Wild Moments By Rish

Wild Moments By Rish Welcome! :) Here I share those moments in the wilds that made my heart skip a few beats.. Hope you

Sri Lanka Leopard Day-August 1I have many leopard images that I like, but these three are definitely my favourites, beca...
01/08/2026

Sri Lanka Leopard Day-August 1

I have many leopard images that I like, but these three are definitely my favourites, because of the EMOTIONS they show - the safety and assurance a child feels when close to mom (image 1), the love between a mother and child, (image 2) and the brotherly love and care between siblings (image 3).
They feel these things too just like us!
But unlike us, they can do NOTHING when their homes are destroyed.
We HAVE TO speak up for them!
We have to protect their habitats as this earth belongs to them as well.
LEOPARDS HAVE NOW LOST 75% OF THEIR RANGE.
Please speak up when you get a chance. So that your children and their kids will have the joy of seeing them too.
ජාත්‍යන්තර දිවියන්ගේ දිනය - මම කැමති දිවියන්ගේ පින්තූර බොහොමයක් තිබුනත්, මේ තුන අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම මගේ ප්‍රියතම ඒවයි - දිවියන්ට දැනෙන හැඟීම් පිලිඹිබු වන නිසා - මවට සමීප වූ විට දරුවෙකුට දැනෙන ආරක්ෂාව සහ සහතිකය (1), මව සහ දරුවා අතර ආදරය , (2) සහ සහෝදර ආදරය සහ සැලකිල්ල (3). එයාලටත් අපිට වගේම මේ දේවල් දැනෙනවා! නමුත් අප මෙන් නොව, ඔවුන්ගේ නිවාස විනාශ වූ විට ඔවුන්ට කිසිවක් කරන්න බැහැ. අපි ඔවුන් වෙනුවෙන් කතා කළ යුතුයි! අපි ඔවුන්ගේ වාසස්ථාන ආරක්ෂා කළ යුතුයි මේ මහපොළොව ඔවුන්ටත් අයිති නිසා. දිවියන්ට දැන් ඔවුන්ගේ පරාසයෙන් 75%ක් අහිමි වෙලා තියෙන්නෙ. කරුණාකර ඔබට අවස්ථාවක් ලැබුණු විට වන විනාශයට එරෙහිව කතා කරන්න. එවිට ඔබේ දරුවන්ට සහ ඔවුන්ගේ දරුවන්ටත් ඔවුන් දැකීමෙන් ලැබෙන සතුට විදින්න පුලුවන් වෙයි.
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THE CUTE Intruder 🦦 In my last post, you read  how thrilled we were when a tigress walked across the dry Ramganga river ...
25/07/2026

THE CUTE Intruder 🦦

In my last post, you read how thrilled we were when a tigress walked across the dry Ramganga river bed, giving us a dream shot!

Well, that wasn't the only blessing nature had in store for us that evening.

The beautiful tigress sat down in the river to enjoy a nice, relaxing soak in the Ramganga, the lifeline of Corbetts National Park.

That alone was so serene to watch: a beautiful tiger peacefully enjoying a cool dip, wild, free and safe in her breathtaking home😍 .
But her "me time" was about to be interrupted by something coming closer!

We gasped! 😲

It was a River Otter! 🤩

I had never seen an otter in the wilds even in Sri Lanka, so this was absolutely crazy!

The little River Otter was swimming downstream in zig-zags.
When it noticed the tiger, it stood up to take a better look, but, to the delight (and anxiety!) of us spectators, STILL swam closer and closer to the tiger!
This swim-stand-peek-swim scenario happened maybe like 4, 5 times.
It was sooo cute! ❤️

The tiger was just calmly watching the otter, and the otter was getting closer and closer.
"Gosh, what's going to happen!" we held our breath.

When the otter, now merely a few meters away, AGAIN decided to stand up and challenge the tiger (so it seemed!), the tiger looked up at us, as if saying, " can you believe the nerve of this one!" :D

The otter must have ultimately come to its senses and decided not to push it's luck and swam back to live another day.

