Posts in Category: Africa
Uganda Edition: Speckled Tinkerbird and Yellow-spotted Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird and Yellow-spotted Barbet, Neck (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park), Uganda, August 2022 — Two Barbets in a single view…the Speckled Tinkerbird and the Yellow-spotted Barbet…both with all but identical ranges in the forests southwestern Uganda. These were at Neck on the way from Ishasha to Bwindi. Sony Rx10iv at 567mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 640 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1EV.
Uganda Edition: Black-tailed Oriole (?)
Back-tailed Oriole (?): Neck, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Because of where we saw it, I believe this is a Black-tailed or Mountain Oriole. It is one of 4 very similar black-headed, yellow orioles possible in Uganda, but is the most likely in the Mountain Forest of Neck. Sony Rx10iv at 567mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 5000 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.3EV.
Uganda Edition: Black Bee-eater
Black Bee-eater: Neck (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park), Uganda, August 2022 — Another not great shot of a good bird. This is an immature (coming into adult plumage) Black Bee-eater from the Neck forest between Ishasha and Bwindi. Though it is a forest bird across most of Sub-Sahara Africa, it is found in East Africa only in the narrow band of volcanic highlands along the western border of Uganda. This bird as wee and far, as they say, so this is a heavy crop…and being silhouetted against the sky did not help. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro on the Mac Air. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 2.7EV.
Uganda Edition: Bar-tailed Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon: Neck, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Another good bird, though only a “for the record” shot, from our spot in forest of Neck along the road from Ishasha to Bwindi. The Bar-tailed Trogon is one of two trogons in East Africa and is only found in a narrow band just where we were in Uganda. This bird was distant, in the dark, and obscured by foliage, so I am, overall, happy with the record. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro on the Mac Air. ISO 2500 @ f4 @ 1/500. Plus 1.7EV.
Banded Prinia
Banded Prinia: Neck (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park), Uganda, August 2022 — From that same section of foothill forest between Ishasha and Bwindi, (which I now know is called Neck)…a much harder bird to see and photograph: the Banded Prinia. This Prinia is a mountain skulker in the underbrush. Sony Rx10iv at 580mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 640 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Augur Buzzard
Augur Buzzard: In the foothills somewhere between Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — We drove from Ishasha to Bwindi on the dirt tracks…barely dignified enough to be called roads, though they see a lot of heavy truck traffic headed south and west (or north and east), and stopped in a section of forest to bird for a few miles. Just before we got there, we passed this Augur Buzzard sitting in a tree beside the road as though waiting for us to pass. The Augur Buzzard looks and acts a lot like our Red-tailed Hawk…has a red tail (easier to see in flight as it is short), and at least two color morphs as well. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 160 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Uganda Edition: Topi!
Topi: Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — The Topi is most easily found in Uganda in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, but it can also be seen at Lake Mboro. It is reputed to be the fastest antelope over short distances. Sony Rx10iv at 236 and 447mm equivalents. (The male is at 236mm…so I was really close to him!) Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 125 @ f4 @ 1/500th and 1/640th.
Uganda Edition: Black-shouldered Kite
Black-shouldered Kite: Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — I was not quite half way through my photos from Uganda in August when I left for Costa Rica on the first of December so I will be doing double posts for a while…otherwise I will be still hearing Africa and Costa Rica when I leave for India in March 🙂 This is the Black-shouldered Kite from a snag on the game drive in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park…famous for its tree climbing lions, which I have yet to get a good look at. Still, a Kite at close range is some compensation! Sony Rx10iv at 595mm equivalent. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.
Elephant on water
African Elephant: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Still on our way from the Northern sector of QENP to the Ishasha sector, we came upon a small herd of Elephants making their way across a wetland below the road, grazing as they went. 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.
Wednesday extra: Monitor Lizard
Not our first Nile Monitor Lizard of the trip to Uganda in August…we saw one from the boat on the actual Nile in Murchinson Falls National Park earlier, but we were on foot for this one…beside the Kazinga Channel in the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Sony Rx10iv at 238mm equivalent (so close). Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 250 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.3EV.