Site Report: Kitale

Kitale's Main Drag

Kitale's Main Drag

Obama's Shop.

Obama's Shop.

Obama Abuses Power to Sell Bubblegum

Obama Abuses Power to Sell Bubblegum

Kitale's Main Drag

Obama Abuses Power to Sell Bubblegum

Large city on the west frontier of Kenya

Visits

2013-10-27: We had intended to spend the night at Mt. Elgon, but it was already dark when we arrived in Kitale. So, we spent the night there and hung out in a bar across the street in the hotel.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (8 records)

Phylum: Chordates (8 records)

Class: Birds (8 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- African Swift (Apus barbatus)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Herons
- Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- Family: Storks
- Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)

Lifelists

Trips

Kenya Solar Eclipse