Dear all,
After two decades of absence, we are aiming to reestablish
Bird Reports for Kenya
along the lines of those that used to appear regularly in Scopus. For those of you not familiar with Scopus, it
is the journal of the Bird
Committee of the East Africa Natural History Society, and has been published
since 1977. Scopus publishes original material on all aspects of ornithology
from the eastern African region.
For the Bird Reports we are looking to capture
interesting bird records in one or more of the following categories:
1)
Species scarce in Kenya (generally those with fewer
than about 20 records) – mostly applies
to migrants
2)
Occurrences outside the usual Kenyan range –
affects residents and also migrants
3)
Records of unusual numbers
4)
Unusual dates for migrants
5)
Records of breeding interest – numbers, new sites,
species with few previous records etc.
For scarce species and major range extensions you will be
asked to provide supporting evidence in the form of a photo, drawing, or
detailed written description of the observation.
Depending on the volume of records received we aim to
publish a Bird Report once per year, in our December issue.
Sincerely,
The
Editors of Scopus
Darcy
Ogada
David
Pearson