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Pied Kingfisher: Mabamba Marsh, Lake Victoria, Uganda, August 2022 \u2014 There are 15 different species of Kingfishers in Uganda, and in our 14 days of travel we saw 9 of them\u2026but the most numerous and widespread has to be the Pied Kingfisher. They were pretty much everywhere, along every lake and river\u2026and they were present in what can only be described as \u201clarge\u201d numbers. Several times we saw trees or bushes with more that 10 birds perched together, and they were so common hovering over water while hunting that after a while it would have seemed more strange not to see a Pied Kingfisher than to see one. And they are hard to miss\u2026about the size of the common North American Belted Kingfisher, and with that bold black and white plumage pattern, and their habits of actively hover hunting over water. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 250 @ f4 @ 1\/500th. <\/p>\n

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