Sunday, December 25, 2011

Wildlife in Uganda

This lizard was strategically placed every morning right next to the outdoor shower - I'm sure Cassandra was delighted!!
The hornbill - seemed like flying was the hardest thing for this bird and you can hear them coming a mile off as they swoop down and crash into the trees.
The maribou stork - they look prehistoric
In the staffroom at school. Our first day we were discussing schedules and timetables with bats flying around our heads like it was the most normal thing in the world.
They were also nesting in the roof of our house. At night they make an unbelievable amount of noise and worse still a lot of mess. What I am trying to say is that for a while there we were being shat upon...numerous times....on a nightly basis.
I think this is a baby monitor lizard which we found on Mirembe beach.
The 'Pied Kingfisher'.
Monkeys (probably up to no good.)
Seriously, they may look innocuos enough but don't trust monkeys.Ever.
The malakite.
These are all nests made by the weaver birds.

We found this guy on top of Cassandra's mosquito net one morning. Needless to say she wasn't best pleased about it. I did the manly thing and asked a small girl to come and remove it but later we found out it was already dead.
One of the many humming birds that we saw but the only one I managed to get a decent picture of.

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