I found Oxpeckers nesting in one of our Fence Posts the other day. Oxpeckers are not as common here as they are in other parts of Kenya. People speculate that their scarcity is due to Dip Medicine and the control of ticks.
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2 Comments
Those are such beautiful eggs. It is also suspected that pesticides are part of the cause of the disappearance of many species of insects, for example, bee/Colony Collapse Disorder in the U.S.
Pesticide use here and in most third world countries is rampant yet most Oxpeckers live far from Agriculture and are not high on the food chain like the Peregrine Falcon who suffered so seriously from DDT. Still though you are right not to rule out such dangerous poisons. Cheers, James