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Familiar Faces in Guyana

10,000 Birds

Familiar, but beautiful regardless: Blue-headed Parrot Another small parrot species landed on a tree in the distance. It was a Black-headed Parrot , a species that I had meagrely attempted to see in Trinidad once without success. Suddenly, I felt as if I had been transported to a hundred million years prior.

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Ugandan Birding for Businessmen

10,000 Birds

Although work distracts him regularly from the observation of birds, he has managed to see a great many species regardless. 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).

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