Black-faced Apalis: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — This used to be the Mountain-masked Apalis, and is another Albertine Rift endemic…restricted in range to the highlands forests of Western Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. It is a very active bird, often found, as we encountered it along the edge of the parking for the Gorilla Trek in Bwindi, in mixed feeding flocks…though typically higher in the canopy than we found it here. Sony Rx10iv at about 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. In the changing light of the understory, ISO 1600 down to ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Rwenzori Apalis: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — This little bird of the thickets under the rainforest canopy is one of the Albertine Rift endemics, only found in a very narrow range in south-western Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Apparently it was the Collared Apalis until recently. There seems to be a move afoot to give the Albertine Rift birds more distinctive names. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 3200 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Streaky Seedeater: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — The sun had not yet reached the ground floor around the parking area for the gorilla trek at Bwindi but it was strong in the treetops, where this Streaky Seedeater was warming itself. The Streaky Seedeater is a common bird of mid to high elevations in openings and along forest edges, from Ethiopia south through most of East Africa. There is a separate race with a yellow wash across the face in Tanzania. 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.

Grey-headed Nigrita: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda — A bird of the high country and the high canopy, that occasionally comes down to feed. In Bwindi we were looking for Albertine Rift endemics, and this is not one of them…being found at higher elevations in both Kenya and Tanzania, as well as Uganda. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro on the Mac Air. ISO 800 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Chubb’s Cisticola: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — The Cisticolas are a confusing lot, and we saw many different Cisticola species in Uganda. I believe this is the Chubb’s which is common in the western mountains of Uganda. It was the first bird we saw as we explored the margins of the ranger trail-head parking while two of us waited from the Gorilla trekkers to come back. Certainly, like all Cisticolas, a perky, cheerful little bird. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 2000-3200 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Black and White Manakin: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — We did not arrive at our lodge in Bwindi until after sun-set so my first photos there at the edge of the National Park were light-challenged to say the least. This is a Black and White Manakin that was feeding below the balcony in front of my room. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications and multi-frame noise reduction. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Equivalent ISO 2500 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Grey-throated Barbet: Neck (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park), Uganda, August 2022 — There are a lot of cryptic little birds in the forests of western Uganda, some found only there. This is the Grey-headed Barbet, not one of the rarer birds, with ranges in both far West and East Africa, and being common in the mountain forests of Western Uganda. It often likes to perch high in dead trees, which is exactly where we found this one. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 125 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

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.

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.

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.