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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

10,000 Birds

Herbert is Managing Director of Bird Uganda Safaris, LTD and his company offers a variety of birding and wildlife tours of the most naturally resplendent regions of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. He is also the team leader of the African Birding Expo which has made him a members of the World Bird Fairs Council. Herbert holds a B.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

10,000 Birds

A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? Peacocks and Picathartes’s author, Rupert Watson, was born in England but has lived in Kenya for over 40 years where he practices variably as a lawyer, mediator, naturalist and writer.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

A few years ago while I was watching elephants in the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya with elephant researcher Iain Douglas-Hamilton, I noticed a teenaged female, Babyl, who walked very slowly and had difficulty taking each step. Nonetheless, they adjusted their behavior to allow Babyl to remain with the group.

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