We spent a few hours back in Bobiri Forest this
morning and found the birding to be really, really slow. There wasn’t much bird
activity and only a few ‘old friends’ calling, however our morning was saved as
we drove out when a Forest Wood-Hoopoe
was found. We had great views of it through the scope, calling repeatedly from
the top of a bare tree. The only other birds of note were a Cassin’s Honeybird, Sharpe’s Apalis, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Red-vented
Malimbe and Yellow-mantled Weaver
with a few other previously seen species also seen. We also heard a Brown
Illadopsis here.
We had a 2.5 hour drive to lunch and then visited
the nearby Atewa farmbush where several Viellot’s
Black Weavers, Black-and-white
Mannikin, Tit-Hylia, Square-tailed Saw-wing, Red-fronted Parrot, African Emerald Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, White-throated and Black
Bee-eaters, Chestnut-breasted
and White-breasted Nigritas, and
best of all a Lemon-bellied Crombec
were seen.
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