10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. The enigmatic Shoebill is perhaps Uganda’s most famous bird.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2019
I birded Uganda, which was my first time on the continent of Africa. I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. I saw nine species of kingfisher while I was in Uganda.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. It’s a unique title; twitchers and naturalists interested in migration will find it fascinating reading and valuable for future reference.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
My third trip was six months spend working on a monkey project in the jungles of Uganda. Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. In Uganda I would often cross paths with Chimpanzees as they went about their lives and I went about mine (which was living with a troop of monkeys). Amazing stuff.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2021
After my Przevalski experience, I now look up such names to check whether the person the bird is named after has made similar racist statements, or even done worse things. I was vaguely curious about the family name mousebird. Unfortunately, it is near-threatened for the all-too-familiar reason of loss of suitable habitat.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. It is quite a sight to experience hundreds of Abdim’s Stork dropping out of the skies from seemingly thin air, to gorge on burnt or fleeing insects and rodents.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
But a a package, if I had to rate the best places I’ve ever been birding, the only place I can think that comes close is Mweya, in Uganda, or maybe Tikal, in Guatemala. The highlight again happened before we left the camp, a family of Crested Firebacks. There are, certainly, places I’ve enjoyed more. A tick is a tick.
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