From: Simon Ball <sball@africaonline.co.ke>
Date: 2014-10-15 18:23
Subject: RE: [KENYABIRDSNET] Migrants in Nairobi

Mara records this week.

 

-Over 300 Caspian Plovers in Nth Mara area in small flocks.

 

-Two Flocks of  20 or so European Bee Eaters

 

-Two Great Spotted Cuckoos, one feeding in Leopard Gorge

 

Grey Kestrels nesting in Hammerkop nest in Leopard Gorge

 

-Three Blue Flycatchers at Karen Blixen camp

-Grey headed Bush Shrike at KBC

-Many Barn Swallows

-30+Isabelline Wheatears

-1Pied Wheatear

-Pair of African hawk eagles

 

 + 3 Leopards together at 6.30am in front of KB Camp

 

Brgds Simon Ball

From: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fleur Ng'weno fleur@africaonline.co.ke [kenyabirdsnet]
Sent: 15 October 2014 18:22
To: kenyabirdsnet
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] Migrants in Nairobi

 

 

Greetings birders

Nature Kenya's Wednesday Morning Birdwalks have recorded a number of
Palaearctic and inter-African migrants:

Flocks of Eurasian Golden Oriole and Eurasian Bee-eater on 8 October at
Rosslyn Lone Tree estate in Nairobi.

Today at Ngong Racecourse of the edge of Ngong Road forest:
Common (Steppe) Buzzard
Eurasian Bee-eater
Barn Swallow
Blackcap
Spotted Flycatcher
And Levaillant's Cuckoo

 

 


Wishing you good birding, Fleur




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