Posts in Category: Africa
Uganda Edition: African Wattled Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Another pre-dawn shot from our early morning walking safari at Lake Mburo. This Lapwing was apparently standing sentry or trying to get a look at the horizon in hopes of seeing the sunrise. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 640 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Striped Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — After a restful night at our lodge were were up early for our dawn walking safari in the park. This trip we drove into the park a good ways to an area around one of the larger water dams before setting off on foot. Our very first encounter was this little Striped Kingfisher, common in the park, but always a good bird. I like Kingfishers 🙂 Still before sun-rise here, so the light was not the best. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 1250 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: African Fish Eagle
African Fish Eagle: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — There were more Fish Eagles along the shore of Lake Mburo than I have ever seen elsewhere…and that is saying quite a lot, as they are common bird all through sub-Saharan Africa wherever there is water. This pair posed about as nicely as you could want. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 320 @ f4 @ !/500th.
Uganda Edition: Pied Kingfishers
Pied Kingfishers: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — To say that we saw a lot of Pied Kingfishers from the Lake Mburo tour boat would be somewhat of an understatement. They were everywhere…so much so that I only took photos of major concentrations! Bush and branchfuls. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 320 and 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Crakes over Croc
Black Crake: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — I remember how excited I was to see my first Black Crake along a stream in Masi Mara several years ago now…in Uganda they are common along most bodies of water and streams. These were feeding at the edge of Lake Mburo when we passed on the tour boat. That is a huge Crocodile in the foreground. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 800 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Croc #2
Nile Crocodile, Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — One Croc deserves another…this one is slightly smaller than the one I posted yesterday, but then most crocs would be. This is maybe 12 feet long, and not so massive…and is showing off all its teeth. As cold-blooded animals, Crocodiles hold their mouths open to lower their body temperatures on warm days. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixomator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 400 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Croc!
Nile Crocodile: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — We were coming to the end of the trip and my friend Stan was complaining that he had not seen a “monster” croc yet…so, of course, we had to find him one from the tour boat on Lake Mburo. This gentleman had to be 15 feet long, and was just massive with it! Just the kind of croc who figures in the fables. Old and wily and wise…a true climax predator, without an ounce of mercy in his whole body! Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 500 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Hippos at Lake Mburo
Hippopotamus: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — There are hippos in Uganda wherever there is water deep enough to cover their backs when they kneel on the bottom. Lake Mburo is, of course, no exception. In the fading light of a late afternoon, we saw as many as we could have hoped for from the very large tour boat on the lake. Sony Rx10iv at 580mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 160 and 200 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Cape Buffalo with Oxpeckers
Cape Buffalo and Yellow-billed Oxpecker: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — As we cruised up the shore of Lake Mburo, we saw quite a bit of wildlife, including these two Cape Buffalo, resting in the shallows and on the shore. And, of course, where there are Cape Buffalo there will be Oxpeckers! Always (at least in my experience). Notice the apparently well worn ear on this animal…though various amounts of fringing is normal on the Cape Buffalo’s ears. Sony Rx10iv at 580mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and Apple Photos. ISO 640 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Bushbuck
Bushbuck: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — A female and a male Bushbuck along the shore of Lake Mburo from our late afternoon tour boat. Apparently they are a common site along the lake shore, as sightings are mentioned on several safari web-sites. In the park at large they have the habit, somewhat unique to Mburo, of standing watch on the tops of termite mounds and I saw one in 2019 posing on such a mound in the seeping dusk as a leopard stalked it. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 320 and 640 @ f4 @ 1/500th.