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Birds Double
When a bird doubles its weight, how much do its wings grow?
They more than double in surface area
They more than double in surface area
They double in surface area
The surface area remains unchanged
The surface area decreases by half
My guess is the wings would have to more than double to compensate for the added weight, the same way the legs of a heavy animal are proportionately thicker than the legs of a light animal. You’ll also note the wings of a large bird are proportionately longer.
Birds Double
Tour Kenya’s Top Birding Spots
Day 01: Nairobi / Mt Kenya
This morning we will pick you from City Hotel and immediately drive towards Mount Kenya. We will have a lunch birding stopover at Wajee Camp at Mukurweini Valley, where the endemic Hinde’s Babbler can be seen. Later after lunch and after a few hours of bird watching, we will proceed on to Mountain Lodge at the base of Mount Kenya, where we will dine and spend the night.
Day 02: Mt Kenya
Today we will have an early morning watching game and avifauna at the water hole and later take a walk around the Lodge grounds to look for more species. After breakfast, we will drive to Naru Moru River Lodge (carefully looking for bird-life along the route) on the highland grasslands and arrive in time for lunch. After lunch we will spend the rest of the afternoon bird watching at the Naru Moru River Lodge grounds. Later we will drive the short distance to Mountain Rock Hotel for dinner and overnight.
Narumoru is an excellent birding spot especially at the lodge’s grounds and the Small Forest along the river. Here we will be looking for such species as Olive, Hartlaub’s Turaco, Cinnamon-Chested Bee-eater, Crowned and Silvery-Cheeked Hornbills, Cape Wagtail, Black Saw-wing, Yellow-Whiskered, Slender-Billed and Mountain Greenbuls, White-Starred Robin, Cape and Ruppell’s Robin Chats, African Dusky Flycatcher, Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Hunter’s Cisticola, Chestnut-Throated, Grey and Black-Throated Apalis, Grey-Capped Warbler, White-Browed Crombec, Montane White-Eye, White-Bellied Tit, Tropical Boubou, Grey Cuckoo-Shrike, Montane Oriole, White-Headed Wood Hoopoe, Eastern and Northern Double-Collared Sunbird (among other six species), Brown-Capped Weavers, Thick-Billed Seed-Eater and Yellow-Crowned Canary.
Day 03: Mt Kenya / Lake Baringo
This morning after an early morning bird walk and breakfast, we will depart for Lake Baringo driving across the Solio Plains adjacent to the famous Solio Ranch. If lucky we might be able to spot the White Rhinos or Black Rhinos through the fence as we drive across. We will then have a brief lunch stop over at the famous Thompson’s Falls Lodge and later drive on and drop down to the Rift Valley arriving in time for a brief walk at Lake Baringo Club grounds. This will be our base for the next two nights.
Lake Baringo region has got its specialties as well and you will be looking for species like, Jackson’s and Hemprich’s Hornbill, Bristle-Crowned Starlings, Brown-Tailed Rock Chat, Dark-Chanting Goshawk, a variety of weavers as well as an incredible number of water birds.
Day 04: Lake Baringo
Today, we will have a full day at Lake Baringo, with an early morning bird walk at the Baringo basalt cliffs and later after breakfast, an optional boat ride around the lake. After lunch at, we will depart for an afternoon game/bird drive at the nearby Lake Bogoria National Reserve. Notable species at Bogoria includes huge flocks of Cape Teals, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Black-Necked Grebes and other wader birds not mentioning the Lesser and Greater Flamingoes. We will later drive back to Lake Baringo Club late evening for dinner and overnight.
Day 05: Lake Baringo / Kakamega Forest
This morning after breakfast, we will depart for Kakamega Forest through the spectacular Kerio Valley in search of rare flycatchers. We will have a couple of birding stopovers and finally arrive in time for Lunch at the Rondo Retreat Center. The rest of the day will be spent birding at the Retreat’s lovely grounds with dinner and overnight at Rondo Retreat Center.
Day 06: Kakamega Forest
Full day birding around the Kakamega Forest with our second night here. At Kakamega and the surroundings, you will be looking for the 36 birds’ species that are endemic to this place among which are the Blue-Headed Bee-Eater, Western Black-Headed Oriole, Jameson’s Wattle-Eye, Turner’s Eremomela, African Crowned Eagles, Yellowbill, Great Blue and Black-Bellied Turaco and a host of Greenbuls among others.
Day 07: Kakamega Forest / Kisumu
This morning after breakfast, we will drive to Kisumu via some major birding hot spots on the way with lunch en route. Later in the evening, we will visit the famous Dunga Swamp (one of the strong hold of rare Lake Victoria swamp species). Dinner and overnight today, will be at Kisumu Sunset Hotel.
Day 08: Kisumu / Lake Nakuru
This Morning after breakfast, we will drive to Lake Nakuru National Park (a birding paradise) with a lunch stopover en route. We will arrive at Nakuru late afternoon and immediately embark on the evening game drive en route to Lake Nakuru Lodge, where we will have dinner and overnight.
Day 09: Lake Nakuru / Lake Naivasha
Today, we will leave for Naivasha after an early morning game drive and our final breakfast here and arrive at Lake Naivasha Country Club in time for lunch. After lunch, we will spend the rest of the evening bird watching at the grounds of the Club as well as the lake shoreline. Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Country Club.
Day 10: Lake Naivasha / Nairobi
Full morning birding at Naivasha, with a probably a visit to the Crescent Island, which is across the lake from Lake Naivasha Country Club. After lunch drive towards Nairobi via Kinangop grasslands in search for Sharpe’s Longclaw and proceed on with another stop over at some lovely ponds for African and migratory Ducks.
Assuming that your flight would be late evening, arrive at Nairobi late evening and later transfer to the airport.
About the Author
The author is a Tour Consultant for Skyview of Africa Tours & Safaris Ltd
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