Hi Darcy
My own records of cuckoo hawks on the
coast were of birds around July-September. And I think Peter Britton only found
them seasonally. I wonder what Colin’s experience is? Maybe their
status has changed. Olivier’s record strongly indicates breeding and
ought to form a brief Scopus note – with that super photo.
Cheers
David
From:
Sent: 07 October 2015 12:00
To: Olivier; david pearson
Cc: kenyabirdsnet
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] African
Cuckoo Hawk [1 Attachment]
Dear all,
Simon Thomsett said the
following:
cuckoo hawks breed all up and down the coast. It is one of their favoured
habitats. I have pictures of families in degraded habitats around watamu. They
are very dependent on lizards and chameleons...abundant at the coast.
Cheers, Darcy
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Olivier olivier.hamerlynck@wanadoo.fr
[kenyabirdsnet] <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
During the peparations for the training in
participatory mapping that kenweb conducted on
we observed a pair of African Cuckoo Hawk mobbing a
Martial Eagle. Now why would they have territorial behaviour if they are not
breeding on the Kenyan coast.
As usual we know next to nothing about intra-african
migrants while in "the North" every second wren or house sparrow now
is carrying around a satellite tracking device.
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