Hello Birders,
Just to mention what Tracy said about white-throated bee-eaters seen at Olorgesailie and Magadi. I have seen this species in Kakamega forest and along the coast. This species are known to fly outside their breeding grounds.
They are possible reports of white-throated bee-eaters breeding around Olorgesailie and Magadi area.
Shailesh
--- On Thu, 10/6/10, Kijito Windmills <bobs@africaonline.co.ke> wrote:
From: Kijito Windmills <bobs@africaonline.co.ke>
Subject: RE: [KENYABIRDSNET] White-throated Bee-eaters in Mara
To: "'Adam Kennedy'" <adamscottkennedy@googlemail.com>, "'tzbirdatlas'" <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: tanzaniabirds@yahoogroups.com, kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 10 June, 2010, 12:42
Just to say I was down at Olorgesaile over the weekend and saw quite large numbers of the White throated around. We were on both sides of the road from Oltepesi, higher numbers were to the north of the road where I saw them frequently.
Kind regards
Tracy
From: kenyabirdsnet@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:kenyabirdsn et@yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Adam Kennedy
Sent: 10 June 2010 11:07
To: tzbirdatlas
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Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] White-throated Bee-eaters in Mara
Thanks Neil,
Just three Serengeti June records over the past ten years; that makes this a good record then?
Zimmerman et al. mentions the Magadi population but doesn't mention at what time of year they breed, only that the species typically occurs in Kenya between September and April.
Cheers
Adam
As you'll see from these rather few records there are occasional reports of this bird at this time of the year from the Serengeti ecosystem to the south of you.
Are you aware of the breeding population in the Natron / Magadi Rift ?
It could be birds from this population wandering to you rather than out of season birds from the Sahel . The western Serengeti - Mara being far wetter than the rift at this time of the year.
Tony, another one for your people to be aware of.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:50 PM
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] White-throated Bee-eaters in Mara
Just a quick line to report 8 (possibly 9) White-throated Bee-eaters roosted at Naibor Camp, Masai Mara, last night (8th June). All loudly catching insects above the office! Sadly, poor light prevented decent images but they were thoroughly enjoyed by Vicki and I.
I gather from Zimmerman et al., that this is an odd time of year to see the species in the south of the country as they should by now have returned north to breed?
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