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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.

    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

    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?

    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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    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...
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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.

    Hello, I'm about to purchase my first scope ever, the TSN-821. Since I owe a Canon EOS 35mm SLR camera, I wonder, is it worth to buy the Kowa SLR Photo Attachment? Will I be able to take decent pictures with it? I looked a little bit on other forums and it seems that most of them say the SLR...
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