horwim^s 
SUNDAY BIRDWATCH 
Members meet at the NQtionQ^ Museum^ 
Nairobi car pork at 9:00 a.m. the t ir 
Sunday of every month, i.e.20 June. The 
members decide where to go. Bring lunch 
TREE WALK 
Suided Tree Walks in the Arboretum on the 
second Saturday and last Monday, i.e. 12 <S 
28 June 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 ot 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 Soturday of each month i.e. 5 June, 
at 6:30 o.m. from the Visitor Centre, Gede. 
Cost 100/- per person. KWS fees may now 
apply ( 100 /- Citizens, 500/- Residents) 
i.e. 
(041) ^ 
FF3 Bird Walk (Coast) 
Friends of Fort Jesus birdwalks are h 
the third Soturday of each month, ■ 
June Please call Marlene Reid on 'n 
648 to confirm 
Ngong Road Forest Wall 
(Nairobi) 
The Ngong Road Forest Sanctuary 1 
Nature walks are held on the first and • 
Saturdays of the month i e 5 4 
November, at 9:00 a.m. Meet at the s 
leading to the Restaurant at the Racecoi 
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 
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. 
PcJIfor^ Catherine Ngarachu 
Bird Hotline 
(April Sightings) 
3749957 
MAMMAL SIGHTING 
Lesser (Rufous) Elephant Shrew Mpala 
Research Centre Shailesh Patel 
Common Button-quoil, Northern Grosbeak 
Canary Mpala Ranch Shailesh Patel 4 
Bernard Chege 
Greater Painted-snipe, Great Spotted 
Cuckoo. Zebra Waxbill and African Marsh 
Harrier Mwea Rice field 
Nature Kenya Field trip 
Striped Ground Squirrel City Park. Parklands, 
Nairobi Wednesday Manning Birdwalk 
OTHER SIGTHINGS 
Short-necked Skink, Kenya Dwarf Gecko 
Mpala Research Centre Shailesh Patel 
Speke's Sand Lizard Mpala Ranch 
Shailesh Patel 
Amur Falcons. Violet-tipped Coursers 
Tsavo East National Park Duncan Himes 
Bird Database naming 
competition overleaf 
Scaly-throated Honeyguide Loresho 
Wednesday Morning Birdwalk 
Pallid Honeyguide Mt.Suswa 
Nature Kenya Field trip 
Wahiberg's Honeybird KARI Kathumoni, 
Machakos Sunday Birdwalk 
>Qt 12 
A NRF walk 
Toita Hills tolk 
Tree Walk 
HI A *- ___ 7 
un 20 .Sunday Birdwolk 
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Tree Walk 
Contrary to 
popular belief 
money can 
grow on trees 
Natural Seaweed 
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