Kakamega is Kenya's only true rain forest and was once a continuation of the Guinea-Congolian rain forest. There are specieas to be found here that are seen nowhere else in Kenya. We would be spending a few days here. The usual weather pattern is for rain around mid-day. Of course true to form for this trip, there was a change in the normal pattern of weather, with rain in the night, although that helped with morning birding, birds were extremely difficult after noon when it became very hot and humid.
We got a lot of species that could not be photographed due to the height of the trees and distance at which birds were seen. Some of the best species were Great Blue Turaco, Bat Hawk, African Blue Flycatcher, Pink-footed Puffback and Bocages Bushshrike - but we could photograph none of these.
Little Bee-eater
Black-collared Apalis
Kakamega forest
Mackinnon's Shrike
Many of the Kenyan species bear the name of the person that first described them. Here there was also a 'nod' to the missionary history and those who had an interest in birds while spreading the gospel word, two particular species being Joyful Greenbul and Tambourine Dove.
Black and White Colobus
Grey Capped Warbler
Green-headed Sunbird
Red-legged Sun Squirrel
Black-headed Gonolek
Blue-headed Bee-eater