Dear Wamiti,
Pay special respect to the Ol' Bolossat hippos,I had a friends son
killed there by one some years back, don't take any chances!
Spoonbills should soon be nesting at Nagalomon Dam in NNP.
Best for now
Brian

On 2/21/19, Wanyoike Wamiti wwamiti@gmail.com [kenyabirdsnet]
<kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Dear Birders,
>
> I have to have observed 3 African Spoonbills on nests yesterday,
> 20-Feb-2019 at Lake Ol' Bolossat. The nest is a heap of reeds (*Phragmites
> sp.*) raised for nearly 12 inches or thereabout above water. They were
> about 10-20 meters apart. There was a flock of about 50 other spoonbills
> around the nesting birds.
>
> I had plans to access the nesting area (wading through) for other research
> interests that would have given me an opportunity to see contents but a
> male Hippopotamus occupying this area showed up feeding as early as 15:00
> hrs. Would you have proceeded?
>
> I hadn't seen these birds nest before - nature of habitat, nesting
> material, associates etc. I guess there is one more nesting site within the
> Lake.
>
> I though it might be of some interest for some of you too.
>
> Wamiti.
>