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1/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Grey Heron , 1     
       Hooded Vulture, several
       Laughing Dove                    
       Pied Kingfisher , 1
       Red-billed Hornbill, 2
       African Thrush, 1
       Northern Black-flycatcher, 1
       Brown Babbler                    
       Beautiful Sunbird, 1 male
       Pied Crow, several     
       Grey-headed Sparrow , 2
 
2/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Hooded Vulture, several
       African Jacana , 1
       Common Sandpiper, 1     
       Laughing Dove                    
       Red-eyed Dove , heard calling daily
       Western Grey Plantain-eater, 2
       Little Swift, several
       Red-billed Hornbill, 2
       Fine-spotted Woodpecker      1
       Grey Woodpecker                  3
       Common Bulbul                      5
       Olivaceous Warbler                1
       Yellow-billed Shrike               1
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          1 adult female, 1 adult male 
       African Silverbill                2 adults, 1 juvenile     
 
KOTU CREEK
       Long-tailed Cormorant           
       Black Egret                       1
       Western Reef Heron         several
       Cattle Egret                      
       Great White Egret                 1
       Intermediate Egret                1
       Striated Heron                           1
       Hamerkop                          several
       White-faced Whistling-duck          c.20
       Black Kite                        1
       Yellow-billed Kite                at least 2
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Shikra                             1 male
       Grey Kestrel                            1
       Greater Painted-snipe                3
       Senegal Thick-knee                3
       Grey Plover                      1
       Common Ringed Plover       
       Spur-winged Lapwing             
       Bar-tailed Godwit               1
       Whimbrel , several
       Common Redshank, 1     
       Common Greenshank, 1
       Common Sandpiper, 2
       Ruddy Turnstone                   1     
       Pomarine Skua                       1
       Grey-headed Gull                 3
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Senegal Parrot                   
       Rose-ringed Parakeet            
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       African Palm-swift                c.15
       Pied Kingfisher                  several pairs      
       Little Bee-eater                   5
       Blue-bellied Roller               1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 c.12
       Red-chested Swallow                     several
       Wire-tailed Swallow                     several
       African Thrush                           1
       Zitting Cisticola                 1
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Variable Sunbird                  1 male
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     1
       Piapiac                                  3
       Pied Crow                        several
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             5
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver        c.8   
       Village Weaver                           c.20
       Red-billed Firefinch                   2
       Bronze Mannikin                   
 
FAJARA GOLF COURSE
       Black-shouldered Kite                 1
       Black-headed Lapwing                     2
       Wattled Lapwing                   2
       Speckled Pigeon                   several     
       Mourning Collared-dove                 1
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Woodland Kingfisher               1
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater        
       Abyssinian Roller                 1
       Broad-billed Roller               1
       African Grey Hornbill            2
       Grey Woodpecker                  1
       Blackcap Babbler          
       Beautiful Sunbird         
 
KOTU SEWAGE WORKS
       Little Grebe                       4
       Little Egret                       1
       Squacco Heron                            3
       White-faced Whistling-duck          c.130
       Black-winged Stilt                c.10
       Green Sandpiper                   1     
       Wood Sandpiper                          2
       Ruff                               1
       Little Gull                        1 juvenile       (apparently only the 5th record)
       Black Tern                        1
       Levaillant's Cuckoo               1 juvenile     
       Fork-tailed Drongo               1
       Northern Red Bishop           1 adult winter male         
 
CASINO CYCLE TRACK
       Great White Egret                 1
       Intermediate Egret                1
       Black-crowned Night-heron          1 flew over  
       Double-spurred Francolin            2
       Pearl-spotted Owlet               1
       Long-tailed Nightjar                    5
       Woodland Kingfisher               2 possibly 3
       Bearded Barbet                     1
       Mosque Swallow                   1
       Fork-tailed Drongo               3
       Piapiac                          
             
3/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Blackcap Babbler                  2
 
