African Hawk-Eagle: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — We saw this bird in a distant perch on our way out of the Bigodi Community Birding walk. We worked our way slowly closer (but never very close), but there was still active debate among our three local guides as to what it was. The consensus eventually was African Hawk-Eagle. It is actually an Accipitor, like our Cooper’s Hawk, but larger, and (now that I know that) it definitely has that Accipitor look. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4.5 and 6.3 @ 1/1000th.
Green Crombec: Bigodi Community Birding Project, Bigodi, Uganda, August 2022 — The Crombecs are the unfinished birds. No one gave them a tail. (They do however seem to get along just fine without one.) There are several possible Crombecs in Uganda. We saw three species, but I only got photos of this one. 🙂 (And maybe another…the jury is still out on that one.) They can be hard to photograph as they are more often heard than seen…and they are not very big. Sony Rx10iv at 573mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. With foliage background: ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/640th. Silhouetted: ISO 100 @ f4.5 @ 1/1000th. Plus 1.7EV for backlight.