I haven't done well with blogging birds encountered on several recent trips, so will just report a smattering of the more interesting ones I've come across here and there in the past few weeks.
At a wetland stop just west of Kayunga:
* Pair of yellow-billed ducks (Anas undulata)
* Long-toed plover (Vanellus crassirostris)
* Large numbers of blue-cheeked bee-eaters (Merops persicus) and sand martins (Riparia riparia)
En route through Soroti, Dokolo and Lira districts (mostly fairly dry bush country):
* Several spectacular Abyssinian rollers (Coracias abyssinica); here's a link to a photo of a pair of them: http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/data/529/1237856-IMG_1865_abyssinian_roller_sahelscharrelaar01.jpg
* Vinaceous doves (Streptopelia vinacea)
Here in Mbale:
* Heard a red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) calling, first for several months
* Bronze-tailed starlings (Lamprotornis chalcurus) are here in force again; they are especially noisy in the late afternoons as they get themselves situated in roosting positions for the night
* Have had several pygmy kingfishers (Ispidina picta) in the neighborhood lately
A few km south of town, not far from Manafwa River:
* Male Namaqua dove (Oena capensis)
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