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| Bird-watching
You are welcome to join our activities |
| What
is bird-watching?
It
is part science, part sport, part art. People have always enjoyed
birds' songs, colours and power of flight. Bird-watchers are people
who enjoy looking at birds, or hearing them, without hunting or
catching them.
Birders,
as bird-watchers are usually referred to, want to know the names
of the birds, and how to tell them apart, they admire the beauty
of birds and observe their habits.
Experienced
birders use binoculars to see birds high in the trees or out on
the water, and books such as 'Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania'
by Zimmerman, Turner and Pearson to identify them. More and more
Kenyans are becoming keen birdwatchers, and all over the world bird-watching
is a fastgrowing hobby. |
 The
Wednesday Morning Birdwalks take place at sites in and
around Nairobi.
Meet at the National Museum's Car Park every Wednesday
at 8:45am. Those who are not members of Nature Kenya can pay a
temporary membership fee of KShs 100 per birdwalk. For more details,
Click Here!
(Why not just join instead? Its easy - Click
Here for details!)
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 Sunday
Birdwatch
Members meet at the National Museum, Nairobi, car park at 9:00
a.m. the third Sunday of every month. Members
present decide where to go. Bring lunch
photo
by Connor Jameson
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Looking
for a birdwatching safari?
For some recommended companies and guides Click
here |
| Bird
Ringing project
Nature Kenya coordinates bird-ringing (banding) programmes
in East Africa. Click here for more! |
World
Birdwatch
Usually,
on the first weekend of October, more than a million people, enthusiastic
bird watchers or otherwise, have been unified all over the world
by one activity -- BIRD WATCHING! This event takes place on alternate
years, with the principal aim of enhancing environmental awareness
around the world.
Nature
Kenya is organising World Bird Festival activities to take place
in November '06.
Read
more about the event: Click Here! |
African
Bird Club
Join
the free email-group called AfricanBirding. More
Info! |
 Kenya
Birdfinder
A database about birds, their science and their distribution, that
allows users from anywhere in the world to input and query Kenyan
bird data. Info |
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Birdcinema.com
is a place for people to post many different types of bird videos.
Our goal with this site is to provide a community of people who
love birds, domestic and wild. We hope both amateurs and professionals
will come to the site and share their bird videos and a little about
the bird, the video, or whatever else they feel is relevant. With
the help of professionals such as yourself we will be able to make
this site educational and informative. Submission of videos is simple:
upload the videos just as you would upload a YouTube video. We are
looking forward to seeing some of your member's videos on birdcinema.com.
www.birdcinema.com/ |
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