Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Among the most common and widespread waders in East Africa, the Black-winged Stilt is somewhat of a mystery in Uganda. They are resident but there are more of them in August through April, and no one knows where the extra birds come from?? Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.
I am watching you!
Hippopotamus on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda from our August visit. Keeping his (or her) eye on us as we cruised past fairly close. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Pink-backed Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican: Kasinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Another sighting from the boat on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Handsome birds posing. The “pink” can be difficult to see, and is only really at its pinkest during breeding season. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/800.
So that’s what a tusk is for!
This Elephant has been right here in this little bay on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda on both my visits, in 2018 and again this year. Do you suppose it has moved? I like the way the trunk is casually looped over the tusk. There are any really huge tusks in Uganda, do to a spotted history of exploitation, but one’s tusks are substantial. Good to see them being put to work 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 123mm equivalent (we were close!). Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/400th.
Water Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee: Kasinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — The boats used for touring on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park are considerably smaller than the ones we use on the Nile in Murchison Falls National Park, which means that we can get considerably closer to the shore and birds and wildlife. This Water Thick-knee was well within portrait distance. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/800th.
Elephant over hippos
You see lots of wildlife from a boat on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda…but of course mostly hippos…a few of anything else. Sometimes you see hippos and something else 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 310mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.
Hamerkop
Hamerkop: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — One of the most common birds in Africa, anywhere there is water, and certainly the strangest looking heron! Their distinctive huge messy nest adorns many a river and lake-side tree. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.
And a close-up. Yellow-billed Stork
I already posted two Yellow-billed Storks this morning, but they were in the photo where the Cape Buffalo was the main subject. The Yellow-billed Stork deserves a post of its own. This one was just up the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, from were we saw the Buffalo in the water when we visited in August 2022. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program. mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/800th.
Cape Buffalo, with stalkers.
Cape Buffalo: Kasinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — as a lover of both wildlife and birds, I am always delighted to get one of each (or more than one) in a single shot. The Cape subspecies of African Buffalo that they have in Uganda seems, at least in the Kasinga Channel, to think it is a hippo…I have seen them partially submerged near the boat dock both times I have been there…in 2018 and 2022. Or maybe it is just this particular few Cape Buffalos who live right there. ? The Yellow-billed Storks were the grace note on the photo. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
White-tailed Blue-flycatcher
White-tailed Blue-flycatcher: Irungu Forest Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — I posted an African Blue-flycatcher a week or more ago, taken at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge near Kibale National Park. We found this White-tailed nesting on the grounds of Irungu Forest Lodge just outside Queen Elizabeth National Park a few days later. The Blue-flycatchers are both common in south west Uganda. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 1000 @ f4 @ 1/500th.