From: patrick l'hoir <patricklhoir@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2011-01-01 18:13
Subject: Kakamega and Kisumu 18th till 30st December
Dear all,
Johan and I spend time in Kakamega from the 18th
till the 23rd and in Kisumu from the 23rd till the 30st December trying to
finish the year 2010 in beauty.
We explored Kakamega forest with Wilberforce. We
had a marvellous morning on the 21st near the KFS office when we spot several
birds feeding on an ants colony. Great pictures were taken from Red-tailed
Bristlebill, White-tailed Ant Thrush, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Equatorial Akalat
and Brown-chested Alethe. We also got 5 Sabine's Spinetail passing over KFS
office on the 22nd at around 8 AM. We also spot a Jameson's Mamba near the Yala
river on the same day.
In Kisumu, the most surprising bird was the
Ferruginous Duck. The bird was alone with White-face Whistling and Rufous
Whistling Ducks. It was on the sewage ponds. We also spot a snake, an African
Spitting Cobra at the same sewage.
You will find hereunder the list of the birds seen
in Kakamega and Kisumu. Some are followed with a link for the
picture.
Kakamega list
Kisumu list December
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
White Stork
(78)
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Marabou Stork
Grey-crowned
Crane
Glossy Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Sacred Ibis
Goliath
Heron
Black-headed Heron
Grey Heron
Hamerkop
Squacco
Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Great
Egret
Intermediate Egret
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great
Cormorant
Long-tailed Cormorant
White-faced Whistling Duck
Fulvous
Whistling Duck
Little Grebe
Egyptian Goose
Hottentot
Teal
Ferruginous Duck (picture to be seen here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web/fuligulenyroca.html)
Water
Thick-Knee
Spur-winged Lapwing
Long-toed Lapwing
African Wattled
Lapwing
Common Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Wood
Sandpiper
Black-winged Stilt
Common Snipe
Black Crake
African Water
Rail
Red-knobbed Coot
Steppe Eagle
African Fish Eagle
Eurasian Marsh
Harrier
Long-crested Eagle
Yellow-billed Kite
Great
Sparrowhawk
African Harrier-Hawk
Black-winged Kite
Gabar
Goshawk
Shikra
Eurasian Hobby
Meyer's Parrot
Fischer's
Lovebird
Laughing Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Swamp
Nightjar
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Klaas's
Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Levaillant's
Cuckoo
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Little Swift
African
Palm Swift
Speckled Mousebird
Malachite Kingfisher
Woodland
Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Pied
Kingfisher
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Eurasian
Bee-eater
Broad-billed Roller
Double-toothed Barbet (picture to be seen
here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web/barbicanbidente.html)
Black-billed
Barbet (picture to be seen here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web/barbicanquifsobalito.html)
Yellow-fronted
Tinkerbird (picture to be seen here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web/barbionafrontjaune.html)
Grey
Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Grey-headed Woodpecker (picture to be seen
here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web1/picspodocephale.html)
Greater
Honeyguide
Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Yellow-throated
Longclaw
Banded Martin
Lesser Striped Swallow
Wire-tailed
Swallow
Barn Swallow
Common House Martin
Angola Swallow
Common
Bulbul
yellow-throated Leaf-love
Rufous-naped Lark
Rüppell's
Long-tailed Starling
Superb Starling
Black-headed Oriole
Pied
Crow
Fork-tailed Drongo
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned
Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Northern Puffback
Papyrus Gonolek
(picture to be seen here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web2/gonolekdespapyrus.html)
Black-headed
Gonolek
Grey-backed Fiscal
Common Fiscal
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp
Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Northern Black Flycatcher
African Paradise
Flycatcher
Brown Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Common Rock
Thrush
African Thrush
White-browed Robin-Chat
Whinchat
Common
Whitethroat
Nightingale
Northern Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Little Rush
Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler (picture to be seen
here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web1/rousserolledescannes.html)
Eurasian
Reed Warbler
Willow Warbler
Olivaceous Warbler (picture to be seen here:
http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web1/hypolaispale.html)
Sedge
Warbler
Carruther's Cisticola
Red-faced Cisticola
Whistling
Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Grey-capped
Warbler
Yellow White-eye
Bronze Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Marico
Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Beautiful
Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Grey-headed Sparrow
House
Sparrow
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Pin-tailed Whydah
Common
Indigobird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Southern Red Bishop (picture to be seen
here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web2/euplecteignicolore.html)
Red-headed
Quelea
Slender-billed Weaver
Northern Brown-throated
Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Village
Weaver
Lesser-masked Weaver
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Purple
Grenadier
Red-billed Firefinch
Bronze Mannikin
Yellow-crowned
Canary
White-bellied Canary
Papyrus Canary (picture to be seen here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web2/serindukoli.html)
Again a rewardable birding to everybody in
2011.
Best for now,
Patrick