Dear All,
Every year at exactly this time there is a passage of small to very
large flocks (>2000) over our place, heading S to SW towards the Rift.
The numbers that go over vastly exceed anything that has ever landed
in NNP
Best for now
Brian


On 5/5/16, 'Alex Duncanson' alexd@nbi.ispkenya.com [kenyabirdsnet]
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> Evening Washington,
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> Thanks for update on NNP on Monday.
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> I was playing golf at Karen Country Club on Sunday afternoon and about
> 17.00hrs wave after wave of pelicans flew over. I estimated about 300 but
> could have been more. They were in loose formation aka geese and the flight
> motion was similar to watching them on sitting on sea waves gently lifting
> up and down!
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> They were heading in a southerly direction and we thought toward Magadi but
> it seems some took a rest in the park.
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> Sorry but club in hand, no camera!
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> Just an addition - but we are fortunate at the club to have a young Barn Own
> and parent seen regularly around the club house and even joining members
> close to the upstairs and outside bar!
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> Happy birding
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> Alex Duncanson
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> From: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Washington Wachira washingtonwachira@gmail.com [kenyabirdsnet]
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:01 PM
> To: Kenyabirdsnet
> Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] NNP unusual records 2/5/2016 [3 Attachments]
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> Hallo all,
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> Last Monday, Fleur Ng'weno, Ben Allen, Jennifer Oduori and myself spent a
> birding day in Nairobi National Park.
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> The day proved to be very interesting with 157 species recorded.
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> More interesting were records of: over 20 Great White Pelicans roosting on
> Eucalyptus trees at the main gate, a rare black-billed + black-legged Cattle
> Egret and Yellow-billed Oxpeckers on a Warthog (while they don't often feed
> on small mammals).
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> See images.
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> Kind regards.
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