ABUKO NATURE RESERVE
       Black-crowned Night Heron         4+
       Grey Heron               
       Black-headed Heron                5
       Purple Heron                       1 juvenile
       Striated Heron                           1
       White-backed Night-heron         2 juvenile
       Hamerkop                          several
       Yellow-billed Kite        
       Palm-nut Vulture                 2
       Hooded Vulture                            many
       Shikra                             1 or 2
       Ahanta Francolin                   heard only  
       African Jacana                           at least 2
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Blue-spotted Wood-dove                 1
       Senegal Parrot                           2
       Green Turaco                      2
       Violet Turaco                      1
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2
       Verreaux's Eagle-owl                  1, possibly 2
       African Pygmy-kingfisher           1            
       Giant Kingfisher                  2
       Blue-bellied Roller               2
       African Pied Hornbill                    2
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Bearded Barbet                           1
       Greater Honeyguide                1
       Buff-spotted Woodpecker           1
       Grey Woodpecker                  1     
       Fanti Saw-wing                           2
       Common Bulbul                      a few
       Little Greenbul                    1
       Yellow-throated Greenbul             1
       Grey-headed Bristlebill          2
       Snowy-crowned Robin-chat           1
       African Thrush                           2
       Yellow-breasted Apalis               1
       African Paradise-flycatcher           1
       Splendid Sunbird                  2
       Beautiful Sunbird                 2
       African Golden Oriole               1 adult male
       Northern Puffback                 1 adult female, 1 adult male        
       White-crested Helmet Shrike        5
       Common Wattle-eye                  1 adult male
       Piapiac                                  several
       Pied Crow                        several
       Purple Glossy-starling                    5
       Splendid Glossy-starling             3
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             several     
       Black-necked Weaver               1
       Village Weaver                           many
       Red-billed Firefinch                   a few
       Bronze Mannikin                   
 
LAMIN LODGE
       Whimbrel                  
       Grey-headed Gull                 several
       Malachite Kingfisher                  2
       Pied Kingfisher                  2     
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         8+           
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                4
       Mouse-brown Sunbird               1
       Black-crowned Tchagra                     1
       Village Weaver                           c.100
       Yellow-fronted Canary               2
 
4/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Broad-billed Roller               2
       Yellow-billed Shrike               3
 
BIJILO FOREST PARK
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Black Kite                        1
       Yellow-billed Kite                a few
       Hooded Vulture                            many
       Shikra                             2+
       Grey Kestrel                            2
       Double-spurred Francolin            at least 2      
       Royal Tern                        1
       Sandwich Tern                            1
       Speckled Pigeon                   2     
       Laughing Dove                    
       Vinaceous Dove                           several calling
       Red-eyed Dove                          several calling
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Blue-spotted Wood-dove                 1
       Senegal Coucal                           several
       African Palm-swift                c.15
       Pallid Swift                       c.5
       Little Bee-eater                   at least 15
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 5+
       Red-billed Hornbill                    4
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Snowy-crowned Robin-chat           1     
       African Thrush                           2
       Oriole Warbler                            4
       Grey-backed Camaroptera          1
       Northern Black-flycatcher           1     
       Blackcap Babbler                  a few
       Brown Babbler                            several
       Splendid Sunbird          
       Yellow-billed Shrike       
       Piapiac                          
       Pied Crow                
       House Sparrow                            2
       Grey-headed Sparrow             
       Village Weaver                           many
       Red-billed Firefinch           
 
BRUSUBI
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Black-shouldered Kite                 1
       Hooded Vulture                            c.60
       Short-toed Eagle                  1
       Wahlberg's Eagle                  2
       Peregrine Falcon                  2
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       African Palm-swift                several
       Red-billed Hornbill                    2
       Mosque Swallow                            2
       Variable Sunbird          
       Yellow-billed Shrike               2
       Pied Crow                
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver        6
       Northern Red Bishop               1
 
ABUKO RICE FIELDS
       Long-tailed Cormorant                         
       Pink-backed Pelican                     6
       Black Egret                       2
       Little Egret                       1
       Western Reef Heron                2
       Grey Heron               
       Purple Heron                       1 Juvenile
       Cattle Egret                       many
       Squacco Heron                            3
       Striated Heron                           2     
       Hamerkop                          several     
       Hooded Vulture                            many  
       Lizard Buzzard                            2
       Osprey                             1
       African Jacana                   
       Grey Plover                      1
       Spur-winged Lapwing             
       Wattled Lapwing                  
       Whimbrel                  
       Common Redshank                    1     
       Common Greenshank                  1
       Green Sandpiper                   1     
       Wood Sandpiper                          1
       Common Sandpiper                   2
       Mourning Collared-dove         
       Red-eyed Dove                          several calling
       Namaqua Dove                      1
       Senegal Parrot                           2
       Western Grey Plantain-eater        
       Senegal Coucal                           2
       Pearl-spotted Owlet               2
       Malachite Kingfisher                  1
       Pied Kingfisher                  4+    
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                c.40
       Broad-billed Roller               c.12
       Bearded Barbet                           1
       Greater Honeyguide                1
       Grey Woodpecker                  1     
       Red-chested Swallow                     2
       Singing Cisticola                 1 heard only
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Splendid Sunbird          
       White-crested Helmet Shrike        5
       Yellow-billed Shrike               6
       Bronze Mannikin                    at least 50     
 
