Sunny Weekend

The weekend turned out to be quite pleasant and sunny. Our little rare bird made its appearance on both days seeming to settle in really well. Its got so used to us, it came hopping 2m away from me where I was sitting with one of the SLR cameras to get some pics of it - was a bit quick though so I'm not sure if that particular close pass will turn out as a good photo. I also found out that one the researchers at Karisoke in the Parc National des Volcans had also seen an Africa Pitta the previous weekend at a nearby forest whilst training some students. The response to our sighting has been magnificent with a lot of info being sent through. I had drawn up a proper sighting report the way we used to do it in South Africa when rarities or nominated special species were sighted. This I sent out to a few people in Rwanda and actually opened a bit of debate on the need for training birding guides - amongst other special interests.

The weekend also saw me a do a bit of domestic work - ironing. Also getting the grill back from the metal workshops. This was all going ahead at speed when I got the next draft of the EIA to proof read. Being a fairly substantial document already, it took me quite awhile to finish it and pass it on to Sarah for her comments.

Today, I finished packing and getting the pc, documents etc etc sorted out for my few days in Kigali for the 3rd Investment Conference being held at InterContinental Hotel. Once there, I also met our EIA consultant to discuss the progress on the report and determining a timeframe for completion - asap :-)).