Don, thanks for this. I had always assumed the Mau was the source of our 
Serengeti birds, but for sure they can move further than this.

Grateful for any update on this Maralal population.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARGARET & DON TURNER" <mat@wananchi.com>
To: <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 1:23 PM
Subject: Denham's Bustard


> Neil;  The place to check are the grasslands north of Maralal - the sole 
> lekking area of this species. Not sure when anyone last went there. 
> Probably out of the question at the moment due to floods.
> Numbers on the southern Mau slopes were always small, and probably still 
> so.
> Don
>
> --
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