From: Don Reid <donreid@africaonline.co.ke>
Date: 2010-09-28 10:56
Subject: Mombasa Bird Walk
Dear Birders
Sat Sept 17th took us to the South Quarry of Haller
Park
This quarry is still being worked but the ponds in
the part that is now obsolete are fast becoming established as good water bird
areas. The many weavers nesting is truly a magnificent sight, Village,
Golden Palm and Grosbeak with Zanzibar Red Bishops in among the Grosbeak weaver
nests.
We saw the largest number of Three Banded Plovers
that I have ever seen. They love the large puddles and are
easily seen scurrying around the edges. Migrant waders also seemed to
favour these puddles probably because the large ponds are still very full and
the wading space is rather waterlogged. A Curlew, a Wood. a
Green and one or two Common sandpiper, Little Stint and a few
Barn Swallows were the only migrants seen. Yellow Billed Stork, Cattle and
Little Egrets. one Yellow Billed Egret, an unusually small
number for this area. A few Green Backed Herons and one magnificent Purple
Heron as the last bird of the afternoon. 29 species in all. If you
are in Mombasa on the 3rd Sat in any month please feel welcome to join us.
(Marlene Reid - Mombasa)