LAMIN FILDS
       Temminck's Courser                3
       Black-headed Lapwing             
       Wattled Lapwing                  
       Four-banded Sandgrouse                  2
 
5/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Red-billed Hornbill                    5
       Common Bulbul                      15
 
TANJI
       African Darter                           2
       White Pelican                            7
       Western Reef Heron                2
       Grey Heron               
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Palm-nut Vulture                 1 male
       Hooded Vulture                            2
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Shikra                             1
       Osprey                             3
       Grey Kestrel                            1
       Eurasian Oystercatcher               2
       Senegal Thick-knee                1
       Common Ringed Plover               5
       White-fronted Plover               1
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     5
       Bar-tailed Godwit               1
       Whimbrel                         
       Common Greenshank                  1
       Ruddy Turnstone                   c.20
       Sanderling                        c.130
       Arctic Skua                        2
       Audouin's Gull                           2 juveniles
       Kelp Gull                        1 juvenile     
       Yellow-legged Gull                1
       Lesser Black-backed Gull          many  
       Grey-headed Gull                 c.40
       Black-headed Gull                 1
       Gull-billed Tern                 3
       Caspian Tern                      c.20
       Royal Tern                        c.50
       Lesser Crested-tern                c.10
       Sandwich Tern                            c.50
       Common Tern                        c.130
       Little Tern                        2
       Laughing Dove                            1
       Vinaceous Dove                           several heard calling
       Red-eyed Dove                          8
       Blue-spotted Wood-dove                 1
       African Green-pigeon               c.30
       Senegal Parrot                           2
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2
       African Palm-swift 
       Grey-headed Kingfisher                  1
       Pied Kingfisher                  2
       Little Bee-eater           
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         3
       Abyssinian Roller                 1
       Green Wood Hoopoe         
       Red-billed Hornbill                    c.5
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Crested Lark                      2
       Fanti Saw-wing                           6
       Yellow Wagtail                            5
       Common Bulbul                      c.4
       Northern Wheatear                 1
       Olivaceous Warbler                4
       Northern Crombec                  1
       Willow Warbler                            1
       Northern Black-flycatcher           1
       Brown Babbler                            c.5
       Variable Sunbird                  4
       Northern Puffback                 1
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     2
       Yellow-billed Shrike               5
       Pied Crow                
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             3
       Black-necked Weaver               2
       Lavender Waxbill                  2
 
MADIANA WATER HOLES
       Black-headed Heron                1
       Purple Heron                       1
       Great White Egret                 1
       African Harrier-hawk                 2
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Shikra                             1
       Wahlberg's Eagle                  1
       Osprey                             4
       Black Crake                       1
       Senegal Thick-knee                1
       Violet Turaco                      1
       African Palm-swift                2
       Malachite Kingfisher                  1
       Blue-breasted Kingfisher           1
       Rufous-crowned Roller               2
       Red-chested Swallow                     2
       Common Bulbul                      several
       Black-headed Paradise-flycatcher       1
       White-crested Helmet Shrike        3
       Piapiac                                  2
       Purple Glossy-starling                    3
       Bronze Mannikin                    c.100
 
BRUFUT WOODS
       Long-tailed Cormorant                   1
       Pink-backed Pelican                     1
       Cattle Egret                       c.30
       Hooded Vulture                            c.40
       Western Marsh-harrier                     1
       African Harrier-hawk                 3
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Peregrine Falcon                  1
       Stone Partridge                   heard only  
       Wattled Lapwing                   1
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    5
       Green Turaco                      1
       Mottled Spinetail                 c.5
       Striped Kingfisher                1
       Little Bee-eater                   2
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         3
       Broad-billed Roller               1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 2
       African Pied Hornbill                    2
       Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird           2
       Fine-spotted Woodpecker           1 female
       Pied-winged Swallow                     1
       Mosque Swallow                            1
       Fanti Saw-wing                           3
       Nightingale                       1
       Singing Cisticola                 1
       Whistling Cisticola               1
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1 with nest
       Melodious Warbler                 1
       Green-backed Eremomela                   1
       Northern Crombec                  2
       Willow Warbler                            1
       Western Violet-backed Sunbird              1 male
       Variable Sunbird          
       Senegal Batis                            1 male
       Pied Crow                
       Bush Petronia                           2
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          2
 
