Every Teusday Morning ‘Nairobi Ringing Group’ gather at Nairobi Museum (approximately 1km from city centre) for bird ringing. Led by some of Africa’s finest bird ringers/ornithologists, birds are caught in special nets and tagged with special numbered rings(each unique) then released.
Which type of birds are caught? At times raptors (birds of prey) like this ‘little sparrowhawk’
Sometimes rarely seen doves like this ‘tambourine dove’
Other times birds that were thought not to exist in Nairobi like this ‘Grey Olive greenbul’
Other times the sweetest bird to handle(make sure you request to handle it)!
‘Grosbeaked weaver’
*ringing is done through the Ornithology Department starting 7:00am-9:30am teusdays only
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