Stop Wildlife Poisoning

Category: carbofuran | Date: Jun 14 2009 | By: Martin Odino

Hi. I just checked my data so far of birds poisoned from one site (Bunyala) and realized that I have recorded 30 species from 12 different families as victims of Furadan poisoning during the 5 months that I have been collecting data in Bunyala. The number is higher given that I do not have photos for others such as the Dusky Turtle Dove, Spur-winged Goose, Egyptian Goose, Crowned Plover, Yellow-billed Stork and Common Snipe most likely because my camera battery had run out of charge at the time of the incidences.

Where possible, I have used photos of the live birds rather than the poisoned to reduce the horror!

Cranes

Grey-crowned Cranes

Storks & Herons

Abdim’s Storks (Intra-African migrants between East and West Africa)

White Stork (Erope-Africa migrant)

Grey Heron

Black-headed Herons

Hadada Ibis

Sacred Ibis

African Open-billed Stork

Knob-billed Ducks or Comb Ducks

White-faced Whistling Ducks

Raptors

The Yellow-billed Kite-must have eaten a disoriented small wader. Some other bird, may be a black headed heron may have come to peck on the dead kite’s back

Lapwings and Plovers

Spur-winged Plovers

Senegal Plover

(Common) Ringed Plovers

Waders

Wood Sandpiper (A palearctic migrant)

Green Sandpiper (A Palearctic migrant)-You may be wondering how is it different from the wood sandpiper above. Check the scanty barring termitted after about 3 bars then check flanks of the wood sandpiper which extend behind to the abdomen.

(Wood sandpiper for comparison with Green Sandpiper above)

Ruff (A Palearctic migrant)

Black Crake

Game Birds

Harlequin Quail

Doves & Pigeons

Speckled Pigeon

African Mourning Dove

Laughing Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Wagtails

Yellow Wagtails (Palearctic migrants)

Pipits & Longclaws

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Grassland Pipit

Bishops and Widowbirds

Southern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Weaver Birds

Yellow-backed Weaver

Black-headed or Village Weaver

Jackson’s Golden-backed weaver

Tags: Bunyala, furadan, poisoning