Trip Report: Kenya Solar Eclipse (2013-10-23 - 2013-11-07)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Shopping trip.
Stop spitting
Flooded Lake Nakuru
Nakuru Waterfall
Stay in the tent, baboons
Stay in the tent, buffalo
Kitale's Main Drag
Obama's Shop.
Obama Abuses Power to Sell Bubblegum
Mt. Elgon Cave
Mt. Elgon Cave Inside
Mt. Elgon View From Bandas
Mt. Elgon Road to Trail Head
Mt. Elgon Trail to Peak
Mt. Elgon Rest Stop
Mt. Elgon Savanna
Mt. Elgon Lobelia Forest
Mt. Elgon Koitoboss Peak
Unidentified Butterfly
Kalokol Harbor (and our boat)
Central Island National Park
Crocodile Lake - Central Island National Park
Flamingo Lake - Central Island National Park
Sibiloi Guards
Sibiloi - Walking to the Eclipse Monument
Sibiloi - Sandstorm
Sibiloi - Traditional Dancers
Sibiloi Solar Eclipse - Moments Before 2nd Contact
Sibiloi - Partial Eclipse at Sunset
Road to Lokichar
Lokichar - Don't Drink
Lokichar - Goat Herder
Lokichar - Another Chance Guesthouse
Lokichar - Water Carrier
Lokichar - Flash Flood
Hell's Gate National Park by Bicycle.
Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Male
Human (Homo sapiens) - Turkana People
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) - In Flight
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Female
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Highland Rush Warbler (Bradypterus centralis)
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Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Shopping trip.
Stop spitting
Flooded Lake Nakuru
Nakuru Waterfall
Stay in the tent, baboons
Stay in the tent, buffalo
Kitale's Main Drag
Obama's Shop.
Obama Abuses Power to Sell Bubblegum
Mt. Elgon Cave
Mt. Elgon Cave Inside
Mt. Elgon View From Bandas
Mt. Elgon Road to Trail Head
Mt. Elgon Trail to Peak
Mt. Elgon Rest Stop
Mt. Elgon Savanna
Mt. Elgon Lobelia Forest
Mt. Elgon Koitoboss Peak
Unidentified Butterfly
Kalokol Harbor (and our boat)
Central Island National Park
Crocodile Lake - Central Island National Park
Flamingo Lake - Central Island National Park
Sibiloi Guards
Sibiloi - Walking to the Eclipse Monument
Sibiloi - Sandstorm
Sibiloi - Traditional Dancers
Sibiloi Solar Eclipse - Moments Before 2nd Contact
Sibiloi - Partial Eclipse at Sunset
Road to Lokichar
Lokichar - Don't Drink
Lokichar - Goat Herder
Lokichar - Another Chance Guesthouse
Lokichar - Water Carrier
Lokichar - Flash Flood
Hell's Gate National Park by Bicycle.
Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Male
Human (Homo sapiens) - Turkana People
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) - In Flight
Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus) - Female
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Highland Rush Warbler (Bradypterus centralis)
A trip to Kenya to view the hybrid solar eclipse at Lake Turkana.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (284 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(284 records)
Class: Birds
(244 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(7 records)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Family: Hornbills
- African Gray Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)
- Jackson's Hornbill (Tockus jacksoni)
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
- Family: Scimitarbills
- Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)
- Family: Wood-hoopoes
- White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
- Order: Coliiformes (2 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Bustards
- Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
- Family: Cranes
- Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Order: Cuckoos
(2 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(11 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
- Rameron Pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(21 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- African Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
- African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
- Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
- Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
- Black Goshawk (Astur melanoleucus)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax metabates)
- European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
- Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
- Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
- Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
- Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
- Rueppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppelli)
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi)
- White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Family: Secretarybirds
- Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (7 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Family: Rollers
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
- Order: Musophagiformes (3 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)
- Meyer's Parrot (Poicephalus meyeri)
- Order: Pelicans
(38 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Herons
- Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- Family: Pelicans
- Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
- Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
- Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds (109 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides)
- Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
- Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- White-bellied Tit (Melaniparus albiventris)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- White-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina)
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus)
- Family: Larks
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix signatus)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Gray Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Brown-tailed Chat (Oenanthe scotocerca)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
- Black-and-white Mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
- Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara)
- Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser donaldsoni)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Kenya Rufous Sparrow (Passer rufocinctus)
- Lesser Masked-Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
- Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Black-lored Babbler (Turdoides sharpei)
- Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
- Highland Rush Warbler (Bradypterus centralis)
- Lesser Swamp Warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Black-collared Apalis (Oreolais pulcher)
- Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
- Gray Apalis (Apalis cinerea)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Hunter's Cisticola (Cisticola hunteri)
- Red-fronted Prinia (Prinia rufifrons)
- Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata)
- Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor)
- Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)
- Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi)
- Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
- Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
- Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis)
- Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis)
- Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Family: Swallows
- African Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis melanocrissus)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera)
- Gray-rumped Swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga)
- Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
- White-headed Sawwing (Psalidoprocne albiceps)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Abyssinian Thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
- Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer)
- Moorland Chat (Pinarochroa sordida)
- Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
- Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)
- Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
- Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
- White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini)
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
- Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
- Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Family: White-eyes
- Northern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (13 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Ostriches
- Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds (5 records)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (6 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
- Fine-banded Woodpecker (Campethera taeniolaema)
- Nubian Woodpecker (Campethera nubica)
Class: Mammals
(38 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Old World Fruit Bats (Rousettus sp)
- Order: Carnivorans
(4 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Black-backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
- Family: Felidae
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Family: Hyaenidae
- Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(16 records)
- Family: Bovids
- African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
- Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
- Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
- Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti)
- Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
- Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
- Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)
- Northern Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
- Southern Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus)
- Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris)
- Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
- Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Hyracoidea (3 records)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(2 records)
- Family: Leporidae
- African Savanna Hare (Lepus victoriae)
- Cape Hare (Lepus capensis)
- Order: Perissodactyla (4 records)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Order: Primates
(6 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
- De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)
- Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
- Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Porcupines
- Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Typical Striped Grass Mouse (Lemniscomys striatus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Agamas
- Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthosaura gregorii)