Photos from the Field
We are now in Fort Portal (Feb 11/08), passing through to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The van has mechanical problems so here we wait! Below are some photos from the last few days. It takes a long time to upload photos here, so we only have a few to share.
Group Photo, Makerere University, Kampala
Rodent trapping, Kibale National Park
Playing Cards in our downtime
Group photo at the chimpanzee tracking park
Elephant dust-bathing
Sea of imposing horns . . .
But the cattle are very gentle. A child herder:
Sharp-eye shooter, Becky had the best shot of us all!
Read, aim, fire!
An unexpected encounter with a very beautiful feline
A typical kobb immobilization scene
Vivian and Ronalee working on a kobb
Fish drying in the sun
Dr Kent Weir joined us for a day, to hike in the park and try to save a water buffalo
Fortunately, this was a friendly rhino . . .
Safari ant river - but don't go swimming! These little suckers bite hard
Nathan in the mist
Becky overlooking a classic African scene. A number of us thought we'd seen this gorge before, in a Disney movie . . .
This little guy (or girl?) was so close we could almost touch him. We had to get that close, or none of us would have seen it!
In the span of time it took me to upload four pictures in Uganda, I've just uploaded 16! I'm sure that some of my classmates will send me more photos to place online, but till then I leave you with an African sunset over Lake George, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Chimpanzees are 98.7% genetically similar to humans. Can you spot the similarities?
