{"id":84,"date":"2006-03-20T17:31:31","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T16:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/20\/masai-mara-birds-too\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2007-11-18T13:35:47","slug":"masai-mara-birds-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/20\/masai-mara-birds-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Masai Mara – Birds, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Masai Mara park hosts not only felines (I went there specially to watch them) and their preys (all kinds of antelopes), but also a large number of birds of all kinds. Travelling with Alain Saunier, reknowned ornithologist photographer, and with some other bird watchers allowed to stop and contemplate some very colourful (or less colourful) specimens of various birds present in the park.<\/p>\n

Everyday, everywhere<\/h4>\n

The most common (or most visible) amongst the small birds if the roller that we found about everywhere (as the Fiscal Shrikes).<\/p>\n

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\nLilac-breasted Roller, or Lilac-throated Roller<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1943.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nAfrican Pygmy Kingfisher and its reflection<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Birds of prey<\/h4>\n

They are omnipresent. The unavoidable african vultures share the space with a number of eagles.<\/p>\n

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\nAfrican vulture<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1314.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nTawny eagle<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1310.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nLappet-faced Vulture<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1277.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nJuvenile African fish eagle<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Large birds<\/h4>\n

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\nTwo marabou storks<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1489.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nSecretary bird<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1478.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nKori bustard (courtship behaviour)<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nGrey Crowned Cranes form very long lasting couples<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1684.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nSaddle-billed Stork<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Smaller birds<\/h4>\n

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\nBlack-headed Heron<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1606.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nAfrican Open-billed Storks<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nHartlaub’s Bustard<\/font>\n<\/td>\n		\"PICT1403.jpg\"\/<\/a>
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\nSouthern Ground Hornbill – Let’s notice in the open beak the seed it shot to swallow it<\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Thanks to all those that would help me by correcting or providing details I missed (mostly for the correct descriptions of these birds). I am not a specialist and errors are quite easy. Most of the inormation I used comes from the magnificent Kenya Birds<\/a> web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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