Cover: Obstacle relay

Our staff photographer Sulochana Gamage snapped the picture of these children taking part in the Obstacle relay at the sportsmeet of Lodestar International School, Talangama.

Back cover: Looking for prey

Our staff photographer Susantha Wijegunasekara captured this picture of a lone Hornbil in the wilds of Wilpattu on a recent visit.

The Malabar Pied Hornbill is a large bird of 65 cm in length. It has mainly black plumage apart from its white belly, throat patch, tail sides and trailing edge to the wings. The bill is yellow with a large, mainly black casque. Females have white orbital skin which is not there in case of males. Juveniles don't have the casque. It might be confused with the Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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