ups and downs of the African Crowned Eagle
Category: Uncategorized | Date: May 25 2009 | By: ngongforest
The eagle was first spotted in the forest six years ago,a chick was hatched in the year 2004,after almost two years,when the chick was mature enough to fetch for itself,it left the parents.
The pair Of African Crown Eagle
In mid 2006 the bird hatched again it was so unfortunate for the parents after the departure of the second chick in the mid 2007 due to invasion of the nest by baboons while the pair were out hunting.The bird relocated for a few months after which they moved back again, rebuild their nest and laid an egg .Unfortunately the egg did not hatch.According to Dr.Munir an Ornthologist who had been visiting the nest on several occassion during the incubation period said the hatching was affected by the untimely rains.
By Nicholas Akach
Students touch nature as they learn in a Natural Forest within the city
Category: Uncategorized | Date: May 07 2009 | By: ngongforest
On Monday this week, a group of 34 pupils accompanied by 3 teachers from Kenton College Preparatory School visited Ngong forest for their science practical lesson. The lesson was mainly on identification of plant and animal species, their interaction and adaptation to their habitat and population size estimation.
The pupils were divided into three groups, each group studied aquatic, grassland and woodland habitats respectively after which they reshuffle, at the end of the day, each student had gone through all the three habitats and developed a food chain based on their observations. Each group was accompanied by a ranger (equipped with knowledge on flora and fauna of the forest) who guided them through in their lessons,
Pupils Studying Aquatic Habitat
Pupils Studying the Grassland
Pupils Studying Woodland
A teacher Demostrating To Pupils How To Use A quadrat
The pupils were happy at the end of the day since they were able to learn things practically without referring to their books. This was really a brilliant idea, and other schools can also emulate Kenton college school by bringing the students to learn more on plants and animals in Ngong forest .
By Nicholas Akach
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