Entebbe day 3

July 14th was my third day at Entebbe Botanical Gardens. It was overcast again but the rain mostly held off. I managed my longest session that day.

• 46 species seen
• I concentrated on smaller birds for the first time.
• Smaller birds identified included winding cisticola, swamp flycatcher, red-chested sunbird and little weaver
• A partially identified female sunbird was probably copper sunbird
• Lifers were swamp flycatcher, Ross's turaco, and yellow throated longclaw 

swamp flycatcher

Swamp flycatcher was seen in bushes right next to Lake Victoria. I can see why people say it looks superficially like a banded martin.

red-chested sunbird 1

red-chested sunbird 2

yellow-throated longclaw

Yellow-throated longclaw liked the long grass.

winding cisticola

Winding cisticola was only seen next to the Lake.

grey parrot 1

Good to see grey parrot wild and free.

grey parrot 2

malachite kingfisher

Female sunbirds can be tricky.

probable copper sunbird 1

This one lacked the streaking expected on the undersides of a red-chested sunbird.

probable copper sunbird 2

Very few other options exist in this geography. 

probable copper sunbird 3

The bird appears to have dark ear coverts and a weak supercilium as well as parallel pale line below the ear coverts. Copper sunbird looks the best fit. It is  recorded in the gardens.

Egyptian goose

black and white colobus monkey

striated heron

village weaver

great cormorant and long-tailed cormorant

hamerkop

Ross's turaco

All turacos seen in the gardens stayed in the canopy.

Madagascar bee-eater

Ruppell's starling

red-knobbed coot

African pied wagtail

46 species seen at Entebbe Botanic Gardens, July 14th, 2018

Egyptian Goose  

Red-eyed Dove  

Ring-necked Dove  

Great Blue Turaco  

Ross's Turaco  

Eastern Plantain-eater  

African Palm-Swift  

Red-knobbed Coot  

African Openbill  

Marabou Stork  

Long-tailed Cormorant  

Great Cormorant  

Pink-backed Pelican  

Hamerkop  

Grey Heron  

Black-headed Heron  

Little Egret  

Cattle Egret  

Striated Heron 

Hadada Ibis  

African Harrier-Hawk  

Long-crested Eagle  

Black Kite (Yellow-billed)  

African Fish-Eagle  

Speckled Mousebird 

Crowned Hornbill  

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill  

Malachite Kingfisher  

Pied Kingfisher  

Madagascar Bee-eater  

Grey Parrot  

Black-headed Gonolek  

Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (Red-bellied) 

Pied Crow  

Common Bulbul (Dark-capped)  

Winding Cisticola 

African Yellow White-eye 

Swamp Flycatcher  

Rüppell's Starling  

Red-chested Sunbird  

Copper Sunbird  

African Pied Wagtail  

Yellow-throated Longclaw 

Little Weaver  

Orange Weaver  

Village Weaver 

Bronze Mannikin