Scarlet-chested Sunbird: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge, Kibale National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Sunbirds are among my favorite African birds…they have a hummingbird look about them, with their iridescent colors…and they fill pretty much the same niche as hummingbirds in the America, so it is a shock to the system, or at least my system, to hear them sing…and sing they do! There were half-a-dozen species of Sunbirds working the flowering shrubs on the grounds of Chimpanzee Forest Lodge and I was in photographer’s heaven 🙂 This is the Scarlet-chested Sunbird which has a range in West Africa south of the Sahara, then down on both sides of the rift valley, and on both coasts of South Africa above South African itself. It relatively large for a sunbird, and uniquely back and red, with that green/blue crown and throat, and that huge de-curved bill. Hard to miss. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 500 @ f4 @ 1/500th.

Grey-capped Warbler: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge, Kibale National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Every resource where I found the Grey-capped Warbler began by calling it “chunky”…a “chunky warbler” and I guess that is fair. It is a loud bird, often heard before it is seen, along the margins of yards and landscaped grounds and along forest edges, all through East Africa. Uganda is pretty much the center of its range. In these three shots you only really see the chestnut throat in the partially obscured singing bird. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. Singing: ISO 200 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Branch: ISO 100 @ f4.5 @ 1/1000th.