David Fisher from his on-going tour of Kenya

I can reconfirm that Kenya has lost none of its fantastic diversity: the first day of the tour, spent in Nairobi National Park produced 145 species of bird and 22 mammals and by end of day four the trip list had reached 328!  Numbers of course don't bgin to tell the story.  Watching displaying Long-tailed Widowbirds with snow-capped Mt Kenya as a back drop is hard to beat.  High in the Aberdares, close to 12,000 feet a Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird fed on Ostrich-plumed Lobelias, while Moorland Francolins called nearby and provided a lifer, not only for the participants but also the leader (despite this being his 32rd tour to Kenya).  The raucous calls of Hartlaub’s Turacos are a frequent sound in the highland forests and while most birds are shy one this year was highly curious and kept coming closer peering at our open-topped land-cruiser and the emergent heads of the group peering back.  While after dinner three Large-spotted Genets fought for the best pickings from the ‘genet table’ at Mountain Lodge.  To be continued...

Long-tailed Widowbird

Hartlaub's Turaco

Large-spotted Genet