Progress is being made. Much more to come …
Uganda, Progress Report …
Back to Budongo …
My bags are on the floor, packed and ready to go.
There are some Swamp Wallabies down by the creek. When I wake up in a couple of days time it may well be a Chimpanzee that will be walking past my window. Uganda here I come.
Part of the time will be at the Budongo Research Station and will be spent banding little birds in the rain forest.
I am looking forward to catching up with old friends and to sharing the experience with you. Broadband access will be intermittent so bear with me.
You can read about the last trip by winding the blog back to June and July 2017.
Woodswallows …
I was just heading off to one of my favourite birding spots, Maryborough sewage treatment plant when I noticed that my driveway was busy with woodswallows. So I changed my plan and grabbed the camera.
These birds are summer visitors and seem to always be on the move. There are plenty about this year probably because of the dry conditions further north. Flocks can be huge, White-browed Woodswallows tend to be the most numerous often accompanied by their masked cousins. They breed in mixed colonies.
The adult males of both species are beautifully marked. The youngsters and females are also attractive but in more muted tones – designer pastels.
And now for something entirely different …
I fart in your general direction …
According to Reuters
A French member of parliament has proposed that mockery of accents be outlawed …
Laetitia Avia of President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party said she was proposing a bill that would classify such mockery with other forms of prohibited discrimination such as on grounds of sex or race.
I think Peter Sellers has a lot to answer for …
Or was it Monty Python?
Shearing …
My neighbours were shearing the other day.
Continuing South …
Flying past Brim. Still a favorite about which you can learn far more than you ever wanted to know <HERE> …
Past Sheep Hills …
and heading for Rupanyup.
I saw this one nearing completion. Now it’s finished. It’s by Siberian mural artist, Julia Volchkova.
Not far from the silo is one of Georgia Goodie’s works honouring the fire service.
Next stop – Rosebery …
and Kaff-eine’s homage to country folk. Rosebery is 40km south of Lascelles.
Silo Expansion …
The Silo Art Trail in western Victoria has grown a bit since I last drove it.
At Lascelles Rone has painted local farming couple Geoff and Merrilyn Horman, part of a family that has lived and farmed in the area for four generations. They occupy one silo each facing in opposite directions. Maybe they’re not talking to each other …
It has an unwanted effect for the photographer. When Geoff is nicely lit Merrilyn is contra jour.
I’ll have to go back on an overcast day. Although the sky that day was being generous in other ways …
Authentic Orchids …
It’s not only time for the orchid society to flaunt the seasonally gaudy it’s also time for Victoria’s native orchids to show off their more subtle and delicate flowers. Here’s a couple that I’ve found in the past week.
This first one was in open woodland in the Grampians …
This one was in the Wail State Forest …
Disclaimer … When it comes to matters botanical my id skills are suspect. Treat these names with caution.
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