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    Birds ID help is needed from Uganda - Part I

    Thank you Tom, Andy and The_FERN for your help and ID comments. The 4th picture does look tricky enough, especially since it’s taken from a great distance and lacks many details. Black or Black-winged Bishop, I’m fine leaving it unidentified.
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    Birds ID help is needed from Uganda - Part III (... and last :) )

    Thank you all for your great help and comments. I would never think that the first picture would be White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, especially since it’s not pictured in the guide. Thank you for pointing that out Alino.
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    Birds ID help is needed from Uganda - Part III (... and last :) )

    Hello, Last part of the Bird ID thread From Uganda, June 2017. 9. Taken in Bwindi, Buhoma area, near the gate. It could be a Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher, but then it wasn’t photographed near water. Could also be Dusky-blue Fly. 10 Taken in Lake Mburo NP. Looks like a female Cuckoo-shrike, but...
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    Birds ID help is needed from Uganda - Part II

    Part II of the Bird ID thread From Uganda, June 2017. 6.1, 6.2 - Two pictures which were taken in Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth NP. Is this a Rufous-naped Lark? 7. Taken in Bwindi Impenetrable NP, Buhoma area. Is This a Mackinnon’s Fiscal? 8. Taken in Bwindi, Buhoma area. No idea which...
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    Birds ID help is needed from Uganda - Part I

    Hello, My wife and I did a trip to Uganda during June 2017. This wasn’t a birding trip but rather general safari trip. However, since we are both amateur birdwatchers we did some birding here and there. Most of the birds we could identify but we need some help with the following. Some of the...
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    Recommended birding guides.

    I Just wanted to give an update since we returned from Uganda two days ago. For Budongo we did called Raymond and arranged a tour and it was amazing. Raymond is highly experience birder, very knowledgeable and an excellent guide. He knows many bird sounds and can imitate them, but he also has...
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    Recommended birding guides.

    Hi dacol, Thank you for the valuable advices and tips. I saw another recommendation about Raymond as an expert bird guide to the Budongo so I’ll try the contact him as soon as we land in Uganda. We also plan to overnight in Masindi and in the morning drive to Budongo. I wasn’t aware that the...
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    Recommended birding guides.

    Hi dwatsonbirder, Thanks you for your answer. I tried to contact several companies: (*) birduganda.com didn’t answer my emails (I sent three). (*) birdinginuganda.com did answer my first email, with suggested guide for the royal mile but also suggested that we will hire a driver for the entire...
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    Recommended birding guides.

    Hello, My wife and I are planning a self-driving trip to Uganda in this coming July. This is not specifically a birding trip, but we do plan to do some birding along the way. However we do want to hire a local birding guide in two specific locations: One in the Budongo Forest Reserve and...
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    Greater or Lesser Black-Winged Lapwing

    Thank you Sal and Niels for your comments. Niels, In the Black-winged Lapwing photo you linked, the amount of white in the forehead is indeed more extensive than on “our” bird. And I just realized that I uploaded this photo: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36860 I...
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    Greater or Lesser Black-Winged Lapwing

    Hello all, We need some help with this plover identification. The two photos were taken in Mkhuze Game Reserve during our trip to SA in the past September. Our impression is towards Lesser black-winged (Senegal) lapwing. It looks slender, the white in the forehead is not too extensive and the...
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    Ndumo Game Reserve – Current Status?

    Thanks safariranger, This is very encouraging. Unfortunately we are not planning to rent a 4x4 so we will have to skip Tembe Elephant Park. We do however plan to visit Mkhuze GR. I do hope that a solution will be found in Ndumo, that will be satisfied for both the animals and the local...
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    Ndumo Game Reserve – Current Status?

    Hello, We are planning a trip to SA next year. We will spend a few days in Kruger NP and then head south to the KwaZulu-Natal province to do some birding. At the moment we plan to Visit Ndumo GR, Mkhuze GR and St. Lucia (if time will be sufficient). I know that in Ndumo there were conflicts...
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    Camera for Kowa TSN-827 32X wide angle

    I use the Canon 570IS with my Kowa 821 and get very decent results with it, although layers of regular glass rather then HD cause the pictures to look kind of grainy. I use the Kowa DA-1 Adapter to attach the camera to the scope. If I were you I would consider buying the 570IS rather then the...
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    Help! - UK wader

    Hmm, in the last two pictures there is a hint of red legs? And the bill seems long, narrow and curved at it's end. It's hard to tell from the pictures but my guess will be Spotted Redshank in a winter plumage.
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    Digiscoping with Kowa TSN-821M. Will Canon A570IS work?

    Thanks twegier, This morning I tried the camera with my scope in a photo shop and I'm quite pleased with the results. With only hand-holding the camera I got very little vignetting at the 1x lens position. My question is what sort of adaptor do you use to attach the A540 to your Zeiss? Many...
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    Digiscoping with Kowa TSN-821M. Will Canon A570IS work?

    Many thanks for the replies, Currently my main reason for digiscoping is for record shots and practicing bird identification when I'm not sure with the bird ID in the field so I'm less concerned with the picture quality. Also, the Kowa TSN-821 is not HD glass so this will reduce the picture...
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    Digiscoping with Kowa TSN-821M. Will Canon A570IS work?

    Hello all, I own a TSN-821 Kowa scope and want to get into digiscoping. I searched a little bit in the forum threads and noticed that people use the Canon A570IS as their Digiscoping Camera. I wander if anybody has an experience with this camera with a Kowa scope? If not, Is there is a better...
  19. Black-winged Lapwing

    Black-winged Lapwing

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    • Category: Africa
  20. Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

    Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

    Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse With Chicks
    • Tamir
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    • Category: Africa
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    Mid price Binoculars.

    Hi Moomaloo, After many deliberations I also bought the Pentax DCF SP but rather the 10x43 and I'm very pleased with them. Comparing them to the Nikon Monarch 10x42 I didn't find any significant difference. However both Bino's experience this yellow fringing sometimes, but maybe it's just my...
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    Mid price Binoculars.

    Hello all, Thanks a lot for all the responses, it's really great to get so many helping inputs. It didn't even cross my mind to go for the 8x magnification, and I should definitely look into it. However I'm not sure whether the 8x32's will gain enough light. I should check it. Beverly – I did...
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    Mid price Binoculars.

    Hello all, I need some help in choosing new binoculars. I know that Swarovski, Leica and Zeiss are the Top end Bino's and everybody's favorite, but really, they are unbelievably expensive. After searching a little bit. I narrowed my search to 3 models: Minolta 10x42 D-WP. Pentax 10x42 DCF-WP...
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    SLR Photo Attachment for TSN-821.

    Hi Andy, Many thanks for your reply. However we've decided to drop the Photo Attachment. It seems too much money for uncertain results, especially when everyone is moving into Digiscoping. I have the scope for one month now and although it's a slow month in Israel (The autumn migration starts...
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    SLR Photo Attachment for TSN-821.

    Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. I already decided to give up the Photo Adaptor, as I understood very few people use it and the results are poor. I wonder why the scope manufacturers keep selling them if no one uses them? Anyhow, I doubt if I'll try the Digiscoping thing with the Kowa...
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