6/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Red-eyed Dove                          several
       Broad-billed Roller               2
       Red-chested Swallow                     several
 
BUND ROAD
       Long-tailed Cormorant                   c.40
       Pink-backed Pelican                     4
       Black Egret                       15
       Little Egret                       1
       Western Reef Heron                several
       Great White Egret                 1
       Squacco Heron                            1
       Striated Heron                           1
       Hooded Vulture                            many
       Black-winged Stilt                2
       Pied Avocet                      3
       Common Ringed Plover               c.50
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     2
       Black-tailed Godwit               1
       Whimbrel           
       Common Redshank                    1
       Common Sandpiper           
       Ruddy Turnstone           
       Little Stint                       c.20
       Curlew Sandpiper                   c.100
       Ruff                               2
       Grey-headed Gull                 c.300
       Slender-billed Gull               2
       Gull-billed Tern                 3
       Caspian Tern                      a few
       Royal Tern                        1
       Sandwich Tern                            2
       Speckled Pigeon                   3
       African Palm-swift                c.8
       Pallid Swift                       c.20
       Little Swift                       c10
       Pied Kingfisher                  several     
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                1
       Chestnut-backed Finch-lark           1 female, 1 male  
       White Wagtail                            1
       Zitting Cisticola                 4
       Beautiful Sunbird                 1 male
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     1
       Woodchat Shrike                   1
       Northern Red Bishop               14
       Red-billed Firefinch                   2
       African Quailfinch                4
 
CAMALOU CORNER
       Black Egret                       4
       Western Reef Heron                10
       Great White Egret                 1
       Sacred Ibis                        6
       Yellow-billed Kite                1
       Rüppell's Griffon-vulture              1
       Osprey                             1
       Common Ringed Plover               c.5
       Eurasian Curlew                   1
       Common Redshank                    1     
       Common Sandpiper           
       Speckled Pigeon                   2
       Namaqua Dove                      1
       Woodland Kingfisher               1
       Grey Woodpecker                  1
       Pied-winged Swallow                     5
       Common Bulbul                      3
       Zitting Cisticola                 4
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Reed-warbler                            1
       Blackcap                          1 female
       Garden Warbler                            1
       Scarlet-chested Sunbird              1 female
       Copper Sunbird                            1 male
       Beautiful Sunbird                 1 female, 2 males 
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     1
       Pied Crow                        2
       House Sparrow                            2
       Grey-headed Sparrow                     2
       Village Weaver                           c.50
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          1
       Bronze Mannikin                   
 
CAPE POINT ROAD
       Little Bee-eater                   3
       Blue-bellied Roller               2
 
ABUKO VILLAGE
       Yellow-billed Kite                1
       Hooded Vulture                            c.30
       Shikra                             1
       Martial Eagle                            1 juvenile     
       Vinaceous Dove                          
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 2
       Red-billed Hornbill                    2
       Olivaceous Warbler                1
       Willow Warbler                            1
       Beautiful Sunbird                 1
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             1
       Lavender Waxbill                  2
 
MARAKISSA
       African Darter                           1
       Cattle Egret                       c.100
       Hamerkop                          c.20
       White-faced Whistling-duck          18
       Palm-nut Vulture                 1 male
       Western Banded Snake-eagle          1
       Osprey                             1
       Grey Kestrel                            2
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     2
       Speckled Pigeon                  
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    2
       Green Turaco                      1
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2
       Pearl-spotted Owlet               2
       Blue-breasted Kingfisher           1
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         4
       Blue-bellied Roller               1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 2
       Red-billed Hornbill                    1
       African Pied Hornbill                    2
       African Grey Hornbill                    1
       Wire-tailed Swallow                     6
       Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike        1 female, 1 male  
       Northern Black-flycatcher           4
       Western Violet-backed Sunbird              1
       Copper Sunbird                            1
       Northern Puffback                 1
       Yellow-billed Shrike               1
       Fork-tailed Drongo               1
       Purple Glossy-starling                    4
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             4
       Village Weaver                           c.30
 
