From: patrick l'hoir <patricklhoir@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2010-12-01 17:53
Subject: Lake Nakuru 27 and 28th November

Dear all,
 
Johan and I spent one night in Nakuru. You will find hereunder the list of the birds seen in the park.
We discovered two unexpected birds. The firs is a River Warbler and the second a Finch.... a Brian Finch. Yes, we met him in the Sarova Lion Hills with a great pleasure. Now, the list :
 
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
Grey-headed Gull
Yellow-billed Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Grey-crowned Crane
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Black-headed Heron
Grey Heron
Hamerkop
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Great White Pelican
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Egyptian Goose
Hottentot Teal
Red-billed Teal
Cape Teal
Garganey
Yellow-billed Duck
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Southern Pochard
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Ringed Plover
Little Stint
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Hildebrandt's Francolin
Helmeted Guineafowl
Common Ostrich
African White-backed Vulture
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Martial Eagle
Black-chested snake-Eagle
African Fish-Eagle
Black-winged Kite
Yellow-billed Kite
Western Marsh-Harrier
Long-crested Eagle
Common Kestrel
Fischer's Lovebird
Laughing Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
White-bellied Go-away Bird
Klaas's Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Little Swift
Blue-naped Mousebird
Speckled Mousebird
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Eurasian Bee-eater
Lilac-breasted Roller
African Hoopoe
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
African Grey Hornbill
Red-fronted Barbet
Cardinal Woodpecker
Red-throated Wryneck
Grey Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Lesser Honeyguide
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
Grassland Pipit
Tree Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Red-capped Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Fawn-coloured Lark
Plain Martin
Mosque Swallow
Lesser-striped Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black Sawwing
Common Bulbul
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Red-billed Oxpecker
Black-headed Oriole
Pied Crow
Fork-tailed Drongo
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Brubru
Tropical Boubou
Common Fiscal
Grey-backed Fiscal
Red-backed Shrike
Grey-crested Helmetshrike
White-crested Helmetshrike
Chinspot Batis
African Grey Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
Arrow-marked Babbler
Northern Anteater Chat
Little Rock Thrush
Common Rock Thrush
Olive Thrush
African Thrush
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cliff Chat
Isabelline Wheatear
Northern Wheatear
Willow Warbler
River Warbler
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Citicola
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-bellied Warbler
Red-faced Crombec
Grey-backed Camaroptera
White-bellied Tit
Bronze Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Grey-headed Sparrow
Pin-tailed Whydah
Long-tailed Widowbird
Red-headed Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Yellow Bishop
Baglafecht Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Lesser-masked Weaver
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
African Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
Streaky Seedeater
Golden-breasted Bunting
 
Best to all,
 
Patrick