10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. Nor is the Shoebill the national bird of Uganda. Of course, we did, soaking in that slate blue beauty long enough to observe a successful hunt and more of its rangy, awkward flight. The mighty Shoebill.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Excellent sites for seeing this beauty include Bwindi Impenetrable Gorilla National Park in Uganda and Ghana’s Kakum National Park. They prefer open areas, especially around wetlands.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2012
Kibale National Park, in the west of the Central African nation of Uganda, is home to a 13 primate species, from Common Chimpanzees to bush-babies. This particular species is doing better than many African primates; it readily adapts to altered woodlands and forests, although it is hunted for food across its range.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
A large flock of resting Abdim’s Storks along the Nile, Uganda by Adam Riley A White Stork in its favored short grass habitat, Sani Pass, Lesotho by Adam Riley The White Stork is the most strictly migrant of all our storks. This stork is named in honor of Bey El-Arnaut Abdim, a 19th century Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
And sure enough, the natural reservoir of Marlburg, an unpleasant relative of Ebola, was finally identified in was indeed a bat cave I had taken my parents to in Uganda. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. The disease had killed a tourist like ourselves.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2015
Hippos are one such attraction, and Mum pointed out she was much happier seeing them on the large party boat we were on than the dugout canoe she saw them on when we were in Uganda. Nile Crocodiles, Waterbuck and Impala are also very common around the river.
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