Photo highlights of Uganda

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Bwindi orphans group children doing traditional dances and songs Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Large African elephant (Loxodonta africana) African fish eagle Swarms of lake flies in a garden near Lake Victoria Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) feeding on canopy fruit Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) Mountain near Kasese in Western Uganda Silverback Bwindi gorilla Rainforest tree leaf Waterfall in Bwindi Green bush viper (Atheris species) Headshot of the colorful blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Young vervet monkey standing upright Bwindi children, many of whom are AIDS orphans, performing traditional songs and dances Chimp tracking guide holding a fallen rainforest fruit Lake Nyinambuga, a crater lake in western Uganda Tea plantation on the rolling hills of Uganda Juvenile Elliott's Chameleon Sundown over the Kazinga Channel Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals in a dirt road Serval cat (Leptailurus serval) Male waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Sun peaking out from under some clouds above the Kazinga Channel Rainforest in Chambura Gorge Warthog feeding from its knees

Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kazinga Channel Savanna of Queen Elizabeth National Park Tea workers Large hippo Silverback Bwindi gorilla (headshot) Uganda kob "kissing" Warthog running Tree climbing lion (Panthera leo) Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Pair of Grey crowned cranes "kissing" Ancient Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) Euphorbia forest in Uganda Elephant with baby emerging from vegetation Fast-flowing creek forming the border of Bwindi park Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Red wasp feeding on white flowers Lake Kyemengo in western Uganda Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch Charging hippo Tea plantation lying at the foot of Bwindi rain forest Female Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Gorilla tracker in Bwindi Bwindi orphans group children singing and dancing Red-orange flowers Climbing tree lion of Ishasha In search of gorillas in Bwindi Euphorbia trees on the savanna Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, perched on a tree stump Red duiker in the Bwindi rainforest Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in a group of mongoose Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) Male vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) Haze rising in the western Uganadan countryside with the Rwenzori mountains in the background Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop Maroon and white vine flower African fish eagle Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) Eastern Black and White Colobus Monkeys Yellow weavers at breakfast Great cormorants, Pink-backed pelicans, Great white pelicans on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus Black and yellow butterfly African elephant charging toward us Eastern gorilla (Gorilla gorilla sp) in Bwindi Agricultural land outside Bwindi park Bwindi orphans group children doing traditional dances and songs

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