Very nice. I'm yet to receive the 23rd June NNP records from Jennifer. Will make sure to change from Common to African Snipe once she submits the records to the atlas.
Thanks,Sidney ShemaProject Manager, Kenya Bird MapFacebook: Shots By Shema - Untamed Photography
Instagram: @ShotsByShemaMobile: +254738290842Join the Kenya Bird Map project and contribute directly to bird conservation through citizen science!On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 12:35 PM Don Turner <don@originsafaris.info> wrote:Dear All,A useful paper by Barry Taylor “ The field separation of Common, Ethiopian (African) and Great Snipe” in Scopus 4 (1980) pp1-4 is well worth referring to..Meanwhile I tend to agree that the photograph certainly suggested African Snipe.Best wishesDon TurnerOn 4 Jul 2019, at 11:14, Brian Finch birdfinch@gmail.com [kenyabirdsnet] <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Hi Ben,
Oh I see. So I identified a Common Snipe of Washington's, I had
assumed the Kingfisher bird had come to the ground as I had not
received any photos of the bird on the bush so only commented on what
was attached.
This leaves a bit of a quandary now as I now fully agree with
Washington that the perched bird is very grey, almost certainly far
too much for a spring plumaged Common Snipe, also there is great
contrast between the cold grey upperparts and the very white
underparts... and I must go with NNP's first documented record of an
African Snipe, and of course a Pentad first... thankyou, it's made it
the 488th for the list, not sure what it is for NNP as it hasn't been
calculated for quite a while.
So I did a fairly thorough search through the literature and on the
net, and nowhere at all can I find that there has been any reference
to an African Snipe perched calling bird like this (whilst normal in
Common Snipe) off the ground. So I am going to ask the South Africans
to comment on this, with your images.
Best for now
Brian
On 7/3/19, 'Heather Elkins' rhminkins@gmail.com [kenyabirdsnet]
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> Many thanks for sharing these interesting photos of such unusual birds..
> The snipe was no longer around when we looked on Sunday!
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> On Behalf Of Fleur Ng'weno fleur@africaonline.co.ke [kenyabirdsnet]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 1:25 PM
> To: Sidney Shema; Kenyabirds
> Cc: Ben Allen; Peter Usher; Sukhy Soin; Francis Kagema; utumbi edwin; Julio
> Mwambire
> Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Interesting May-June atlas records
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> Thanks Sidney for sharing these exciting records. Below are a few more:
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> 1. On behalf of Ben Allen, Jennifer Oduori and myself, a Common Snipe –
> which should be thousands of miles away on its breeding grounds in Northern
> Europe and Asia – singing (if repeated, monotonous pip pip pip pip can be
> called singing) from an Acacia at the swamp near Kingfisher Picnic site on
> 23 June 2019. Photo by Ben Allen..
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> 2. On behalf of Peter and Ann Usher and Sukhy and Jaytinder Soin, the fabled
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> 3. Finally on June 29, with the Nature Kenya and Dakatcha Woodland
> Conservation Group team, we visited Bura oxbow lake and Gandini wetland,
> north of River Galana-Sabaki near the town of Garashi. At Bura oxbow lake
> there were expanses of white water lilies and thousands of ducks – at least
> 500 White-faced Whistling Ducks and 500 Fulvous Whistling Ducks, as well as
> Spur-winged Geese and Knob-billed Ducks – many African Open-billed Storks,
> and a variety of other birds, including Squacco Heron, African Fish Eagle,
> Black-winged Stilt, Jacobin Cuckoo, Brown-headed Parrot and Mangrove
> Kingfisher.. At the smaller, shallower Gandini wetland, the birds were fewer
> but almost entirely different, and included Pink-backed Pelican,
> Yellow-billed Stork, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Glossy Ibis and
> African Spoonbill. In the forest and bush Black-bellied Starlings gathered
> in noisy flocks and we had brief views of gorgeous African Golden Orioles.
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> Those of you who are registered on the Kenya Bird Map will already have seen
> this is yesterday's email update, but I would like to share with the rest
> who aren't. Here are some interesting bird records that we received on the
> KBM during May and June:
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> · Lammergeier (Bearded Vulture) Gypaetus barbatus - An adult and
> immature seen flying in pentad 0140c3520 (Mt Mtelo, West Pokot) on 07 May by
> Robert Muchunu, Jagi Gakunju and Timothy Mwinami. This is the first record
> of the species on the Kenya Bird Map.
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> · Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni - An adult seen and
> photographed in pentad 0120_3645 (aka the 'Finch Pentad') in Nairobi
> National Park, on 18 May by Mwangi Gitau. This the first record of this
> species in Nairobi on the KBM.
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> · Striped Crake Amaurornis marginalis - A bird found at Ngangao
> Resource Centre (pentad 0320_3820) unable to fly well on 31 May by Nathaniel
> Mkombola.
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> · Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii - Seen in Tsavo East by Sukhy
> Soin and Peter Usher on 04 June. Exact pentad yet to be determined.
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> · White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus - Seen by Wilson
> Tiren and Peter Wairasho in pentad 0040c3600, Lake Baringo, on 19 June..
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> · Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia - Seen by Peter Wairasho in pentad
> 0045_3620, Lake Naivasha, on 20 June.
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> · White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa - Seen by Mustafa Adamjee in
> pentad 0415_3935, Diani, on 28 June.
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