Kenya is one of the best birding destinations in the world - with over 1100 bird species found! Back in 1994 teams from world birdwatch recorded 797 species in one day with one team seeing 342 species! Isn't that amazing?
Essentially if you are interested in bird life Kenya would be a fantastic destination.
During my recent trip I did my best to record most of the lovey birds we saw and I have ended up with quite a collection. Today I will show you some of the starlings we saw. I belive we counted at least 5 species but I only managed to get decent pictures of three of them.
This is the famous Superb starling and it is widespread throughout East Africa, a classic savannah bird that is very distinctive with it's metallic greens and blues. I have shared many breakfasts with these beautiful birds, we saw them everywhere we went.
These amazing birds are new for me, or at least one I do not recall seeing in my youth - the Wattled starling. The breeding males develope these long black wattles which combined with their sulphur yellow skin give a dramatic and unusual appearance. Like many birds in this family these guys are highly communal often associating with other species of starlings and nesting in colonies with Cape Weaver birds.
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I also had the great pleasure to see again my favourite bird in this family - the Golden Brested starling. They live in small family groups and all individuals assist in nest building and feeding the young. I think these birds look exquisite, like they are crying out to be photographed! We spotted these guys on 3 occasions in Tsavo and each time they moved on swiftly being not very keen on having much of a photo session. Maybe next time! :)
Informative write-up and FANTASTIC! pictures.
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it. :)
Beautiful bird.....
Cheers Mr. Bon's! They are :)
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Nice post,, attractive
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Awesome shots and really unusual colors!!
Thank you man. It was such a pleasure to be back amongst tropical wildlife. Amazing colours all around if you look in the right places.
Great pictures! I lived in Kenya for several years and have seen many of these beauties! :D
Thanks Benjamin! Very cool. I used to live in Ethiopia so we would visit Kenya regularly. I try and get back whenever I can now. :)
amazing bird.. great photography @timspawls
Thanks Joseph. I'm glad you like them. :-)
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STOPThese are gorgeous photos~ and these birds!! Woa! I'm still a bit bird dazzled after living on the birdless island of Guam for so long~ thank you!
You're welcome Lauren! I'm glad you like them. Ahh those damn brown tree snakes.
I really like animal photography.
I also really like your posts.
I will be back to see the latest info on this blog.
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Thanks @kimki! Hope to see you back here ;)
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Thanks @paddlingnature! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers for the feature! :-)