Hi All,
The autumn passage of migrants seems slow although it does feel as though numbers of some species are picking up ever so slightly here in Karen, Nairobi.
Eurasian Bee-eaters are still pouring through with several flocks of 15-30 seen and heard on most days - they've been seen in excellent numbers here this year. Smaller numbers of Willow Warblers are seen most days with a day maximum of 6 so far, but no other migrant warblers here as yet. Green Sandpipers have been calling as they fly over early in the mornings, with two today.
The local species which are becoming increasingly vocal and active, maybe a result of the recent rains. Eastern Honeybirds and Black Cuckoo-shrikes are especially obvious, and both Little Rush and Dark-capped Yellow Warbler are in full song in the wet valley below us. Best of all though have been the local raptors; a Crowned Eagle has been seen and heard frequently, both in and from the garden, and yesterday the mobbing crows alerted us to a cracking Ayre's Hawk Eagle that landed just above us with a prey item. It stayed around for 15 minues before tiring of the crows but I managed to get a few shots before it left us (see attached).
