Rwenzori Beverage Co. gives a boost to Uganda Big Birding Day PDF Print E-mail
Well, they say ‘water is life’. With less than two days to the D-day, Rwenzori Beverage Co has provided the much needed drinking mineral water for all the participants during the Uganda Big Birding Day on 23rd May 2009. The package was received today by NatureUganda at their factory premises at Namave along Jinja-Kampala highway.

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NatureUganda Staff recieve drinking mineral water package for UBBD from Mr Prashanta Chowdhury, Marketing Manager, Rwenzori Beverage Co Ltd
While this is largely the Company's efforts in ensuring corporate social responsibility and environmental stewardship in Uganda, according to their Marketing Manager, Mr Prashanta Chowdhury, it is also an opportunity to support NatureUganda to successfully celebrate 100 years for nature conservation in the country.

The UBBD intends to highlight the importance of birds as a tourism product, increase publicity of Uganda's beauty and richness to the whole world, and create a fun-fair for both international tourists and local / national tourists. It aims to link up all bird watchers, tourism promoters and conservationists in the country.

The main event will held in Mabira Forest Reserve-the biggest and remaining forest estate in the central region. Other events will be held across 50 sites distributed across the country including all the national parks and others IBAs. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and National Forest Authority (NFA) have offered free entrance to all National parks and Forest Reserves respectively on the Big Birding day.

Registration to participate in the event can be done from this website (quick way) or by visiting our offices at Plot 83 Tufnel Drive, Kamwokya, Kampala.

Last Updated ( Friday, 10 July 2009 )
 
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Some Facts about the Wattled Crane

Name: Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)

Range:  Endemic resident, in 2 areas: Ethiopia, and central and southern Africa. In Ethiopia, usually only 1-3 individuals seen at a time but sometimes in flocks; population size unknown and no information since 1975. In Central and southern Africa locally abundant to rare, but declining, endangered or recently extinct in some areas.

Description: Easily distuigished from sympatric cranes by huge size and white neck, but at distance beware superficial resemblance to Wholly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus), which also has dark cap, white neck and dark wings and body. At closer range, Wattled Crane easily identified by grey wings, red face and throat wattles.

General Habitats: Inhabits very large open areas including wet grasslands, open marshes and river edges, usually above 2000m or below 1000m in non-breeding season.

Breeding Habits: Monogamous; each pair defends a territory c. 1km. sq. Pairs may not breed annually. In courtship bird sometimes spread wings, runs a little way, then jumps several metres straight up with wings spread and head held up and legs bent and dangling.

 

For more details: The Birds of Africa, Vol. II (Emil K. Urban; C. Hilary Fry & Stuart Keith; 1986). Copies of this book available in the resource center at NatureUganda offices, Kampala