This coming Friday (June 5th) is World Environment Day, with the theme for this year being ‘Time for Nature’. The focus is on the role that nature plays in providing the essential infrastructure for life on earth and human well-being. For this reason, today’s Birding From Home post is about…
Several of Kenya’s birds have myths and legends associated with them. Some good, some bad. Of all birds that have superstitious beliefs linked to them in Kenya, owls are probably the most famous (or rather the most infamous) group. This is because they are regarded as bad omens or signs…
I’ve been studying raptors (birds of prey) in the Athi-Kaputiei Ecosystem of southern Kenya for a few years now and recently published a paper on the findings of my research so far in SCOPUS: Journal of East African Ornithology. In the paper I share a lot of info on the…
On August 12th I took part in the bi-monthly Nairobi National Park wildlife census (game count), organized by the Kenya Wildlife Service in collaboration with the Friends of Nairobi National Park (FoNNaP). We had great close-up sightings of lions, rhinos and other big game, but for an avid birder like…
