Monthly Archives: November 2022
Bee-eating success!
Madagascar Bee-eater: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Well it is not actually a bee…but it is a bee-eater…the Madagascar Bee-eater, from the tour boat on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Distant shots from a moving boat. 🙂 And not the most cooperative light. Still! Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f6.3 @ 1/1000th.
Ugandan Kob fawn by the road
After our cruise on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, we took a short game drive, still in the southern section. We caught this Ugandan Kob fawn at the edge of the road, crossing ahead of our vehicle. All of the antelope family are graceful, elegant creatures, and no more so than when young. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/640th.
Woodland Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Both sides of the Woodland Kingfisher taken from the moving boat on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Yes we have seen both sides now 🙂 And such nice sides they are. I like Kingfishers…one of my favorite families of birds. I have only ever seen one in flight briefly as we passed in Kenya, but it is an amazing sight with the bold turquoise and black pattern! 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.
Waterbuck edition
Defassa Waterbuck: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, August 2022 — Waterbuck is common three of the National Parks we visited. These are in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and in good light for a change (at least on this trip…generally we saw them close when the sun was setting or rising…just the way it was). Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 and 125 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
African Fish Eagle
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
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.
Yes there are a lot of hippos…
in the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. We saw many schools and each school was way large! These hippopotamuses are actually kneeling on the bottom of the channel. They do not float! Just keeping their delicate hides out of the sun. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 207mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 100 @ f4 @ 1/1000th.
Black-winged Stilt
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.
I am watching you!
Hippopotamus on the Kasinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda from our August visit. Keeping his (or her) eye on us as we cruised past fairly close. 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.
Pink-backed Pelican
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.