Someone asked for a list of animals that we saw . . . camel, African elephant, Massi giraffe, water buffalo, impala, Kirk's Dik Dik (smallest impala) storks (100s of them resting at the tops of trees), hippos, great white pelicans, wildebeests, bush bucks, wart hogs, tortoise, waterbuck, common zebra, unstriped ground squirrel, superb starlings, red headed barbet, pied crows, termites and massive termite hills, blue monkey, black face velvet monkey, baboons (olive), striped skink, the rare black rhino, Grants gazelles, Thomson's gazelles, Cokes Hartabeest, cheetah, jackal, lions, hyenas, guinea fowl, flamingos, Egyptian goose. We also saw the Crown Crane which is the national bird of Uganda, and several other birds such as the blacksmith plover, black kite, an eagle (eating road kill - a hyena), vultures, and the kori busterd. At one point, a male kori busterd was in full plumage trying to attract the attention of a female. She kept moving away from him but he was persistent! In addition we saw cattle, sheep and goats being herded as well as cattle, sheep and goats wandering the streets, malnourished dogs, and thousands of loose chickens.
As for trees: baobab tree, flat topped acacia, whistling acacia, flame tree (red; the bloom resembles a burning candle), coconut palms, aloe trees, and yellow candle bush. The color of the blooms on plants, shrubs, and trees is vibrant, deep and rich.
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