Atlasville, 24th May 2007

Just returned from almost 2 weeks working on the project in the Lubumbashi area of the DRC. This time I took the Canon 20D with me, but it was hardly used. The only bird photo opportunity was in the garden of my guest house in Lubumbashi, where I was able to get some long range, just acceptable shots of Brown Firefinch, both adult and juvenile.

I did though pick up a few lifers – Miombo Pied Barbet in the grounds of the hotel I stayed in on the first night of the trip and Long-tailed Cisticola, Black-backed Barbet and Blue-spotted Wood Dove out at the exploration site.