Uganda Birding DAY7

 Uganda DAY7

วันนี้เป็นวันเดินทางกลับ นั่งรถข้ามฟากยาวๆเพื่อไปพักใกล้สนามบิน Entebe ตามแผนอาจจะมีแวะดูนกริมทางบ้างเล็กน้อย แก้เมื่อย

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Many families in Uganda stuck with unhealthy dirt floors are finding an affordable alternative

Village homes in Western Uganda

It is traditional within the locality that when the son of a family is to get married a parcel of their parent’s plot is given to him. This is where he can build his own house for his family. There are two main types of houses built within the village. The first built from bricks and the most common is built from timber with mud infill. Both types are single storey only.

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EarthEnable, which seeks to upgrade housing across Africa, has been promoting and installing the clay-based floors in Uganda since 2017. Besides eliminating dust that can irritate breathing, they’re credited with reducing infestations of jiggers — a parasitic flea that can burrow into the skin and lead to pain, itching and infection. Uganda’s health ministry says poor hygiene due to dirt floors contributes to such infestations.

ก่อนออกจากชุมชนที่เป็นเขตพื้นที่อุทยานเราได้ตื่นเต้นกันอีกครั้งเมื่อโจเซฟเห็นฝูง Torako บินมาเกาะที่ต้นไม้ข้างทาง เขาสั่งรถหยุด และพาพวกเราไปสนุกกับการไล่เก็บภาพนกสวยที่เพิ่งได้เจอจังๆวันนี้เป็นวันแรก

Great blue turaco

The great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a bird species of the family Musophagidae. At 70–76 cm (28–30 in) in length, it is the largest species of turaco.^[2]It has predominantly grey-blue plumage with an upright blue-black crest around 10 cm (3.9 in) high. The male and female have similar plumage. It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest.

The species ranges from Guinea in the west, and east across the sub-Saharan nations to the Imatong Mountains in South Sudan; it also occurs in Uganda, Tanzania and western Kenya, south to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. It inhabits rainforests and gallery forests. It has also adapted to areas cleared by humans and can thrive in these areas.

Highly regarded as food in West Africa, it is often hunted and eaten by local people.The BaMbala and related tribes around the town of Kikwit in the DRC, call the great blue turaco kolonvo. The meat is popular in smaller villages, and the long tail feathers are prized for decorations. The Mbuti people of the Ituri Rainforest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo consider the great blue turaco (which they call kulkoko) to be associated with okapis, which they would warn of danger by calling loudly.They also believe that eating the species while pregnant may result in a difficult delivery or birth deformity. It is also a clan totem animal and as such, cannot be eaten by members of that clan; if they do eat it their teeth are said to fall out.

Morning rush hour at the local market near Bubukwanga 

The African marsh harrier (Circus ranivorus) is a bird of prey belonging to the harrier genus Circus. It is largely resident in wetland habitats in southern, central and eastern Africa from South Africa north to South Sudan.

Big cut out shown Yoweri Musseveni,long serving Presidentof Uganda 

อีกครั้งที่ โจเซฟ พาพวกเราไปตามหานกกระจาบตัวหายาก จุดสังเกต หน้าแดงแต่วงตาสีดำ ซึ่งตัวคอมม่อน จะเป็นหน้าแดงวงตาขาว และหน้าดำวงตาดำ

Northern brown-throated weaver

 Black-headed weaver

The eastern golden weaver (Ploceus subaureus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in eastern and south-eastern Africa. Alternative names used for the eastern golden weaver include yellow weaver, olive-headed golden weaver, and African golden weaver.

The black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finchfound in western-central Africa. 

Pretty waxbill that is gray, black, and white, with red highlights. The bright red rump is conspicuous in flight. Found in grassy areas within a variety of habitats, including forest edge, woodland, moist savanna, cultivation, and gardens. Usually in pairs or flocks. The calls include high-pitched “tsik” and “tseet” notes which are often given in chorus by a flock, especially in flight. Similar to Black-headed and Kandt’s Waxbills, but paler and grayer overall, with a white rather than black undertail.

The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Spermestes cucullata) is a small passerine(i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics. This very social estrildid finch is an uncommon to locally abundant bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, where it is resident, nomadic or irruptive in mesic savanna or forest margin habitats.

Senegal coucal

The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis. It is a medium-sized member of its genus and is found in lightly-wooded country and savannah in central and southern Africa.

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