Good evening to all,

Johan and myself spent the last week-end at the lake Baringo. The weather was really hot and no rain. It was really drough. You will find hereunder the list of the species found, but before I want to report two things.

1. A couple of Lanner Falcon were seen at the cliff and the female was nesting.

2. A couple of Heuglin's Courser were also seen but near the lake and the female was nesting too. We saw two eggs. 

My question is : Is that normal for those birds to nest during this period?

Here is the list : 

Yellow-billed Stork, Hadada Ibis, Sacred Ibis, African Spoonbill, Black-headed Heron, Grey Heron, Goliath Heron, Hamerkop, Squacco Heron, Striated Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Long-tailed Cormorant, White-faced Whistling Duck, Comb Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Lapwing, Black-headed Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, African Jacana, Black Crake, African Fisheagle, Laughing Dove, Red-eyed Dove, African mourning Dove, Speckled Pigeon, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, White-bellied Go-away-Bird, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Verraulx Eagle-Owl, Blue-naped Mousebird, Speckled Mousebird, Woodland Kingfisher, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater, Madagascar Bee-eater, Lilac-breasted Roller, African Hoopoe, Green Woodhoopoe, Jackson's Hornbill, Red-billed Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Hemprich's Hornbill, D'arnaud's Barbet, Black-throated Barbet, Red-fronted Barbet, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Grey Woodpecker, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Pied Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Lesser-striped Swallow, Northern Brownbul, Superb Starling, Rüppell's Starling, Greater blue-eared Glossy-Starling, Wattled Starling, Bristle-crowned Starling, Black-headed Oriole, Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Northern Puffback, Grey-backed Fiscal, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Silverbird, African Paradise Flycatcher (2 morphs), Southern Black Flycatcher, Rufous Chatterer, Brown Babbler, Spotted mornin Thrush, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Beautiful Sunbird, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, White-billed Buffalo-Weaver, White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, Lesser-masked Weaver, Little Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Blue-caped Cordonbleu, Red-billed Firefinch, White-bellied Canary, White-browed Coucal, Common Bulbul, Northern Crombec, Red-fronted Apalis, Brubru, Namaqua Dove, Chestnut Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Lanner Falcon, Pygmy Batis, Grey Flycatcher, Dark-chanting Goshawk, Crested Francolin, African Darter, White-casqued Helmetshrike, Gabar Goshawk, Village Weaver, Parrot-billed Sparrow, White-winged Tern, Green-winged Pytilia, Common Ostrich, Slender-tailed Nightjar in flight during the evening, Slate-coloured Boubou, Marabou Stork and Heuglin's Courser.

See you next time for the next report.

Best to all,

Patrick the Belgian