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Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver L. 
Bogoria/Jan Ben Mugambi A Mark Smith 
African Cuckoo Hawk Upper Hill, Nairobi/ 
Jan Fleur Ng'weno 
Common Teal Thika Sewage Ponds./Jan 
Waterbirds Counts 
Buff-spotted Flufftail Pair at Mountain 
Lodge/Jan Mel Ogola 
Grasshopper Buzzard Naivasha & Gilgil/ 
Janltai Shanni A Bill Clark 
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Other sightings 
Speckled Sand Snake Olorgesaille/ Jan 
Shailesh Patel A Elizabeth Hamilton 
The final waterbird counts were held the last 
weekend of January at L.Magadi. We had 
arrived early at the Olorgesaille Prehistoric 
Site for an overnight stay, and as we had lunch. 
We noticed something moving on a bush above j 
the water point where the birds come to drink, j 
next to the lunch banda. 
j 
It was a snake about 1-1.5 m long with long black 
A yellow stripes and an orange head. It was | 
waiting for a meal at the water point. An | 
immature Red-headed Rock Agama came for a j 
drink and the snake gave chase, but the Agama | 
was too quick on four legs. The snake, on an 
empty stomach, returned to the same bush to ? 
await another meal. I 
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