Lake Baringo was more though than just about the healthy batch of nightbirds expected these days by visiting birders (due to the extraordinary quality of the local "Baringo Bird Boys"), and the camp we stayed was simply brimming with birds, by virtue of the fact is perched (precariously this year with the high water levels it seems) on the edge of the lake, and is quality wooded country simply loved by birds. Oh, and they also have a popular bird table, which can be viewed over breakfast. The biggest problem is getting time to have breakfast, as being a keen photographer it was hard to ignore the procession of cool and colorful birds...Golden-backed Weaver quickly impressed on arrival, and was joined at the feeding frenzy by White-billed Buffalo Weaver, Brown Babbler, and on the odd occasion, the local and rareish Northern Masked Weaver (good to get a lifer while scoffing one's face after all!). The bushes around the camp rustled with Spotted Mourning-Thrushes, Rufous Chatterers, and the like, while it was necessary to guard our food, as a mob of attractive, though mischievous, Superb Starlings were always waiting, and ready to pounce. An abandoned egg was no challenge for this mob and it soon walked off the table! Meanwhile Jackson's Hornbills hanging around the car mirrors, attacking their own reflection. And I should also mention their rather tame Marabou Stork, which redefines the word ugly. Great spot for birding this, and one of the my favorite places in all of Kenya so far...
More from Kenya to come...
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