IK&61ULA& ACTIVITIES 
bird ringing 
Meet at the Museums' Nairobi Botanic 
Garden, at 7:00 a.m. every Thursday. 
SUNDAY BIRDWATCH 
Members meet at the National Museum, 
Nairobi car park at 9:00 a.m. the third 
Sunday of every month, i.e.18 April. The 
members decide where to go. Bring lunch 
tree walk 
Guided Tree Walks in the Arboretum on the 
second Saturday and last Monday, i.e. 10 4 
26 April from 9:30 a.m. Meet at the 
Arboretum gate. Those who are not 
members of FONA or Nature Kenya pay Ksh 
100/- fee on arrival at the gate 
WEDNESDAY MORNING 
BIRDWALKS 
Bird watching walks at sites in and around 
Nairobi. Meet at the National Museum car 
park every Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. Return 
about 12:30 p.m. Those who are not members 
can get temporary membership at Ksh 100 
per birdwalk, payable on arrival at the car 
park. 
ARABUKO-SOKOKE(COAST) 
The Saturday birdwatch with the Arabuko 
Sokoke Forest Guides Association is on the 
first Saturday of each month i.e. 3 April 
at 6:30 a.m. from the Visitor Centre, Sede 
Cost 100/- per person. KWS fees may now 
apply (100/- Citizens, 500/- Residents) 
FFJ Bird Walk (Coast) 
Friends of Fort Jesus birdwalks are held 
the third Saturday of each month, i.e. 17 
April. Please call Marlene Reid on (041) 491 
648 to confirm 
Ngong Road Forest Walks 
(Nairobi) 
The Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary Trust 
Nature walks are held on the first and third 
Saturdays of the month i.e 3 4 17 A D ril 
**°°. ° m Meet at the ^airs leading to 
the Restaurant at the Racecourse. 
Lake Victoria Sunset Birders 
(Kisumu) 
The Lake Victoria Sunset Birders are a 
Nature Kenya Site Support Group and 
organise bird walks at sites in and around 
Kisumu every Friday of the month. For 
further details call 035 42952 or email 
wck@vicweb.net 
VECLA^ATOH 
Nature Kenya does not accept any 
responsibility whatsoever in respect of 
negligence of any of its staff, volunteers or 
members organising the outings/trips or for 
any loss, injury, death or damage to property. 
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On World Birdwatch ’03, Oct 4-5, teams of 
birdwatchers all over the country competed 
in trying to see as many birds as possible in 
their chosen Atlas Square. These squares 
are a quarter of a square degree in size, 
and are used for mapping bird distribution. 
33 teams particpated, and saw a total of 
709 birds over the weekend. 
The winning team, which covered the 
Arabuko Sokoke Forest and nearby sites on 
the North Coast saw 224 species or 55% of 
the birds recorded in their Atlas Square. 
The winning team was Alex Mwalimu, 
David Ngala, Sophia Jilo, Mary 
Muhunga, Jacquie Kaye, Thomas 
Kazungu & Rashid Malibe 
In second place was the team led by Colin 
Jackson also on the North Coast, covering 
Sabaki River mouth and other sites, who saw 
199 or 50% of the potential birds. 
In third place was the team led by Martin 
Kahindi, birdwatching at Bobong Camp at 
Rumuruti, who saw 142 or 38% of the 
potential birds in their Atlas Square. 
709 Birds 
WBW' 03 HIGHLIGHTS 
Stone Partridge, Chestnut-crowned 
Sparrow-Weaver Konge/ai Escarpment. 
R.J. Barn ley, J.M. Barn ley, M.SInyereri & G.Mbitu 
Sharpe's Longclaw N.Kinangop. 
S.K.Joakim, A.M.Waweru, J.N.Githuki, 
W.Kimenia, P.Kabaru & J.Waweru 
Sokoke Scops Owl, Clarke's Weaver 
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Arabuko Sokoke 
Forest Guides 
Blue-headed Bee-eater, Hairy-breasted 
Barbet, Turner's Eremomela, Western 
Black-headed Oriole Kakamega Forest 
L.Victoria Sunset Birders 
African Scops Owl SukariRanch T.Pallister, 
J.Pallister, B.Williams, P.Harrles & H.Collier 
Wilson's Storm Petrel Shimon/ Pat & Maia 
Hemphill 
Great Blue Turaco, Black-billed Turaco, 
Red-chested Owlet Kakamega Forest 
K.E.E.P. 
African Finfoot Mpa/a ResearchCentre, 
Laiktpia W.Nderitu, F.Lomojo, A.Bropy, 
D.McCauley, K.Outtam,J.Fetters, N.Georgiadis 
& S.Talbot. 
African Green Ibis Mt.Kenya Summit 
Ventures Conservation Group 
Red-footed Boby Shimoni Shailesh Patel, 
Bernd de Bruijn, Itai Shanni & Gert 
Spierenburg 
Congratulations to the winning^team! 
Well done and thank you to all the teams. 
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Binoculars 
8x21 mm 
Magnification; 
fold down Rubber 
Eye Cups, Centre 
Focussing, 
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