I’d like to share with everyone my first magazine cover and article from the current issue of Africa Birds & Birding, an offshoot of Africa Geographic based in South Africa. I’m really pleased that I was able to provide both the photos and the writing for this article and the design team at Africa Birds & Birding did a beautiful job of laying out the article – including range maps.

  White Rhino Photos – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda On my mother’s first day in Uganda we headed for the Budongo Forest where we’d track chimpanzees among old growth mahogany trees. On rout we passed a sign for the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, which I’d heard of but didn’t know much about. Since there are no [...]

Mabamba Swamp Bird Photos – Entebbe, Uganda On a recent trip to Entebbe to pick my mother up from the airport I stopped at the Mabamba Swamp to try for another shoebill sighting. Mabamba is located across the bay from the Entebbe airport, but to get there is at least an hour from Entebbe on [...]

African Wood Owl Photos – Kibale National Park, Uganda There was a woman here surveying for moths at night. This is done by using a bright light to attract the moths and then cataloging the species. The interesting thing was many animals began keying into this bounty of moths attracted to the lights. The baboons [...]

  Fort Portal High-dynamic-range – Uganda One a recent trip to town I passed an hour by walking around and trying a few High-dynamic-range images on the main roads in town. I’d like to expand on some of these photos and target some of the main features in town. For now, these images give a [...]

  Tree Pangolin – Kibale National Park, Uganda 10:30pm and there is a not on the door. I get out of bed and I hear David, a PhD student researching golden cats, announcing that he has something to show me. I open the door to find a dinosaur looking creature clawing the concrete at my [...]

Leopard on a Night Game Drive – Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda The Ishasha region of Queen Elizabeth National Park allows for night game drives guided by a spotlight-wielding ranger. Moses was our ranger’s name, a quiet middle-aged man who just transferred a month ago from the northern part of the park. We set out [...]

Our friends Chuck and Ann visited us here in Uganda for a week, spending most of that time of safari. I joined them on their final leg of their Uganda journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park in SW Uganda. On one of the early morning game drives we spotted a large flock of vultures on [...]

Birds of Queen Elizabeth National Park – Uganda Queen Elizabeth National Park is an amazing location for the avid bird watcher. With over 600 species recorded in this tiny area, it is not wonder my bird list topped 100 species in just 2 days. I’m sure I could have neared 200 had I been able [...]

Ishasha Tree-climbing Lions – Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda In the southern portion of Queen Elizabeth National Park there is a region where the several prides of lions take the trees during the day to sleep. The reasons for this include the availability of large fig trees that will support a few thousand pounds of [...]

Photographing Local Primary Schools – Uganda             Since arriving here in Kibale National Park we’ve visited the local primary schools assisted by the Kasiisi Project on several occasions. The first few visits fell within the holiday, so there were no children around and others have been too short or busy to spend any time photographing. [...]

Kigarama Sports Tournament: The Brevard Zoo donated enough soccer uniforms to outfit the 5 core Kasiisi Project Schools with shirts that said the name of their school and shorts. Here in Uganda, it is mostly the boys that play soccer and the girls play netball (similar to basketball but the ball is not dribbled). The [...]

Kibale National Park Mammal Photos – Uganda There is so much to photograph here in Kibale National Park and I have clearly underepresented the mammal group. With 6 species of primates routinly outside of the house, I think I’ve become complacent with capturing images of them and putting more of my efforts into looking for [...]

Kibale National Park Birds – Part II As challenging as it is to photograph the birds within an equatorial rainforest, I’ve still been trying my best to capture as many species as I can. The thick brush of the understory makes it a challenge to see more than a few meters in front while in [...]

Mugusu Market – Uganda Stewart wanted to see a real Ugandan market place and there happened to be a large one located 30 minutes south of Fort Portal on Wednesdays. This market was huge, covering at least a football field in total area. There is everything from live chickens to fabrics to spices and vegetables [...]