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Category Archives: Photography

Ready for the end

Frankly I don’t understand what all the fuss is about

Ready for the end

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Open Wide!

Open Wide

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Barn Owl in profile

Barn Owl in profile:

Barn Owl in profile

And a bonus Peregrin Falcon:

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Let me out!

Let me out!

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Swan Attack

This is what happens when you don’t have any seeds for the swan

Swan attack

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Superb Owl Sunday

What a Hoot

Much more awesome than worrying about some sort of allegedly super bowl

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The morning sun reflecting off Lake Victoria

The morning sun reflecting off Lake Victoria, Uganda

We spent our last morning in Uganda on Lake Victoria. The early morning sunlight reflecting on the waves made the entire lake seem as if it was made of liquid gold.

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Chimp Vocalizations

Chimpanzee vocalizations in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

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Mountain Gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After making the long journey to the picturesque Bwindi National Park (tightly clutching our gorilla tracking permits), and hiking down 600 metres to the valley bottom where the Mountain Gorillas were busy eating their breakfast we got to spend 1 hour (which was definitely not enough, but is all that is allowed) with the amazing apes.

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A day with my closest living relatives…

Which would be chimpanzees of course! I am in fact 98% chimp… and so are you.

Can you see the resemblance?

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Its like looking in a mirror that is 98% accurate!

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Black-headed weaver

Amazing little birds that weave basket like nests.

Building a nest:
Black-headed Waver

Leaving in search of more nesting material:
Black-headed Waver

Taken in Bigodi, Uganda.

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More pics from Uganda

Back In Kampala after spending several nights in a tent in Queen Elizabeth National Park surrounded by lions, hyenas and Hippos.

Here are a few pictures of the amazing wildlife we have seen.

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Uganda teaser pic

So far I have taken over 2500 pictures. But the internet here is too slow for me to upload much, and you probably want me to go through the mountain of pictures and only show the ones worth showing (who needs to see 75 almost identical pictures of the shoebill?)

So for now enjoy this teaser pic of an African Jacana flying over the Mabamba swamp just after sunrise:

African Jacana

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Marvellous Mushrooms!

Marvellous Mushrooms! by ScruffyDan and Breanne

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Biting off more than you can chew

This is what happens when your eyes are larger than your stomach

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