BY Rupi Mangat
Above: George the African Crowned Eagle now 5 years old at KBoPT. He was also persecuted. His feet and feathers were burned by an angry community. Courtesy Shiv Kapila of KBoPT Published: Daily Nation newspaper 14 July 2022 On the morning of 29th June, Alex Karuri received a photograph of an eagle from a friend […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Oloolua Forest’s Mbagathi Waterfalls. Copyright Silver Mmaitsi Published: Nation newspaper Saturday Magazine 25 June 2022 I’m enjoying the cool of the forest morning, listening to Mbagathi flow through the dense green foliage of the Oloolua forest on Nairobi’s southern side. A slight movement in the bush catches my eye. A tiny face peeks out, […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Steppe-Eagle.-Copyright-Shiv-Kapila- Published: The East African Nation 30 April -6 May 2021 A few weeks ago in March, Simon Thomsett – Kenya’s raptor guru and co-founder of Kenya Bird of Prey Trust – is elated. He’s been tracing an eagle’s fly-path from Kenya to Russia on his smartphone. He reports, ‘The eagle has now landed’. […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Hunting Fish Eagle, Lake Naivasha. Copyright Shiv Kapila Injured Raptors find safe centres to recover with The Kenya Bird of Prey Trust Published: the East African Nation June 2021 Kenya is one of the most raptor-rich countries in the world. Of the 330 known species of raptors (another word for birds of prey), 83 […]
