Lucky day Darcy,
Many species seen there, kindly share on Kenya Bird Map (kenyabirdmap.adu.org.za).
I recorded a Beautiful Sunbird at Kenyatta university last year. It has been seen twice this year at the National Museums, Nairobi, by Peter and Jacinta. Thika is drier and with the delayed rains, we can expect to see them there.
Quite a delayed or early Black Cuckoo-shrike, I have not seen any this year.
Happy birding.
Washington.
Hi all,I snuck out for some birding this morning and wasn't disappointed. I only got started at 9am and managed two and half hours. I recorded 68 species in the Imani Compound at Del Monte.Of note was a beautiful sunbird. I don't know if this is particularly unusual in Thika, but I've never seen one around here in 10+ years. I saw a male in full breeding plumage, and another not quite in breeding plumage.One African pygmy kingfisher was a nice bird to see. And a couple of Eastern Honeybirds.Migrants were: many willow warblers, common nightengale, two Eurasian golden oriole, two tree pipits, many spotted flycatchers and one steppe buzzard. I couldn't confirm a possible sprosser, but it was similar to a nightengale, but not. The head and wing covert were more grey, but it otherwise looked similar to a nightengale.Good birding to all,DarcyHere's the list:marabou storkhadada ibislong-tailed cormorantwahlberg's eagleafrican fish eaglesteppe buzzardyellow-billed kitegreat sparrowhawkred-eyed doveafrican green pigeontambourine doveemerald spotted wood dovered-chested cuckoolittle swiftafrican palm swiftunknown large swiftspeckled mousebirdafrican pygmy kingfishergrey-headed kingfishercinnamon-breasted bee-eaterwhite-headed barbetspot-flanked barbetyellow-rumped tinkerbirdeatern honeybirdlesser honeyguidetree pipitred-rumped swallowlesser-striped swallowcommon bulbuleurasian golden oriolepied crowblack cuckooshrike femaletropical bouboucommon fiscalspotted flycatcherafrican paradise flycatchersouthern black flycatcherolive thrushwhite-browed scrub robinrueppell's robin chatcape robin chatcommon nightengalewillow warblerwinding cisticolayellow-breasted apalistawny-flanked priniagrey-capped warblerdark-capped warblerwhite-bellied titbronze sunbirdbeautiful sunbirdvariable sunbirdgreen-headed sunbirdscarlet-chested sunbirdgrosbeak weaverwhite-browed sparrow weaverpin-tailed whydahwhite-winged widowbirdyellow bishopafrican golden weaverbaglafecht weaverholub's golden weaverred-cheeked cordon bleupurple grenadierred-billed firefinchbronze mannikinstreaky seedeater