With lockdown because of COVID I’m not getting birding done besides from our home and that doesn’t give much material for the blog so hopefully I can do more historical posts. I’ve only gotten through two days of our Kenya trip so far so I may start doing a bit less commentary and more photos to speed things up…
The 3 of November was our third day in Kenya and the lifers were slowing down after 46 in the first two days. We weren’t going anywhere for birding the next two days except just birding around the house which was pretty decent.
One of the first birds of the morning confused me. I thought maybe Fork-tailed Drongo though that didn’t feel right. I eventually figured out it was a Black Cuckooshrike: the first lifer of the day (#402)
Next up was finally our first Speckled Mousebird! They’re really bizarre looking with their long tails and odd shape, but they’re fun to observe!
Two African Citrils, a Bronze Sunbird, and an African Grey Flycatcher were the other three lifers that morning.
*massive is a relative term when you’re talking about sunbirds…
A nicely posing and preening White-fronted Bee-eater was the last highlight of our morning walk. It even allowed me some decent video footage!
That evening we enjoyed the pair of Spotted Eagle-owls again and I had a brief view of a unidentified nightjar as it swooped past, but no more lifers.
eBird checklists: the morning walk and then the evening checklist.
If you missed out on my first two post about our trip to Kenya you can catch up on them here and here, and don’t worry there’s more coming out soon! š
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