From: Itai Shanni <itaisha1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2010-06-15 01:04
Subject: Fw: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re : SHABA lark photos

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From: Itai Shanni <itaisha1@yahoo.com>
To: chege wa kariuki <chege@birdwatchingeastafrica.com>
Sent: Tue, 15 June, 2010 9:26:00
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re : SHABA lark photos

Hi Chege,

for me, these looks like Williams rather than Fridman's and this is mainly due to the bi-coloured upper mandible that is very distinct and a more slender head shape.

Itai
 
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From: chege wa kariuki <chege@birdwatchingeastafrica.com>
To: patrick lhoir <patricklhoir@yahoo.fr>; kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 15 June, 2010 7:04:27
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re : SHABA lark photos

 

Sorry just forgot to attache the photos
chege

Thanks Brian
for your ID which i would for sure and better trust than mine. I
thought i was looking at a much heavier bill

Just came from shaba and can't figure out if this would be the
Singing or Friedmann's Bush Lark. The photographed individual never
sang though other friedmann's were singing.

many thanks
chege

At 09:44 PM 6/14/2010, patrick lhoir wrote:
>Hi Chege,
>
>Nice to ear from you. Hope you're fine.
>
>Brian also replied on my mail :
>
>Hi Patrick,
>It's a Red-capped Lark bleached by the soda in the soil, many almost
>lose all of their pattern,
>Best for now
>Brian
>Anyway thank you very much. Athi Short-toed Lark was also my though
>but for sure Brian knows much than me.
>
>Can you tell me were in Crater Lake did you spot the Grey-crested
>Helmetshrike? Near the lake?
>
>Thank you very much for the place you explained me last year for the
>William's Lark. I found it exactly at that place. In fact I was
>there one week after you.
>
>Hope we can go birding together.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Patrick