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Why The Nairobi National Park Bird List Is One Of The Longest In Africa

Sidney Shema 14th June 2020 14th October 2020Biodiversity 0

In my previous blog post, I described a day of birding in Nairobi National Park in which a few friends and I jointly recorded 213 bird species in the park. I also mentioned that, despite it being a great number, it is fairly average by the park’s standards. This is…

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Birding Nairobi National Park During The Lockdown (Birding From Home #6)

Sidney Shema 7th June 2020 14th June 2020Birding From Home, Through My Lens 8

The coronavirus may have put a stop to many things but birding is not one of them. I spent this past Thursday (June 4th) birding Nairobi National Park with two fellow birders (and a few others met with briefly inside the park). Birds were not super abundant but it was…

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Through My Lens – Nairobi National Park Game Count (Oct 2019)

Sidney Shema 10th October 2019 2nd May 2020Through My Lens, Trip Reports 0

I spent this past Sunday (October 6th) in Nairobi National Park doing the bi-monthly game count (wildlife census) coordinated by FoNNaP and the Kenya Wildlife Service. As is always the case with NNP, the day was spectacular! Here are some highlights, through my lens … We left the park having…

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Through My Lens – An Easy Day in Nairobi National Park

Sidney Shema 8th September 2019 2nd May 2020Through My Lens, Trip Reports 0

After a morning of doing some experimental removal of the invasive Parthenium hysterophorus plant in Nairobi National Park with FoNNaP yesterday (07 Sept 2019), I spent the rest of the day leisurely exploring the park with a few friends. Although the day was mostly overcast, it was still a good…

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Raptors of the Athi-Kaputiei Ecosystem, southern Kenya

Sidney Shema 18th February 2019 14th October 2020Conservation, Nairobi National Park, Raptors, Research 2

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…

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A Day of Birding at Silole Sanctuary – on the Wild Outskirts of Nairobi

Sidney Shema 8th November 2018 14th October 2020Nairobi National Park, Trip Reports 1

A few days ago, a few friends and I visited Silole Sanctuary for a day of birding in Nairobi’s wilder side. Silole Sanctuary is a small wildlife sanctuary that lies at the confluence of the Kiserian and Mbagathi rivers on the southern boundary of Nairobi National Park. Wildlife crosses freely between…

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A Birder’s Eye View of the NNP Wildlife Census – August 2018

Sidney Shema 15th August 2018 2nd May 2020Conservation, Nairobi National Park 2

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…

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