Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
African fish eagle
Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, perched on a tree stump
African fish eagle
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
Pair of Grey crowned cranes "kissing"
Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Great cormorants, Pink-backed pelicans, Great white pelicans on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach
Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
Yellow weavers at breakfast
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
African fish eagle in flight
African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush
African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) atop a Euphorbia plant
Pair of African crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum)
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Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis
African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on a beach along the Kazinga Channel
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying its wings in the sun
Hundreds of cormorants and pelicans gathered on a sanbar
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) with its mouth slightly agape
Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) nest building
Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus)
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
Woodland kingfisher
Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzori mountains behind
Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, on a Euphorbia plant
Pied Kingfisher eating a minnow
Pair of African fish eagles, Haliaeetus vocifer
African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush
African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, in flight
Flock of Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) on the African savanna
Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel
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Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Goliath heron, Ardea goliath, in Uganda
Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, with pied kingfishers in the background
African skimmers on a beach along the Kazinga Channel
Group of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a beach of the Kazinga Channel
Buffalo, pelicans, cormorants on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), and Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, walking in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel
Immature Black-headed heron
Male weaverbird working on building a nest in the early evening
Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk
Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)?)
Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus
Variable sunbird (Cinnyris venusta) or Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
Rueppell's Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed
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