Njeru & Mabira

Back in September we had several delightful days in the Njeru area, beside the source of the White Nile, where it empties out of Lake Victoria. One morning some of us drove the short distance to Mabira forest in search of any interesting birds and other forest denizens we might come across. My combined list from the lakeshore and forest was 122 species seen and/or heard, even though the number from our forest walk was lower than usual. A few of the more noteworthy:

1. African hobby - two pairs and a single
2. White-faced duck
3. Black and white shrike-flycatcher
4. Golden-backed weaver
5. Brimstone canary
6. Brown-crowned tchagra
7. Emerald cuckoo (calling at Kingfisher resort, male and female seen in Mabira)
8. Common (brown-throated) wattle-eye
9. Osprey (several)
10. Black-crowned waxbill
11. White-browed scrub robin
12. Levaillant’s cuckoo
13. Yellowbill
14. Little green sunbird
15. Black-necked weaver
16. Cassin’s hawk eagle
17. Buff-spotted woodpecker
18. Speckled tinkerbird
19. Yellow-throated tinkerbird
20. Blue-headed coucal
21. White-breasted negrofinch
22. Buff-throated apalis
23. Ross’ turaco
24. Gabar goshawk
25. Yellow-throated longclaw
26. Velvet-mantled drongo