From: tanzaniabirdatlas <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2009-09-24 14:19
Subject: Fw: [KENYABIRDSNET] Caspian plovers
these coastal Cuckoo hawks are classics for
Sept.
these Caspian Plovers are also typical of
early birds moving through to Zambia-Kafue or beyond.
important to track these birds, numbers dwindling,
at least we think so.
Edwin, any GPS ref for these Caspian Plovers ? this
is a good sighting, VERY few flocks of this size reported so early in the season
from Tanzania.
my concerns are that the numbers arriving in our
northern Rift Valley (esp Serengeti where numbers seriously down) in December
(when the short rains begin) have moved north from Zambia so we might be double
counting.
comments welcome. Tim, this bird needs someone to
look very closely at the data. Tony, you were going to analyse your Serengeti
data ? Daudi and others, do keep an eye out for these birds in the Eyasi /
Wembere system to match your obs from January 2005.
It's an AEWA target species
so............
ALL RECORDS PLEASE. DAY DATED & PREFERABLY WITH
A GPS REF OR AT LEAST A VERY GOOD LOCATION
DESCRIPTION.
Neil
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:04 PM
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] Caspian plovers
Am on a long safari and will not be able to submit the full safari sightings
till the first week of oct, here is a few high lights; On 16 sept we saw fifteen
wild dogs seven pups and eight ads, on the pipeline road twelve km from voi
safari lodge. Tsavo is quite dry saw only two red winged larks, lots of somali
courser, about fifty Caspian plovers at the aruba windmill, and today down at
Sokoke saw four cuckoo hawks by the swamp with the baobab tree house
great
birding
Ed