What a sighting it was! We were told that it was very very rare to witness what we just did and we couldn't have been more grateful🙏 !

p.s.
I read India has three otter species: smooth-coated otter, Eurasian otter, Asian small-clawed otter. Could anyone tell me which this one is? 🦦




How many times we would have passed this breathtaking viewpoint, thinking "Oh how perfect it would be if there was a tig...
23/07/2026

How many times we would have passed this breathtaking viewpoint, thinking "Oh how perfect it would be if there was a tiger therel!"
Then, the heavens decided to grant our wish!

Dikhala Zone, Corbett National Park, India.





After two flights and a 10-hour drive along treacherous mountain roads, I finally laid eyes on the bird of my dreams—the...
20/07/2026

After two flights and a 10-hour drive along treacherous mountain roads, I finally laid eyes on the bird of my dreams—the gorgeous Himalayan Monal, the official state bird of Uttarakhand, India. Every mile was worth it.

Thank you so much for your excellent guiding and looking after us so well! If anyone wants a super birding guide in Uttarakhand, Prem is your man!

फूलों की राजकुमारी (Phoolon ki Rajkumari)Flower Princess මල් කුමාරිOn the picturesque banks of the Ramganga  in the brea...
01/06/2026

फूलों की राजकुमारी (Phoolon ki Rajkumari)

Flower Princess
මල් කුමාරි

On the picturesque banks of the Ramganga in the breathtaking Dhikala zone of Jim Corbett National Park, India, surrounded by smooth white stones shaped by the waters that once rushed over them, sat the most beautiful tigress I have ever seen.

I do have "unobstructed" shots of this pretty girl, but I chose to share this image with you first, captured through the dainty wildflowers. I hope you like it as much as I do!

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Nature's top endurance athlete!ස්වභාව ධර්මයේ විශිෂ්ටම endurance ක්‍රීඩකයා!Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)  වෛර-පෙඳ ...
27/04/2026

Nature's top endurance athlete!
ස්වභාව ධර්මයේ විශිෂ්ටම endurance ක්‍රීඩකයා!

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) වෛර-පෙඳ ගොහොඩුවිත්තා.
March 2026

දින 11ක් එක දිගට පියාසර කර ලෝක වාර්තාව බිඳ දමා ඇති කුරුල්ලෙක්!
A bird that broke a world record by flying continuously for 11 days!

(සිංහල විස්තරය පහලින්)

The Bar-tailed Godwit holds the record for the longest nonstop flight in the world. One Bar-tailed Godwit flew from Alaska to Tasmania, covering a whopping 13,560 km (more than 8,400 miles) in 11 days without stopping! During this entire journey, it did not stop to eat, drink water, or rest. It crossed the entire Pacific Ocean nonstop!

How does the Bar-tailed Godwit do this?

These birds have specially adapted bodies:
• Before migration, to store maximum fat reserves and reduce body weight, they actually digest/shrink their internal organs (especially the digestive system)!
• They accumulate a large amount of body fat, which serves as fuel for the journey. By the end of the flight, they can weigh less than half of their original body weight.
• While flying, scientists believe they shut down one half of their brain at a time and take micro-naps for a few seconds!
• When they reach the destination, they can grow everything back as they eat!
Amazing, isn’t it?

It’s difficult for us even to fly even an aircraft for such a distance without stopping…But this bird crossed half the world and wrote a new record in history!

I took this picture near Adam’s Bridge in Taleimannar. There was only one bird present. When this rare winter visitor briefly looked my way, I felt a great sense of privilege.

Wetlands are not wastelands—let’s do all we can to protect their habitats!!

ලෝකයේ දිගම නොනවත්වා පියාසර කළ ගමන සිදු කිරීමේ වාර්තාව හිමි Bar-tailed Godwit.

මෙම Bar-tailed Godwit කුරුල්ලෙක් ඇලස්කාවේ (Alaska) සිට ටැස්මේනියාව (Tasmania) දක්වා කිලෝමීටර් 13,560ක් (සැතපුම් 8,400කට අධික) දුරක් දින 11ක් පුරා නවතා නොගෙන පියාසර කර තිබෙනවා! මේ කාලය පුරාම ආහාර ගන්නවත්, ජලය පානය කරන්නවත්, විවේකයක් ගන්නවත් නතර වී නැහැ. සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම පැසිෆික් මහසාගරය හරහා!

