Dear all,

since this is just over the border, i thought it might
be of intrest to you all...
Itai

--- James Wolstencroft <gonolek@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday 2 January I found two Chiffchaffs in
> junipers adjacent to the
> lowest forest edge at ca 2300m on the south side of
> Mt. Meru.
> 
> Yesterday (4th) there were at least six birds in
> another area some three km
> from the first and a couple of hundred metres
> higher. All those seen clearly
> appeared to be Phylloscopus collybita abietinus and
> most were in repeated
> song for short periods as they foraged.
> 
> All were feeding chiefly in the canopy and sometimes
> in the mid strata of
> those well-established juniper plantations
> (Juniperus procera ?)that have a
> dense herbaceous ground flora. A moderately
> bird-rich 'artificial' habitat
> here on Meru which , as one would expect nowadays,
> is being felled and
> converted to potatoes and maize at a very much
> faster rate than it is being
> (re) planted.

> James



I rather go birding...
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