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Hello Fleur ,
Did you get my mail with some general
information regarding the Crake ? Anyway today 28th Oct.
I managed to go to Manguo Ponds with other regular birders to
look for the Crake.After scanning the area for some time we got lucky
to spot it and I decided to take some few pictorial evidence along. I must admit that
I still need more practice with my camera to get the best shots.Nonetheless I hope the above photos wont be a disppointment.
N:B
I`ve also included a photo of the Northern Shoveller that we saw at the pond too.
Thank you
Regards.
Peter Wairasho
--- On Mon, 10/26/09, Fleur Ng'weno <fleur@africaonline.co.ke> wrote:
From: Fleur Ng'weno <fleur@africaonline.co.ke>
Subject: Re: Spotted Crake..
To: "peter wairasho" <wairasho@yahoo.com>, "Bol, Wouter" <wouter.bol@wur.nl>
Cc: "Itai Shanni" <itaisha1@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:39 AM
Hello Peter
Thank you so much for letting me know about this exciting sighting!
Spotted Crake is a very rare sighting in Kenya, and needs supporting information for the record to be accepted. Please write up a small note describing how well you saw it (light conditions, binoculars, etc.), what other birds were nearby, what convinced you, etc.
The snipe is most likely to be a Common Snipe, as the African Snipe is usually only found at higher altitudes. If you are certain of the ID, then please write up a small note as for the crake.
Keep up the good birding, Fleur
On 10/26/09 8:11 AM, "peter wairasho" <wairasho@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Fleur.
I hope you had a nice weekend.
I went to Manguo Ponds on Saturday 24th Oct. with Wouter
to do some birdwatching.We did expect the water level to be higher with the
short rains that we`ve been experiencing but alas the situation is not getting better yet.Consequently they were few birds in the shallow ponds .Nonetheless we saw a lifer and I thought you might be interested to know.We saw a Spotted Crake in the sedge adjacent to the main pond ! It was Wouter who spotted the bird while we were in pursuit of a Snipe which we had just flashed out while moving across the sedges.The Snipe turned out to be the African Snipe.
Thank you for having the time to read this .
Nice birding !
Regards
Peter Wairasho
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