Dear all,
I was travelling in Kenya in January 2008 with family so
didn’t have time for full time birding but still managed to see a good
variety of birds. Maybe the ‘best’ bird (rarity wise) was a Black
Tern seen on a snorkling trip near Wasini Island, south of Mombasa ? Also at
least two Lesser Noddies there among the numerous white-cheeked and lesser
crested terns.
I was hoping to get some help about the identification of
several cisticolas I saw. Some of the photos are not so good but maybe someone
experienced can figure more out than myself ?
Masai Mara, 13 Jan 2008: http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola2_masaimara_13jan2008.jpg
Masai Mara, 13 Jan 2008: http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola_masaimara_13jan2008.jpg
Between Masai Mara and Narok, 15 Jan 2008 (I think Desert): http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola_masaiarea_15jan2008.jpg
For comparaison: Rattling Cisticola (Masai Mara): http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/rattling_masaimara_15jan2008.jpg
Tsavo East, 18 Jan 2008: http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola_tsavoeast_18jan2008.jpg
Shimba Hills, 30 Jan 2008: http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola1_shimba_30jan2008.jpg
Shimba Hills, 30 Jan 2008: http://www3.hi.is/~yannk/myndir/mystery/cisticola2_shimba_30jan2008.jpg
The ones at Shimba Hills, I suspect them to be Winding of
the race haematocephalus ?
A photo gallery from my trip can be seen here, http://www.pbase.com/birdingiceland/kenya08
. I had a singing Indigobird at Voi, near Tsavo East (http://www.pbase.com/birdingiceland/image/93715910).
According to distribution maps it could be a Purple, could that be right
?
Kind regards
Yann Kolbeinsson
Reykjavik,Iceland
