Lizard-Buzzard: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — Again, not great light, but this little Lizard Buzzard sat nicely for us in a window in the foliage. In North America, a buzzard is something quite different, of course, in Europe it is the name given to Buteo Hawks (our Red-tailed Hawk would be Red-tailed Buzzard in Europe). The Lizard Buzzard is totally misnamed, as it is actually an Accipiter (like our Cooper’s or Sharp-shinned Hawks)…and, while lizards are on the menu, it eats way more grasshoppers and terminates by bulk, and small rodents by mass, than it does lizards. Ah well, it is still an interesting little raptor. Sony Rx10iv at 526mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/500th. Plus 1.7EV for the heavy backlight.

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — There are two Paradise-Flycatchers in Uganda, the Black-headed and the African. The African can be seen pretty much everywhere in Uganda but the Black-headed is only in the south-west corner. This Black Headed played hard-to-get for a half hour in the little patch of remnant forest along the trail at the Bigodi Community Birding Project. It was dark under the canopy and the bird just would not sit still! The Black-headed was, until recently, called the Red-bellied, and it does have a solid rufous breast, without the white of the African, not that you can see that in this shot. Only some males have the long tails, though never as long as a long-tailed African, and it is a regional thing. 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 6400 @ f4 @ 1/400th. Plus .3EV.