7/12/2000
BUND ROAD
       Long-tailed Cormorant                   20+
       African Darter                           3
       Pink-backed Pelican                     2
       Black Egret                       12
       Western Reef Heron                several
       Grey Heron                       1
       Goliath Heron                            2
       Great White Egret                 2
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Striated Heron                           1
       Sacred Ibis                        3
       White-faced Whistling-duck          1
       Yellow-billed Kite                3
       Hooded Vulture                            many
       Shikra                             2
       Osprey                             5
       Common Moorhen                            1
       Black-winged Stilt                2
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     1
       Black-tailed Godwit               5
       Whimbrel                          1
       Common Greenshank          
       Common Sandpiper                   2
       Grey-headed Gull                 several
       Caspian Tern                      2
       Sandwich Tern                            1
       Feral Pigeon                      3
       Speckled Pigeon                   8
       Mourning Collared-dove                 1
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Namaqua Dove                      1
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    1
       Senegal Coucal                           2
       Pallid Swift                       c.50
       Little Swift                       c.10
       Striped Kingfisher                1
       Pied Kingfisher                 
       Little Bee-eater                   2
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                3
       Abyssinian Roller                 1
       Crested Lark                      1
       Red-chested Swallow             
       White Wagtail                            1
       Yellow Wagtail                            1
       Zitting Cisticola                 8
       Reed-warbler                            1
       Subalpine Warbler                 1
       Splendid Sunbird                  1
       Beautiful Sunbird                 1
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     3
       Pied Crow                
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             2
       House Sparrow                            2
       Village Weaver                           4
       Yellow-backed Weaver               1
       Red-billed Firefinch                   6
       African Quailfinch                2
       Bronze Mannikin                    2
       Village Indigobird                1 female, 1 male
 
LAMIN RICE FIELDS
       Striated Heron                           1
       Yellow-billed Kite                2
       Western Marsh-harrier                     1
       Montagu's Harrier                 1 2nd winter male, 1 adult male 
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Shikra                             1
       Wahlberg's Eagle                  1
       Bruce's Green-pigeon               6
       African Green-pigeon               3
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    5
       Violet Turaco                      1
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         1
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       White-faced Scops-owl                  1?
       Blue-bellied Roller               2
       Broad-billed Roller               1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 3
       Red-billed Hornbill                    2
       Bearded Barbet                           2
       Fine-spotted Woodpecker           1
       Grey Woodpecker                  1
       Brown Babbler                            3
       Splendid Sunbird                  6
       Beautiful Sunbird                 2
       Yellow-billed Shrike               5
       Fork-tailed Drongo               4
       Piapiac                                  1
       Pied Crow                
       Purple Glossy-starling                    1
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             1
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver       
       Village Weaver                           2
       Orange-cheeked Waxbill                     2
 
8/12/2000
PIRANG SHRIMP FARM
       Long-tailed Cormorant           
       African Darter                   
       Pink-backed Pelican                     3
       Little Egret                       1
       Western Reef Heron                1
       Grey Heron               
       Purple Heron                       1
       Great White Egret                 1
       Cattle Egret               
       Striated Heron                           1
       Yellow-billed Stork               9
       African Spoonbill                 4
       White-faced Whistling-duck          c.70
       Black Kite                        1
       Yellow-billed Kite                several
       Hooded Vulture                            several     
       Shikra                             1
       Long-crested Eagle               1
       Osprey                             8
       Senegal Thick-knee                4
       Common Ringed Plover               1
       Kentish Plover                           1
       White-fronted Plover               1
       Spur-winged Lapwing             
       Whimbrel                          1
       Common Redshank                   
       Common Greenshank                  2
       Common Sandpiper                   2
       Ruddy Turnstone                   1
       Little Stint                       2
       Curlew Sandpiper                   1
       Gull-billed Tern                 13
       Caspian Tern                      1
       Little Tern                        12
       Feral Pigeon                      2
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Senegal Parrot                           2
       Levaillant's Cuckoo               1
       Senegal Coucal                           2
       Pallid Swift                       20
       Pied Kingfisher                 
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                1
       Crested Lark                      5
       Sand Martin                      2
       Red-chested Swallow                     2
       Wire-tailed Swallow                     2
       Rufous-chested Swallow                     c.20
       Mosque Swallow                            9
       House Martin                      c.2
       Plain-backed Pipit                1
       Yellow Wagtail                            1
       Northern Wheatear                 1 female
       Chiffchaff                        1
 
FARABA BANTA
       Yellow-billed Kite                2
       Hooded Vulture                            several
       Grasshopper Buzzard               1
       Tawny Eagle                       1
       African Hobby                            1
       Peregrine Falcon                  1
       Rufous-crowned Roller               1
       Yellow-billed Oxpecker                    2
       Bush Petronia                           1
       Yellow-fronted Canary               3
 
