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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2021
When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. There are loads of travel guides to East Africa and Kenya in particular.
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
This article talks about the specific situation in Kenya. Kenya's lion population has dropped from an estimated 2,749 in 2002 to 2,280 in 2004 and probably just 2000 individuals in 2009. Kenya's lion population has dropped from an estimated 2,749 in 2002 to 2,280 in 2004 and probably just 2000 individuals in 2009.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2021
The bird-richest region of Africa is its equatorial East: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (unlike the rest, the last one, Burundi, is politically unstable and not recommendable). Kenya has 13 400+ hotspots, one of them 500+. It is one of the only two freshwater lakes in Kenya. 3 Lake Manyara NP 573 sp. Lake Nakuru.
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JANUARY 22, 2023
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APRIL 8, 2022
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2020
A single morning birding the thorny desert of Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley yielded several species at a rate I at times struggled to keep up with. Firstly, I’ve been birding the heck out of our backyard, and encouraging people to do the same (both here and elsewhere ).
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DECEMBER 29, 2021
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Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Kenya seized almost 700 kilograms of ivory worth millions of dollars in a night-time raid at the country's main airport. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2020
Kenya 1131 14. Kenya (Masai Mara, Lakes Nakuru and Baringo, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest) and northern Tanzania (Ngorongoro, Serengeti) combined are the birding staple of East Africa. Ecuador 1690 6. Bolivia 1433 7. Venezuela 1417 8. China 1410 9. India 1341 10. Democratic Republic of Congo 1185 11.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. Sheldrick is fourth-generation Kenya-born and has spent the better part of her life tending wild animals.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Herbert is Managing Director of Bird Uganda Safaris, LTD and his company offers a variety of birding and wildlife tours of the most naturally resplendent regions of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. He is also the team leader of the African Birding Expo which has made him a members of the World Bird Fairs Council. Herbert holds a B.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2021
I had the good fortune to visit Lake Nakuru in Kenya in 2019, one of the high elevation rift valley soda lakes. There is still so much to learn! It seems like ages ago and almost a completely foreign concept, but once upon a time we used to travel for birding!
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2020
I wrote previously about the prolific birding that is to be had in the small town of Baringo, Kenya. That post dealt specifically with the dry scrub that surrounds Lake Baringo, however. The lake itself is a whole other pot of gold. At an elevation of 970m, Lake Baringo is a typical freshwater Rift Valley lake with much of the usual suspects.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2014
Planning on birding Kenya? News Bell Miner Birds Eurasian Blackbird kenya Zebra Finches' Also in Australia, Bell Miner Birds may be damaging forests. Eurasian Blackbirds living in cities have learned to keep their cool, compared with rural birds. Then you’ll want to check out this new book.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 7, 2011
Everything from lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats all need our help. So of course we wanted to help spread the word about the Cause an Uproar initiative. Big cats in the world need our help. They are disappearing quickly due to habitat loss as well as conflict with humans.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Some Floridians to this day claim that all Grey-headed Swamphen present in their state were born in Kenya (in birding circles, these are known as “birthers”), and that the species should thus be removed from the American list. In 2013, it was even included in the birdwatching list of the American Birding Association.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. Kenya and Tanzania combined offer the longest tour list of Africa, South Africa with its good infrastructure and easiness of finding birds comes close second, while Madagascar is there because of its 100 endemics. 8%: Brazil, Panama. 17%: Ecuador, Peru.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
To follow on from that, I decided to include a few other often-overlooked birds from my travels to Kenya. It was only during the preparation of that post I truly realized how many images I had of these little brown birds! Hanging out with my friend Washington Wachira of Cisticola Tours Ltd – it was impossible to bypass any cisticola.
Critter News
DECEMBER 3, 2009
More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 8, 2010
Kilimanjaro in Kenya, lions are attacking Maasai cattle, as they have for hundreds of years. As promised, another sneak peak! Tonight’s program is called Lion Warriors and premieres Wednesday, December 8, at 9PM ET/PT. On the Great Plains below Mt.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And Kenya boasts a unique orphanage … for elephants! At the London Zoo, three female gorillas gussy up for a visit from a handsome male gorilla brought in from nearby France. If the matchmaking goes well, the zoo hopes to welcome its first baby gorilla in more than 20 years.
