The photographs on this page were taken during a 26 day birding trip to coastal and interior Kenya in August, 2007. The trip began with 5 days on the Indian Ocean coast, during which time I birded Mida Creek, the Sabaki estuary, and, of course, the Sokoke Forest. As a shorebird nut, the Sabaki and Mida were outstanding, with terek sandpipers, Madagascar pratincoles and crab plovers. I managed to get most of my target species on the coast and, thanks to David Ngala, managed to see Sokoke scops-owl and east coast akalat I then travelled back to Nairobi where I met up with Birdfinders tour and Stephen Easley, and we spent about 16 days visiting various interior sites including Mt.Kenya, Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivashi, Lake Baringo, Kakamega Forest, and the Masai Mara. All told, I saw 680 species, which is pretty good, but par for the course in this incredibly bird-rich country. Click on the thumbnails below to see the larger images. The legendary Mida Creek on the Indian Ocean coast. Crab plovers and whimbrel roosting close to high water at Mida Creek. Also seen here little stints, curlew sandpipers, greenshank, Terek sandpipers, ruff, both sandplover species, white-fronted plover, etc. Birding the Brachystegia habitat in the Sokoke forest. Home to Sokoke pipit, Fisher's turaco, and forest and Clarke's weavers. A male zanzibar red bishop - common in wetlands north of Mombasa. Another target species on the coast - Saunder's tern (left) at the Sabaki River mouth on the Indian Ocean coast. Not a great photo but you can see the the shape of the white forehead patch which distinguishes it from little tern. The tern to the right is (I think) a common. A Madagascar bee-eater at Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast Yellow-throated longclaw at Samburu A pigmy falcon at Samburu A pair of black-faced sandgrouse at Samburu A Lichtenstein'sandgrouse at Samburu Spectacular vulturine guinea fowl at Samburu. large mixed flocks of vulturine and helmeted guinea fowl were common there. A Somali bee-eater at Samburu in northern kenya Roosting slender-tailed nighjars at Lake Baringo. The cliffs at Lake Baringo, home to lanner falcon, bristle-crowned starling, and Jackson's hornbill. A male chestnut-bellied sandgrouse at Lake Baringo. A roosting northern white-faced owl at Baringo A pair of Jackson's hornbills at Lake Baringo in northern Kenya. Another yellow-throated longclaw, this time at Nakuru Part of the flock of a million or so lesser flamingos at Lake Nakuru. Visiting this site and seeing these birds is a mind-boggling experience. My mind being boggled at Lake Nakuru. A view of a few small parts of the Lake Nakuru flamingo flock. The pink patches are all birds. The mammals on the grasslands are buffalo. A male coqui francolin in the grasslands at Lake Nakuru. Klaas's cuckoo on some telephone wires at Lake Victoria The legendary Kakamega Forest (western Kenya) close to the Rondo Retreat A blue-headed bee-eater in Kakamega Forest, western Kenya A pair of very colorful double-toothed barbets found en route to Kakamega The Masai Mara from the surrounding escarpment. A young martial eagle on prey at the Masai Mara. A lappet-faced vulture on the Masai Mara. Lappet-faced were the least common species. White-backed and Ruppel's griffon were much commoner. A yellow-billed oxpecker riding a zebra on the Masai Mara. Both species of oxpecker were found here. Secretary bird stalking the grasslands on the Masai Mara. Wattled lapwing on the Masai Mara. Crowned lapwing on the Masai Mara. A male lion on the Masai Mara. A lioness recycling a zebra on the Masai Mara. A young cheetah full of antelope and relaxing in the shade on the Masai Mara. Part of the hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra migrating through the Masai Mara following the rains.