BAMBA KUNO
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         1
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird           1
       Vieillot's Barbet                 1
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               2
       Melodious Warbler                 1
       Green-backed Eremomela                   2
       Northern Crombec                  1
       Scarlet-chested Sunbird              1
       Senegal Batis                            1 male
       Purple Glossy-starling                    7
       Heuglin's Masked-weaver        1
       Village Weaver                           15
       Black-winged Bishop               1
       Black-faced Firefinch                   1 female
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          1
       Lavender Waxbill                  1
       Yellow-fronted Canary               1
 
9/12/2000
BADALA PARK HOTEL
       Little Egret                       1
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       African Thrush                           1
       Beautiful Sunbird                 2 males, 1 or 2 females
YUNDUM
       Black-headed Heron                3
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Black-shouldered Kite                 2
       Black Kite                        at least 2
       Hooded Vulture                            many  
       African Harrier-hawk                 2
       Dark Chanting-goshawk                     1
       Long-crested Eagle               1
       Grey Kestrel                            2
       Peregrine Falcon                  1
       Temminck's Courser                1 flew over
       Black-headed Lapwing                     1
       Wattled Lapwing                   2
       Feral Pigeon                      2
       Laughing Dove                    
       Levaillant's Cuckoo               1
       Didric Cuckoo                      1 juvenile
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       Little Bee-eater           
       Rufous-crowned Roller               1
       Red-billed Hornbill                    1
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Vieillot's Barbet                 2
       Bearded Barbet                           at least 5
       Grey Woodpecker                  2
       Brown-backed Woodpecker           1 male
       Common Bulbul              
       Singing Cisticola                 1
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Red-winged Warbler                     1
       Melodious Warbler                 2
       Green-backed Eremomela                   1
       Scarlet-chested Sunbird              male       2
       Variable Sunbird                  2
       Woodchat Shrike                   1
       Yellow-billed Shrike       
       Fork-tailed Drongo               1
       Piapiac                                  4
       Pied Crow                
       Purple Glossy-starling                    2
       Bronze-tailed Glossy-starling             2
       Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling       1
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling            
       Chestnut-bellied Starling             1
       Grey-headed Sparrow             
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver        c.50
       Village Weaver                           many
       Northern Red Bishop              
       Black-rumped Waxbill                     2
       Cut-throat Finch                1
       Yellow-fronted Canary               2
 
10/12/2000
PIRANG SHRIMP FARM
       African Darter                   
       Pink-backed Pelican                     several
       Black Egret               
       Great White Egret         
       Yellow-billed Stork               7
       African Spoonbill                 5
       Spur-winged Goose                1
       Palm-nut Vulture                 1 male
       African Harrier-hawk                 3
       Long-crested Eagle               1
       Osprey                             a few
       Spur-winged Lapwing             
       Common Greenshank          
       Pied Kingfisher                 
       Crested Lark              
       Wire-tailed Swallow             
       House Martin                      2
       Plain-backed Pipit                1
       Yellow Wagtail                            1
       Northern Wheatear                 1 female
 
FARABA BANTA
       Dark Chanting-goshawk                     1 juvenile     
       Grasshopper Buzzard               2
 
MANDINABA
       Black-headed Heron                1
       Intermediate Egret                2
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Squacco Heron                            2
       Striated Heron                           2
       Hadada Ibis                        2
       Yellow-billed Kite                3
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Dark Chanting-goshawk                     1
       Shikra                             1
       Wahlberg's Eagle                  1
       Vinaceous Dove                           several heard
       Red-eyed Dove                          several heard
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2     
       Red-billed Hornbill            
       African Grey Hornbill                    1
       Bearded Barbet                           1
       Northern Crombec                  1
       Northern Black-flycatcher           2
       Beautiful Sunbird                 2
       Fork-tailed Drongo               3
       Purple Glossy-starling                    1
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          1
 
KILLY
       Pink-backed Pelican                     3
       Dark Chanting-goshawk                     1
       Shikra                             1 male
       African Hawk-eagle                1
       Namaqua Dove                      c.20
       Striped Kingfisher                1
       Rufous-chested Swallow                     1
       Village Weaver                   
       Red-billed Firefinch           
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu         
 
BINTANG BOLON at BRUMENG BRIDGE
       Grey Heron                       1
       Great White Egret                 1
       Yellow-billed Stork               1
       Saddle-billed Stork               1
       Bateleur                          1 adult female, 1 adult male, 2 immatures  
       Lanner Falcon                      1
       Spur-winged Lapwing                    
 
