Cherangany birds

Hi all,

I've just returned from our farm in the lower Cherangany's. The forests of the lower Cherangany's have been cut down at an alarming rate, alongside a huge loss of native trees that are being replanting with gum trees and grevillia. Needless to say the western specialties that I used to find on the farm are no more, e.g. leafloves and Double-toothed Barbets.

The birding this year was especially poor, though this could be for other reasons as well. I will only mention the migrants which were Eurasian Bee-eater, Steppe Buzzard, and one of the nightengale-like birds that I didn't get a positive id of.

This bird looks rather like an African Grey Flycatcher,

but

it was behaving

entirely

like a warbler, which

is more apparent in the second photo below.

These photos may be of the same bird, but they were taken ~40 mins later in the same location, so they could be another bird.

I would appreciate any help with this bird.

Happy 2018,

Darcy

Darcy Ogada

Assistant Director of Africa Programs
+254-722-339366
P.O. Box 1629-00606 •
Nairobi •
Kenya