Dear Fleur

Thank you for the Email, The flamingo nos have increased since you were here last weekend, as you said, it is like the the Lake Nakuru of old, the Lake that made it to be a RAMSAR and world heritage site.

We look forward to the next count in August and also do recognize Wildlife Clubs of Kenya contribution in your Emails, to the success of the counts by providing the camping site and the kitchen are free of charge for your use and also providing personnel to the count

Thank you in adavnce

Eston

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From: Fleur Ng'weno [mailto:fleur@africaonline.co.ke]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2018 2:04 PM
To: kenyabirdsnet
Cc: Oliver Nasirwa; Paul Mungai; Jagi Gakunju; Paul Matiku
Subject: Lake Nakuru revives

Happy new year birders

The annual waterfowl census got off to a great start in 2018, counting Lake
Nakuru over the weekend. Thanks to NMK, KWS, AFEW and Nature Kenya.

The north end of the lake still looks like another world, with part of the
acacia woodland flooded - standing dead trees in the water and fallen dead
trees on the land. A wide variety of water birds, including African Darters
and Squacco Herons (and land birds such as parrots, rollers, woodpeckers,
oxpeckers) were making use of this habitat.

At the old gate, now at the water's edge, our group was fortunate to see an
African Hobby perched in a tall acacia, showing its all-rufous underparts.

In the afternoon we drove to the southern shore of Lake Nakuru near Muya's
Causeway - and ahhh....this was Lake Nakuru like "the old days"!!

Thousands of Greater and Lesser Flamingos, brilliant in the golden afternoon
light; Great White Pelicans, including a brown immature, fishing together; a
family of Pink-backed Pelicans in breeding plumage, with black "eye make-up"
and a little dark crest, also with an immature; a line of African Spoonbills
fishing intensively behind the pelicans; rows of silvery gulls and terns on
a sandbar; African Darters with wings spread out; Pied Avocets and
Black-winged Stilts foraging in the shallows; and more, more.

Greater Flamingos still outnumbered Lessers, and both flocks included
greyish immatures. Some of the Greater Flamingos were mating.

Highlight of the day, for me: a small flock (10-12) of African Skimmers,
also with an immature, flying right in front of us, slicing through the
water with their brilliant red beaks.

No wonder we got back to Nairobi rather late, through the dreadful traffic.

Wishing you good birding, Fleur



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