| March Date: Tuesday 5th, 2024 Guest Speaker #1: Carmen Prang Topic #1: The Life of a Beach Grove Garter Snake links to text of Carmen’s Presentation Guest Speaker #2: David Simon Topic #2: Uganda: Pearl of Africa. Rhinos, Chimps and Gorillas (links to YouTube recording) |
Uganda has many national parks and varied African wildlife. Three areas in particular stand out, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest renowned for its over 1,000 gorillas, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a private reserve established in 2006 with 2 white rhinos from other areas and now has 42 white rhinos. And Kibale Forest National Park known for its 13 species of primates, especially chimpanzees.
David Simon
David Simon is a recently retired lawyer who was interested in photography at a young age. He received his first SLR on his 13th birthday and has been taking nature photos ever since.
David has taken nature photo trips in the last 10 years to Tanzania, Vietnam, India, the Galapagos and parts of Ecuador, the Pantanal in Brazil, the Ecuadorian Andes, and coast, and then Uganda, the topic of this presentation.
Delta Naturalists Society 