African Fish Eagle: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — If I had taken a photo of every African Fish Eagle we saw along the waterways of Uganda, I would have needed several extra SD cards on the trip. This is a handsome pair from the Kazinga Channel tour boat. 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.

Madagascar Bee-eater: Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — At the time I saw this bird I miss-identified as a White-throated Bee-eater, and we did, indeed, see White-throated not too long after, along the same bank of the channel. Then I tried to make it a White-fronted Bee-eater, but the tail is too long and spiky…so Madagascar. The White-fronted would have been very unusual in Uganda…the Madagascar is expected anywhere in East Africa as a migrant from the south. There are a few nesting records. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f5.6 and f4 @ 1/1000th.

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.

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.

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.

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.