Bar-tailed Godwit. මෙය කරන්නේ කොහොමද?
මෙම කුරුල්ලන්ගේ ශරීරය විශේෂ ලෙස අනුවර්තනය වී තිබෙනවා.
• ගමනට පෙර ඔවුන් උපරිම ලෙස මේදය ගබඩා කර ගැනීමට, බර අඩුකර ගැනීමට, අභ්‍යන්තර අවයව (විශේෂයෙන් ජීර්ණ පද්ධතිය) ජීරනය කර/උපරිම ලෙස හකුලා ගනී.
• ශරීරයේ මේදය (fat) විශාල ප්‍රමානයක් රැස් කරගනී — එය ගමනට ඉන්ධන ලෙස භාවිතා කරයි.
• අවසානයේ ගමන අවසන් වන විට ඔවුන්ගේ බර අඩකටත් වඩා අඩුවෙලා තිබිය හැක.
•පියාසර කරන විට, විද්‍යාඥයන් විශ්වාස කරන්නේ ඔවුන් මොළයේ අර්ධයක් එකවර අක්‍රිය කර කුඩා නින්දවල් (micro naps) ගන්නා බවයි!
සිතන්නත් අමාරුයි නේද?

විද්‍යාඥයන් කියන විදිහට, මේ කුරුල්ලා ලෝකයේ ඇති විශිෂ්ටම endurance athletes අතරට පවා ගණන් කළ හැකි සත්වයෙක්. අපිට ගුවන් යානයකවත් මෙච්චර දුර නවතා නොගෙන යාම අපහසුයි…
නමුත් මේ කුරුල්ලා ලෝකයේ අඩක් පුරා පියාසර කරලා ඉතිහාසයට නව වාර්තාවක් ලියලා තියෙනවා!

මම මේ පින්තූරය ගත්තේ, තලේමන්නාරමේ ආදම්ගේ පාලම අසල. හිටියේ එක පක්ශියෙක් පමනයි. මේ විරල ආගන්තුක පක්ශියා ටිකකට මා වෙත ඇස යොමු කරනකොට මට දැනුනේ ලොකු වාසනාවක් ලෙසයි.

තෙත්බිම් මුඩු බිම් නෙමේ. එවා රැකගනිමු, පනසේ.

Ritta's Perfect Landing  - nature's amazing biomechanics in action.Eyes fixed in focus and tail acting as a perfect coun...
17/04/2026

Ritta's Perfect Landing - nature's amazing biomechanics in action.

Eyes fixed in focus and tail acting as a perfect counterbalance, Ritta launched from a high branch, absorbing the impact effortlessly on his front legs and landing with flawless precision.

Fun fact: Leopards can land safely from heights several times their own body length because their flexible spine, powerful forelimbs, and shock-absorbing joints work together like a natural suspension system, helping them stay silent, stable, and ready to move in an instant. Most cats are good at landing but Leopards are specialists adapted for both climbing (often with heavy loads) and controlled, fearless descents.

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with Tamara Ariyasiri Wijesuriya Kumana Safari Nishala

14/04/2026

ආදරණීය ඔයාලට කිරියෙන් පැණියෙන් ඉතිරෙන වාසනාවන්ත අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!

To all who are celebrating the Sinhala and Tamil New Year today, I wish you and your loved ones a very happy and prosperous New Year!

(දින කිහිපයකට කලින් අත්වැල්තොට ප්‍රදේශයේදී ගත්ත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ආවේණික කුරුල්ලන්ගේ පින්තූර එකතු කරල හදපු අලුත් අවුරුදු ප්‍රාර්ථනාවක්. A wish compiled using pictures taken a few days ago in the Athweltota area)

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Greater Flamingo (රජ සියක්කාරයා - Phoenicopterus roseus)
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