Birds!
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Two Crowned Hornbills |
Bird surveys represent a major part of GVI’s contribution to the collective database of Shimoni’s biodiversity. Armed with binoculars and the Birds of Eastern Africa guide book, volunteers venture out multiple times a week into a variety of locations in the Shimoni area to conduct bird surveys.
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A pair of Pied Kingfishers |
During each survey volunteers
keep a keen eye out for birds and note physical characteristics such as colouration, beak size and shape, and body size to help make a positive species
ID. Some of
the most distinctive bird sounds in the area include the high pitched
twittering of the little swifts that swarm the jetty, the squeaky-toy-like call
emitted by the crowned hornbill, and the echoing scream of the African fish
eagle.
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