TENDABA
       Pink-backed Pelican                     c.100
       Great White Egret         
       Squacco Heron                    
       Woolly-necked Stork               6
       Red-rumped Swallow                     7
       White Wagtail                            1
 
PIROGUE TRIP THROUGH KISI & TUNKO CREEKS
       African Darter                           a few
       Little Egret                       c.4
       Western Reef Heron                several
       Goliath Heron                            1
       White-backed Night-heron         1
       Woolly-necked Stork               2
       Sacred Ibis                        3
       White-faced Whistling-duck          37
       Northern Pintail                  1
       Western Banded Snake-eagle          1
       Montagu's Harrier                 1 2nd winter male, 2 adult females, 1 adult male   
       Booted Eagle                       1
       Osprey                             2
       Senegal Thick-knee                c.15
       Common Redshank                   
       Common Greenshank          
       Common Sandpiper           
       Speckled Pigeon                  
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Black-billed Wood-dove         
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    2
       Malachite Kingfisher                  3
       Blue-breasted Kingfisher           2
       Pied Kingfisher                 
       Little Bee-eater                   1
       White-throated Bee-eater         1
       Blue-cheeked Bee-eater                c.8
       European Bee-eater                c.4
       Abyssinian Roller                 3
       Mouse-brown Sunbird               2
 
11/12/2000
TENDABA
       Yellow-billed Stork               3
       Woolly-necked Stork               4
       Saddle-billed Stork               1
       Shikra                             2
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    2
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       Abyssinian Roller                 2
       Blue-bellied Roller               3
       Red-billed Hornbill                    c.40
       Red-rumped Swallow                     3 or 4
       Common Bulbul              
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     2
       Village Indigobird                1
 
YELITENDA FERRY
       Short-toed Eagle                  1
       Peregrine Falcon                  1
       Caspian Tern                      1
 
FERIFENNI
       African White-backed Vulture              1
       Namaqua Dove                      2
       Abyssinian Roller                 c.10
       Rufous-crowned Roller               1
       African Grey Hornbill                    2
       Chestnut-backed Finch-lark           4 adult females, 4 adult males
       Plain-backed Pipit                2
       Northern Anteater-chat                 1
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Bush Petronia                           2
       Exclamatory Paradise whydah        2 adult summer males, 1 adult female 
 
BALLANG HAR
       Marabou Stork                            1
       Rüppell's Griffon-vulture              1
       Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu          15
       Lavender Waxbill                  1
       Exclamatory Paradise whydah        2 male
       Cinnamon-breasted Bunting              1 male
 
KAUR WETLANDS
       Little Egret                       1
       Great White Egret         
       Black Crowned-crane               1, poor distant fly-over view
       Black-winged Stilt                3
       Collared Pratincole               43
       Little Ringed Plover               1
       Kittlitz's Plover                 c.15
       Spur-winged Lapwing             
       Wattled Lapwing                   10
       Curlew Sandpiper                   1
       Ruff                               4
       Hoopoe                             1
       Green Wood Hoopoe                 3
       White Wagtail                            1
       Yellow Wagtail                    
       Woodchat Shrike                   1
 
PANCHANG WETLANDS
       African Pygmy-goose               4
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Black Crake                       1
       African Jacana                           1
       Senegal Thick-knee                12
       Egyptian Plover                   2
       Wattled Lapwing                   4
       European Turtle-dove                 2
       Black-billed Wood-dove                 1
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       European Roller                   1
       Abyssinian Roller                 11
       Red-chested Swallow             
       Scarlet-chested Sunbird              1 male
       Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling       1
       Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling       2
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             2
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver        several     
 
GEORGETOWN
       Bruce's Green-pigeon               1
       Yellow-crowned Gonolek                     3
 
12/12/2000
GEORGETOWN
       Black-headed Heron                1
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Squacco Heron                            2
       Hamerkop                          2
       Western Banded Snake-eagle          1
       Long-crested Eagle               1
       Grey Kestrel                            2
       Common Greenshank                  2
       Speckled Pigeon                  
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Bruce's Green-pigeon               2
       Senegal Parrot                           1
       Rose-ringed Parakeet                    2
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2     
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       White-faced Scops Owl                  1
       Long-tailed Nightjar                    1
       Pied Kingfisher                  2     
       Broad-billed Roller               10
       Fine-spotted Woodpecker           1
       Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike        1
       Yellow-billed Shrike               2
       Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling       4
       Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling       3
       Long-tailed Glossy-starling             3
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver       
       Village Weaver                   
 
