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| Benja using the telescope to identify water birds |
It is another day in
the heart of Mama Africa, specifically in Shimoni South Coast of Kenya where
beauty is always near, on Monday very early in the Morning I woke up at around
6am and was ready for the Forest. I was excited I couldn’t wait to see many mammals
and birds though the weather was very hot I was ready.
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| Woolly necked stork in the water |
We roll down to the Shelf East of Shimoni where we carried
out birds Survey where I used a telescope
for the first time, on our way to the Shelf we encounter many species of birds
which I had never seen in all my years in Kenya such as Silvery cheek hornbills,
Fork-tailed Drongos, Common Bulbuls, Black kites and Crowned hornbills and my day
becomes special when I was the first to
spot an Angolan Black and White Colobus monkey which I dedicated to Bolton
Wanderer player Fabrice Muamba who collapsed on the football pitch on Saturday
during the match of Bolton against Tottenham. It was really a fantastic day for
me because I was also the first to spot the Sykes monkey playing in the trees we then carried another bird’s survey on
the Reef where we saw several birds Great Egret and Strait Heron. I was really happy
as I saw things beyond any expectation.
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| Angolan Black and White Colobus |
Benjamin Saruni from Kenyan, GVIs national scholarship programme.
Benjamin's forest
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