Moditha Kodikara Arachchi

A Hydrogeologist by profession ⚒️....A Naturalist by heart🌳
Birder | Seabird Enthusiast | eBird craze

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@RajapaksaNamal Yah, Pohottuwa revived the economy so hard, we're still feeling it.....😅😅😅

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

What a day! After many years eluding me, we got it. Hear the cheers at the end of the 2nd video 😅

[Gary Allport @GaryAllport]

Jouanin's Petrel!
One of two past together on seawatch Colombo, Sri Lanka on 4th June. After years (6) of seawatching here we finally got a decent, if not exactly close, JP. Grainy seawatchers-only grade videos, but we much enjoyed the moment :-)

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@NewsWireLK Fucked up the economy for several decades, saved his crooked buddies, now working openly with them....😅😅😅

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@living__AI @NewsWireLK Shouldn't they be elected by the community? So they can represent 🤔

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@UNPunOfficial වජිර අබේවර්ධනද බං මේ UNP Twitter handle එක කරන්නේ.....😅🤣

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@adaderana තෙල් ගෑස් පෝලිං නැද්ද එතකොට 😒

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@britishbirds @MJ_McKee @GaryAllport

[Gary Allport @GaryAllport]

Grey-headed Albatross in #SriLanka!
Amazing find by dedicated sea watcher Lahiru Prasanna Walpita at his regular watchpoint on the Laccadive Sea coast near Mannar Is. 1st #albatross in Sri Lanka and seems to be new species for South Asia and indeed the Northern Hemisphere.

[Sampath Seneviratne @SampathSenevir9]

https://t.co/L6g0R6iR6C

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

All the bruises, pain, and mud crawling up to this beauty is worth seeing such a specimen up close ! Red Knot....Ready to depart for their Arctic breeding grounds. @crasi1net

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@GaryAllport Off mirissa? Or elsewhere?

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@AnantPande28 You know we actually had a Southern Elephant Seal over the western coast right!

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

Finally, 4000 checklists in Sri Lanka ! eBird has become a part of life now, with over 3 years of checklist streak. Happy to contribute to nature and conservation with some additional fun and challenges.
@Team_eBird @CornellBirds

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

Topped eBird Sri Lanka 2023 with most species (tie with @IroshanRupe) and also the highest number of checklists. By far, this is the highest number of species reported in a single year for Sri Lanka. @Team_eBird 🦅🦆🦢🦉🦩🦚🦜🐦🐦‍⬛

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

My patch in the golden dusk. With the Eastern Cattle Egrets showing up after few months absence, Swallows and Sandpipers, the place feels full again.....#PatchBirding #Birding

[BirdLife Marine @BirdLifeMarine]

We are excited to launch the Marine Flyways concept this World Migratory Bird Day.

Join us on the 12th Oct to learn more about how the Marine Flyways concept can assist in the collaborative conservation for seabirds.

More info and sign-up here: https://t.co/dgGnNk5ALv

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

@AnantPande28 Many Wilsons, Swinhoe's SPs, Sooty, Short-tailed, Wedge-tailed, Flesh-footed, Streaked, Persian Shearwaters, We had 1 Barau's Petrel, all Jaegers, Red-billed and White-tailed Tropicbirds, Bridled and Sooty terns with many other tern sp.

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

Those circles near southern SL is around our prlagic hot spot off Mirissa. Lot of cetaceans, turtles and of course pelagics there...

[Mangrove Foundation of Maharashtra @MangroveForest]

SEA TURTLE TAGGING PROGRAMME PHASE II UPDATE

This week Bageshri remained off the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka and has moved relatively very less suggesting that she has been feeding extensively in that area.
@anitapatil_ifs @sureshwii @AdarshReddyIFS @MahaForest

[Moditha Kodikara Arachchi @modithakodi]

Amazing 😍

[Andy Butler @andysbutler]

First full day at Sakhalvasho, Batumi 77k Honey Buzzards counted by @batumiraptors . These birds appearing from the mist - an amazing sight