From: patrick l'hoir <patricklhoir@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2011-02-27 16:44
Subject: Mountain Lodge in Mount Kenya 26-27th February

Dear all,
 
After seeing Adam's posting two weeks ago, Johan and I decided to go at Mountain lodge to see if it was still possible to spot the Oriole Finch.
We were not desapointed as we saw 4 males and 2 females (pictures here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web2/linurgeloriot.html). Many thanks to Adam for his posting. It's always useful to post all records.
 
Please find below the list of the birds seen this week-end :
 
Black Stork
Marabou Stork
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Common Sandpiper
Scaly Francolin
Common Buzzard
Eurasian Honey Buzzard
African Crowned Eagle
Great Sparrowhawk
Long-crested Eagle
Red-fronted Parrot
Ring-necked Dove
African Green Pigeon
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Tambourine Dove
Hartlaub's Turaco
Montane Nightjar
Little Swift
Alpine Swift
Speckled Mousebird
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Eurasian Bee-eater
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Crowned Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Cardinal Woodpecker
Lesser Honeyguide
Afrian Pied Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Black Sawwing
Common Bulbul
Mountain Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Red-billed Oxpecker
Black-headed Oriole
Montane Oriole
Black Cuckoo-shrike
Common Drongo
Black-backed Puffback
Tropical Boubou
Doherty's Bushshrike
Common Fiscal
Chinspot Batis
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
Olive Thrush
Rüppell's Robin-chat
Capped Robin-chat
White-starred Robin
Blackcap
Hunter's Cisticola
Grey Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Grey-capped Warbler
Montane White-eye
White-bellied Tit
Malachite Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Eastern double-collared Sunbird
Northern double-collared Sunbird
Pin-tailed Whydah
Common Indigobird
Yellow Bishop
Baglafecht Weaver
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Grey-headed Negrofinch
Abyssinian Crimsonwing (see picture here: http://www.bird-picture.eu/photo%20web2/senegalidesalvadori.html)
Yellow-crowned Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Oriole Finch
 

Best to all,
 
Patrick