Hi Chege,
And a very Happy New Year to you. The Mumias Piapiacs are still on the
rubbish tip?
In the past before the wholesale destruction of the habitat, I used to
see Superb Sunbird at Mungatsi with some regularity. The last Superb I
have seen in Kenya is at Alupe where there is still a lot of habitat
suitable for them, but that sighting was four years ago, and I don't
think there has been one recorded in Kenya since.
Best for now
Brian

On 2/27/14, chege wa kariuki <chege@birdwatchingeastafrica.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> Just to report that while guiding for Exotic Birding on 1 Dec at
> river Mungatsi we had a male Superb Sunbird. The dark maroon on the
> belly to side running down the flanks were quite visible especially
> when the bird came out in the light. We had him for about a dozen
> minutes and occasionally he came out to the sunlight otherwise bigger
> portion of the time spent watching him, he fed right inside the tree
> bushes where canopy seemed thick. Frequently he raised a blue crest
> kind off at the back from the top of the nape reminding me the old
> punk hairstyle. Non of us had brought the camera on the walk but at
> lunch having picnic i went back to the same place and spend about
> 30min in search but in vain.
>
> Same day we had 2 Piapiacs at Mumias and the previous day we had a
> Black-billed Turaco in Kakamega Forest
>
> Cheers and best wishes for the year 2014
> chege
>
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