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Bird! 
world bird 
festival 
World Bird Festival 
November ‘06 
Kenya’s birds and birding 
at the Sarit Centre Getaway Exhibition 
Tri/3 - Suwv 5 Nov’ ‘06 
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Friday 3 November ‘06 
12:30 PM 
Treasure Trove of Biodiversity 
11 minutes 
Visit Arabuko-Sokoke Forest 
Francis Kagema 
1:30 PM 
Flying for Gold ■ Feathered Athletes 
29 minutes 
2:30 PM 
Birds where you live and work 
Fleur Ng'weno 
4:00 PM 
Birding Hot-spots 
Chege Kariuki 
5:30 PM 
Eagle Odyssey 
50 minutes 
Eagle Odyssey was winner of Best Script at Wildscreen 2004, Grand Prix Best 1 
and most popular film and Best Story awards at the Valvert European Wildlife 
Saturday 4 th 
November ‘06 
11:30 AM 
Saving birds and bird sites 
Jacob Machekele 
1:00 PM 
Flying for Gold ■ Feathered Athletes 
29 minutes 
2:00 PM 
Bird Photography 
Paul Benson 
3:30 PM 
Avian Flu 
Dr. Muchai Muchane 
5:00 PM 
Winged Migration 
1 hour 26 minutes 
Winged Migration won the 2002 Best Editing, Cesar Awards & OSCAR-Best documentary 
feature; 2003 Best Cinematography, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards; 2003 Golden 
Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature 
Sunday 5 
11:00 AM 
12:30PM 
2:00 PM 
th 
November ‘06 
Together for birds and people 
Changes affecting Lesser Flamingo 
Bird-watching at Tana River 
California Condor 
Birds of Prey 
30 minutes 
Paul Ndang’ang’a 
Tomaso Clima 
15 minutes 
Dr. Munir Virani 
Caiifornia Condor won an Emmy Award in 2006: it is kindly provided by the Peregrine Fund 
1 St prize - two nights for the team at one 
of the luxury Serena Lodges, in the low- 
season months of April, May or November. 
Kindly provided by Serena Hotels. 
2nd prize - kindly provided by Alliance 
Hotels. 
The winning team will see the highest proportion of bird species known from an Atlas 
Square. The 2nd prize will go to the best report back of the team event with photos . 
Happy bird-watching! 
Your records are needed! 
Call/email to participate 
NOV. AT A GLIMPSE 
Fri 3 - Sun 5 S arit Getaway Exhibition 
5 Q -(- ii Tree Walk __ 
S un 19_ Sunday Birdwalk _ 
Mon 27 Tree Walk ___ 
Birdwaiks every Wednesday Morning 
Editorial Team 
TA'&or Catherine Ngarachu 
EVe-niSfcie*; Fleur Ng’weno 
Natvraikr? Corner Dino Martins 
Aohot i Serah Munguti 
Ccuyt le forest Lodges 
Sat 9 - Morv2 2^ 
Veeewnber ‘ 06 
The Lodge is two and a half hours drive from 
Nairobi on the southern foot of Mount Kenya 
at 2081 metres. 9100/- p.p. sharing full 
board + guided walks. (Single supplement 
11490/-) A child below 3 years half price. 
Book with Nature Kenya as soon as possible 
or by 24 November 2006 
Kim Howell’s talk and 
book signing 
Ec-ologTcat effect^' of cv 
hydropower dcwrv£r the/ 
Kdxarad Spray Toad/ 
Talk by Dr. Kim M Howell 
Tuesday 19 December 
Kim will give an illustrated talk on the 
discovery of a critically endangered toad 
at Kihansi, Tanzania and what happened to 
it after a hydropower scheme was 
implemented (several species of plants 
were also affected). 
Kim has co-authored a number of field 
guides on reptile and amphibians and these 
will be on sale if you wish to purchase a 
copy: 
• A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East 
Africa © 3600/- 
• Pocket Guide to the Reptiles and 
Amphibians of East Africa © 1980/- 
You can also bring a book you have already 
bought for Kim to sign after the talk. 
Museum main 
gate closed/ 
Use another new entrance about 
50 metres along the fence 
Society offices at 
the Museum 
You will find Nature Kenya offices at the 
Ford Hall and at a prefabricated building. 
The prefab building is located enroute to 
the Snake Park and is the office for the 
Nature Kenya membership shop and 
subscription desk. 
Direct Debit/ 
Pay subscriptions this way 
Request an authorizing form 
from Nature Kenya 
Plan to register a friend or 
relative as a member! 
NATURE KENYA, P. 0, Box 44486, 00100 GPO Nairobi Tel: 3749957 / 3746090 Fax: 3741049 E-mail: office@naturekenya.org 
