. I had come to terms with this reality, and I joined the meet up only to take as many photos of the landscape as I could in the hope of adding them to Google Maps.

 

A couple of minutes after we stared walking down the path, we were confronted by two buffaloes. They were casually grazing, but the sight of us must have startled them, for they started advancing towards us in a subtle but aggressive manner. These are big beasts, and they're not to be underestimated. They could run you down to the ground with the least effort, if they intended it.

 

@IlankovanT tried his best to scare them away with his monopod, but it didn't work. He did however assure us (after a prompt Google search) that we could outrun the buffaloes if it came to that.

 

The the buffaloes finally got tired of our antics and went away. We were free to go about our business, so we did. It was a hot day under the perpetually-blazing Sri Lankan sun, so we refreshed ourselves with some Thembili afterwards. I have some decent photos from this meetup, so I will post them below. I also have two videos of the epic showdown of @IlankovanT versus the buffaloes, to which I will link at the end.

 

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Here are the videos!

 

 


 

 

Level 9

Re: [RECAP] Attidiya Birds Walk 🐦🐀

Thank you @OSAMA, @Shirley, @TorM πŸ˜Š

 

Shirley, that's a Kingfisher bird!

Level 9

Re: [RECAP] Attidiya Birds Walk 🐦🐀

Thank you @OSAMA, @Shirley, @TorM πŸ˜Š

 

Shirley, that's a Kingfisher bird!

Level 6

Re: [RECAP] Attidiya Birds Walk 🐦🐀

Loved the photos β€οΈβ€οΈ  Specially thushy vs buffaloes video.  πŸ˜†πŸ˜‚ @IlankovanT @ThamaraKandabada ROFL

A.Dineshkanth
Level 9

Re: [RECAP] Attidiya Birds Walk 🐦🐀

Ha ha ha @DineshKanthA. Yes really was fun 😊