An open log of birdlife along the East African Rift — from the flamingo lakes of the valley floor to the forest edges of the highlands. Collected from free-licence photography and catalogued by where and when the birds turn up.
Notes on watching, listening and keeping the log honest
Recently catalogued images
H. Zell
Ivanhoe
Diego Delso
Giles Laurent
Charles J. Sharp
Regina Hart from Industry, United States
Diego Delso
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Giles Laurent
Francis C. Franklin
Four zones and what turns up in each
Nakuru, Bogoria, Natron: lesser and greater flamingo in the hundreds of thousands, plus pelicans, avocets and the fish eagles that work the shallows.
Rollers, bee-eaters, hornbills and the secretary bird striding through the grass. Best in the two hours after sunrise before the heat haze rises.
Turacos, sunbirds and the harder-to-see forest skulkers. Cool, damp and slow — this is listening work, not driving.
Weavers by the colony, jacanas walking the lily pads, and the papyrus specialists that live nowhere else.
