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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

10,000 Birds

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. In the meantime, if you are like me and you enjoy watching Cliff Swallows , here is a video I shot of a colony nesting under a bridge over Cow Creek in Shasta County.

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Ugandan Birding for Businessmen

10,000 Birds

While waiting I got offered four dozen eggs (mostly broken), a cow (I’m sure of that), two marriage proposals (less sure) and I learned why every Ugandan can afford a Rolex (it’s a chapati roll with eggs). and pre-arranged transport at the landing took me back to Entebbe airport.

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