this week i

reply: if you like johnny cash then i like you.  johnny waugh sent unused postcard.  in seventh grade english class, mrs. young told us secret to life success: appear busy.  halloween costume: i'm still undecided btw free hugs cactus, or interstellar skull hurtling through space as memento meteori


 

nearly split this oak

 

read hannes and mark on database acid tests: atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability.  all within the safety of a transaction


read birds of uganda by quentin meunier and sherry mckelvie.  yet i remain sullenly unilluminated on the evolutionary advantage of a wattle

 that prehistoric ballerina the shoebill stork

grey heron: as with all herons, it flies with its neck s-shaped, as opposed to storks and cranes which extend their necks

african spoonbill: spatola africana (ita)


african harrier-hawk: when hunting or excited, its normally bright yellow face will turn a vivid pink

 lizard buzzard: a vertical black line down its throat differentiates it from any other raptor

grey crowned crane: uganda's national emblem

kori bustard: the heaviest bird that actually flies

common ostrich: ostriches are not commonly seen in uganda

black-winged stilt: the longest legs pro rata to body size in the bird kingdom

wood sandpiper: a palearctic migrant

water thick-knee: common but shy bird with a permanently surprised look

eastern grey plantain-eater: if you wake up in uganda to the sound of loud maniacal laughter, you are probably listening to this bird!

black-and-white cuckoo (jacobin cuckoo): crested cuckoo..males distract the host while females lay their eggs, which are coloured to match the host's - they could be white, or they could even be bright turquoise

woodland kingfisher: senegalliest (ger)

european bee-eater: as with other bee-eaters, when the prey is a stinging insect, they will beat it on a branch to get rid of the sting

abyssinian roller: 'roller' comes from the barrel rolls they sometimes do in flight

pied hornbill: this one regularly visits the author's house in kampala to peck bugs off the windows

brown-throated wattle-eye: sometimes nicknamed the 'arpeggio bird' due to its call of clear descending notes

red-faced crombec: a small bird with no tail

white-crested helmet-shrike: "punk-like"

lesser masked weaver: the only pale-eyed weaver to have a mask that extends up onto its forehead

 



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