Mombasa Bird Walk

Venue Haller Park: Rain stopped for the duration of the bird walk but it ws pretty wet under foot. First we had to visit the Owl enclosure to see the rescued/caged Spotted and Verreaux Eagle Owls. We had a new bird walker who had never seen these owls before so she was very excited especially as she later in the week discovered a Verreaux nesting on the Forest Trails. When we stopped by they were being fed on rats. Interestingly one of the owls just swallowed a whole rat, head first. I thought Owls pulled the prey apart and in fact that is what the other owls were doing. Any comment?

The rest of the forest was extremely quiet; main sepcies were Mangrove Kingfisher, Black Throated Wattle Eye, Woolly Necked Stork, Olive Sunbird, Palmnut Vulture. At the animal enclosure (also pretty quiet) African Fish Eagle, Green Backed Heron, Magagascar Squacco Heron. Amazing song from the White Browed Robin Chats which always sing more when it rains but it was a case of heard and hardly seen. Only 19 species overall. Birding is always exciting!