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KENYA
BIRDING SAFARI

July 6 - 17, 2012

TRIP REPORT & PHOTOS

Leaders: Gina Nichol, Steve Bird & local guides

Trip Report (pdf)>>       Species List (pdf)>>

Highlights & a few magic moments:

  • Schalow’s Turaco & Ross’s Turaco
  • Verreaux’s Eagle Owl & chicks
  • Somali Fiscal
  • Southern Ground Hornbill
  • Rosy-patched Bushshrikes dueting
  • Goliath Heron
  • Martial Eagle taking a duck at Lake Nakuru
  • Allen’s Gallinule
  • Hueglin’s Courser
  • Lion’s mating
  • Grevy’s Zebra
  • Rothschild’s Giraffe
  • Gazelle’s galore!
  • Sunbirds, Widowbirds, Hornbills!
  • Stay at Elsamere Centre
  • Boat trips on Lake Baringo and Naivasha


389 birds
49 mammals
including the BIG 5

Start here to click through
the slides >>

or click the photos below.
Photos © Gina Nichol.
Elephants
Elephants
Yellow-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
White Rhino
White Rhino
Black Crake
Black Crake
Grevy's & Common Zebra
Grevy's & Common Zebra
Hamerkop
Hamerkop
Southern Ground Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar

Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Verreaux's Eagle Owl

Water Hole at Mountain Lodge
Water Hole at Mountain Lodge
Olive Baboons
Olive Baboons
Hueglin's Courser
Hueglin's Courser
Bristle-crowned Starling
Bristle-crowned Starling
Rothschild's Giraffe
Rothschild's Giraffe
Verreaux's Eagle Owl Chick
Verreaux's Eagle Owl Chick
Long-tailed Cormorant
Long-tailed Cormorant