BASSE SANTA SU
       Long-tailed Cormorant                   1
       Grey Heron                       1
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Hooded Vulture                            c.100
       African White-backed Vulture              1
       Red-necked Falcon               1 adult female, 1 adult male
       Lanner Falcon                      1
       Senegal Thick-knee                5
       Egyptian Plover                   4
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     several
       Black-headed Lapwing                     2
       Wattled Lapwing                   7
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2
       Red-throated Bee-eater                2
       Abyssinian Roller                 c.15
       Red-rumped Swallow                     1
       Pied Crow                        1
       Red-billed Firefinch                   1
 
BANSANG GRAVEL PITS
       African White-backed Vulture              2
       Short-toed Eagle                  1
       Lanner Falcon                      1
       Feral Pigeon              
       Laughing Dove                    
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Red-throated Bee-eater                c.200
       Abyssinian Roller                 1
       Chestnut-backed Finch-lark           1 male
       Grey-rumped Swallow                     2
       Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling       2
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver       
       Northern Red Bishop       
       Black-rumped Waxbill                     8
       Village Indigobird                1
       Exclamatory Paradise whydah        1 male
       Yellow-fronted Canary               2
       Cinnamon-breasted Bunting              2
 
13/12/2000
TENDABA
       Black Kite                        1
       Short-toed Eagle                  1
       Western Marsh-harrier                     1
       Shikra                             1
       Wahlberg's Eagle                  1
 
GEORGETOWN
       Hamerkop                  
       Palm-nut Vulture                 1 male
       African Harrier-hawk                 1
       Gabar Goshawk                            1
       Grey Kestrel                            1
       Stone Partridge                   1, poor view through bushes
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Bruce's Green-pigeon               2
       Rose-ringed Parakeet            
       Western Grey Plantain-eater         2     
       Red-billed Hornbill            
       Fine-spotted Woodpecker          
       Grey Woodpecker                 
       White-crowned Robin-chat           2
       Northern Black-flycatcher          
       Blackcap Babbler                  1
       Northern Puffback                 1
       Common Wattle-eye                  1
       Fork-tailed Drongo               1
       Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-starling       1
       Village Indigobird                1
 
FULABANTANG
       Marabou Stork                            c.8
       Hooded Vulture                            Several
       Short-toed Eagle                  1
       Abyssinian Roller                 c.12
       Tawny-flanked Prinia               1
       Village Indigobird                1
 
MINMINI BOLON
       Pink-backed Pelican                     a few
       Little Egret                       1
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Marabou Stork                            several
       African Fish-eagle                2
       Black-winged Stilt                3
 
14/12/2000
KOTU CREEK
       Western Reef Heron                2
       Lizard Buzzard                            1
       Peregrine Falcon                  1
       Senegal Thick-knee                3
       Wattled Lapwing                   2
       Whimbrel                          6
       Swallow-tailed Bee-eater         1
       Piapiac                                  6
       Grey-headed Sparrow                     1
 
KOTU SEWAGE WORKS
       Little Grebe                       1
       Grey Heron                       1
       Cattle Egret                       several
       Squacco Heron                            2
       White-faced Whistling-duck          c.10  
       Yellow-billed Kite                2
       Hooded Vulture                            several
       Grey Kestrel                            1
       Double-spurred Francolin            2
       Black-winged Stilt                c.10
       Spur-winged Lapwing                     several
       Common Redshank                    1
       Common Greenshank                  1
       Green Sandpiper                   1
       Wood Sandpiper                          1
       Common Sandpiper                   1
       Grey-headed Gull                 2
       Vinaceous Dove                   
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Senegal Coucal                           1
       African Palm-swift        
       Pallid Swift               
       Little Swift                       c.30
       Blue-bellied Roller               5
       Red-billed Hornbill            
       Red-chested Swallow             
       Blackcap Babbler                  1
       Variable Sunbird                  1 female, 1 male  
       Beautiful Sunbird                 1 male
       Yellow-billed Shrike       
       Pied Crow                
       White-billed Buffalo-weaver        c.6   
       Village Weaver                           several
       Red-billed Firefinch                   2
 
15/12/2000
KOTU BEACH
       Red-necked Falcon               2
       Grey-headed Gull         
       Red-eyed Dove                  
       Chiffchaff                        1
       Variable Sunbird                  1 female
       Piapiac                                  2
       Pied Crow                
       Purple Glossy-starling     

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