Non-Stop Birding

Saturday, 13 July 2019

Uganda Day Eleven 110709

Spent over 7 hours in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest today trying to find the local forest skulkers.

Ebird lists and full trip report to follow.

Red-capped Robin-chat

Bar-tailed Trogon

Red-faced Woodland Warbler

Equatorial Akalat

Black-faced Rufous Warbler

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

We started this morning with a pre-dawn night drive and had a Serval! which unfortunately in the panic avoided the camera. The rest of the day was spent travelling 150km through the length of the Queen Elizabeth National Park to arrive in Kibale by the evening.

Red-throated Wryneck

Singing Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Lion (above and below)

Square-tailed Nightjar

Spotted Hyena

Millions of the butterfly Belenois auroa on the journey, literally a blizzard of them over tens and tens of kilometers.

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We birded the road out of Kibale this morning and then made our way to Queen Elizabeth Park for an afternoon boat safari.

Ebird lists and full trip report to follow.

African Skimmers (above and below)

Yellow-billed Stork

African Spoonbill

Marabou

Black-and-white casqued Hornbill

Yellow-backed Weaver

Verreaux's Eagle Owl

African Elephants

African Buffalo and Hippo

Olive Baboon

Red-tailed Monkey

Red Colobus

Red-tailed Monkeys

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Over 100 species today within walking distance of our lodge at Kibale. The habitat was mainly farm bush with papyrus swamp in the valleys. Amazing to see so many birds in farmland.