On Friday I photographed a small Warbler in trees below Katuuso school. I thought it was a Willow Warbler but the photos later showed it to be a Wood Warbler - a European migrant to East Africa but not at all common. I think there were three or four present. A nice bonus lifer - especially since they will be leaving soon to head back to Europe.
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| Wood Warbler |
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| Wood Warbler |
We stayed at Kipling Lodge back in early January and decided to have another night there last weekend. It is a 3 hour drive if you don’t get lost (as we did for a while). We had from late morning on Saturday to early afternoon on Sunday. It was good to see them busy as it is a new lodge and they are trying to grow the business. As before, the food was excellent, the Nile was flowing fast, Jenny enjoyed the pool and I saw plenty of birds.
The bird highlight was my first Great Reed Warbler. These are migrants from their breeding range in Europe and are one of several very similar species. Good views/photos are essential for identifying these and they rarely come out of dense cover to give you a good look. Fortunately the two birds present were calling through the day and I was able to compare calls with recordings I had of the various species - only Great Reed Warbler was a match. My photo attempts were of little use for identification purposes.
I did manage some nice photos of several species and the total bird list for the lodge is now 96. I will give Alex and Sandra - the owners - some of my photos to use in their promotional material.
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| Eastern Plantain-eater |
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| Woodland Kingfisher |
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| African Pied Wagtail |
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| Spot-flanked Barbet |
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| Long-crested Eagle |
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| Bronze Mannikin |
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| Thick-billed Weaver |
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| Great Reed Warbler |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah |
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