Shoebill stork is a real dinosaur4/9/2024 Perhaps the COVID lockdowns and lack of income have made things worse than normal or perhaps this is the way it always is. It’s disappointing to pay entrance fees and witness first-hand the sad truth - that it’s not helping to save the forest. During our visit we witnessed countless trees chopped down and left for dead. Mabira Forest Reserve isn’t much of a “reserve” in the sense of preserving and protecting the forest. Prior to coming for Shoebill we made a stop at Mabira Forest Reserve in far Eastern Uganda, close to the Kenya border. It was a great morning and if you’re on Instagram I did an entire story about it. And then it was off to another portion of the swamp to find Weyn’s Weaver, which we found singing in a ficus in the middle of a reedy section. We were able to get close and just carefully watch to our heart’s content. It was early morning as we headed out into the swamp in search of our target and it was still early morning as we watched a single male Shoebill stand as perfectly still as a statue. This is the kind of bird everyone wants to see. Most tourists do not really care to see birds but in the case of Shoebill, one doesn’t need to be a birder to want to see it. We went directly to the swamp and managed to easily coordinate a boat ride out into it. Originally we weren’t going to have time to visit Mabamba Swamp of Uganda, but with new COVID implications, our trip was thrown slightly off its axel and we had a bit more time in Entebbe before our friend Julien arrived. Shoebill, one of the most distinct and iconic birds in all of Africa, is a modern day dinosaur. And some birds are a highlight of any trip into the freshwater swamps of central tropical Africa. Scientists think many dinosaurs may even have had feathers.īut some birds just look more like dinosaurs than others. There is an uncanny resemblance when looking closely at those scaly feet and upright posture.
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