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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