Critter News
MAY 10, 2009
Echo, the elephant matriarch of a 40 member herd in Kenya has died from what is believed to be old age.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Photo taken by Adam Riley in Kenya. Image taken in Samburu, Kenya by Adam Riley. Image taken in Kenya by Adam Riley. This rather aberrant weaver-like bird is endemic to northern Tanzania, although the first Kenya record was recently obtained during a Rockjumper Birding Tour in the Maasai Mara.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
If it means that the authors think that this – the many fine photographs, by David Tipling — is distinctive in books about migration, and that it’s something of which he, and they, are, and should be, proud, they’re right on both counts, as the examples below (clockwise from upper left: Lesser Flamingos in Kenya, Turtle Doves in Norfolk, Osprey (..)
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2008
Body said arrests and seizures were part of a five-country law enforcement operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL, and involved more than 300 law enforcement officers from police, customs, national wildlife and national intelligence agencies in Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, further saying this represented largest-ever international (..)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2015
My only sighting until this year had been a distant speck on a far off koppie in Kenya, but this pair (they live in pairs) came very close to my safari vehicle in Madikwe in South Africa. Literally ‘rock-jumper’ in Afrikaans, this tiny antelope is rarely found far from rocky outcrops (or koppies) or mountainous outcrops.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2023
From seeing some flocks at Longcanggou, it seems that the species likes to forage in the moss growing on tree trunks.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2013
They do not look or act much like any other birds (my photo above shows a Speckled Mousebird , Colius striatus , in Nairobi, Kenya). Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in bird systematics. The six living species are all found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2018
1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. . – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2022
The Lilac-breasted Roller is the national bird of Kenya, but of course, this does not help it pay its bills in South Africa. .” The Latin species name caudatus does not really mean much – just that it has a tail. Thanks for pointing that out. The Magpie Shrike looks like a magpie but is a proper shrike.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2016
While Uganda does not have the international reputation of its neighbors Kenya and Tanzania, the experience there is no less extraordinary – and in many ways, particularly for the birder, it’s even more so. The diversity of habitats in this country that is approximately the size of Oregon is particularly notable.
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2015
They are also found in patches of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and also north through Zambia, the Congo and Tanzania (just poking into Kenya). They seem to like the building and are pretty tame. Bringing food to the young. This fledgeling was trapped in the lobby, but we were able to guide it back outside. The family reunited in safety.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2016
Bird book of choice is the “Birds of East Africa” by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe, a Helm Field Guide covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi – also the first complete guide to cover the 1388 species found in this region.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 17, 2009
All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Date: May 1, 2009. Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm. Location: Olympus Hills Bowling Alley. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2013
This attractive (for a lark anyway) species is restricted to the dry savannah Somali-Maasai biome of north-east Africa (northern Tanzania, Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia). Photo by Adam Riley. Pink-breasted Lark. Its specific preference is arid areas with sandy soils and scattered trees. Pink-breasted Dove.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 31, 2015
Essentially, their record was broken in 1986 by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe when they recorded 342 species during one calendar day in Kenya. Talk about mega birding (and mega skills of course)! Although they did use a small plane during the process, that’s still one heck of an impressive total.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2012
The Mantled Guereza , ( Colobus guereza ) The Mantled Guereza, also known as the Eastern Black-and-white Colobus or Abyssinian Black-and-white Colobus , is a common forest species found across the rain forests and savannah woodlands of central Africa from Cameroon to Kenya, with a separate population across most of Ethiopia.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2011
Instead, name one of the endemic species in this country.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
The former occurs from Kakamega Forest in Kenya westwards to Cameroon and the latter from Cameroon westwards to Sierra Leone. It occurs in similar montane forest edges but further south, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania forming the bulk of its range.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
Kenya (1034 / 1153). Taking as a rule, the higher figure is more accurate. The Oriental realm. Indonesia (1615 / 1603). Malaysia (702 / 781). Thailand (925 / 948). India (1180 / 1171). Sri Lanka (375 / 436). The Afrotropics. Uganda (987 / 1083). South Africa (755 / 842). Botswana (529 / 577). Namibia (595 / 690). The Neotropics.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2012
Finally the most northern population ranges are found in coastal forests of northern Tanzania and Kenya. This image was taken in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya. The reasons for this hugely fragmented population have yet to be fully unraveled. This image was taken at Lake Langano, Ethiopia.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2014
Secretarybird ( Sagittarius serpentarius ) in Kenya by David J. The Secretarybird is a powerful, long-legged terrestrial hunter particularly well known for killing snakes by stamping them to death but also perfectly happy to consume other animal prey.
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