I am sure that eventually the rate of new bird sightings
will go down but after 4 days, we have spotted 12 new species from our balcony.
Two huge highlights – the African Harrier Hawk and a pair of
Black-and-White-Casqued Hornbills.
Our Birds of Uganda book says that a birder can see 70% of
all the birds in Uganda on a good 16 day birding vacation. That would be 700+
birds. I think they would all blurr together. I quite like our pace of 2-4 new
birds a day. Might not see 700 but 23 since July 10 is not too bad, especially
as we didn’t do any bird spotting in Gulu!
These photos are all mine unless otherwise mentioned. If I
have made a mistake in the names, please let me know! I am using my field guide
to identify the birds but some of the smaller birds are harder to see.
Baglafecht Weaver
Cattle Egret
Female Black and White Casqued Hornbill
Male Black and White Casqued Hornbill
Meyer's Brown Parrot
Yellow Fronted Canary
African Harrier Hawk
Laughing Dove
Speckled Pigeon
Red Eyed Dove
African Yellow White-Eye (Wikipedia)
Brown Mannikins
Variable Yellow Bellied Sunbird
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