Karura Forest #71: ADF - Behaviour
The cache, a small snap-top camo-pot, is hidden in a hole in the rotting stump part of a multi-trunked bush some 12m down from the trail. GPSr accuracy at GZ was ~6m.
To reach the cache:
If caching around the western side of the forest: enter the forest at the Limuru Road gate @ S 01 14.830 E 36 48.947 and after paying the entry fee, continue to the parking area at the KFEET centre @ S 01 14.437 E 36 49.097. After parking, from the KFEET Centre the most direct route (see map in gallery) is north to Junction 12, right (east) to J11, left (north) to J27 then right to J26, down to and across the footbridge above the waterfall (location of the Karura Forest #4: Waterfalls cache) then north to J30 and straight on to J27 then right to the cache location, passing several other caches en route.
If caching around the eastern side of the forest: enter the forest at Gate C (Sharks Gate) off the Kiambu Rd @ S 01 14.395 E 36 50.644. After paying the entrance fee & parking you car, head north to the Junction with the eastern end of the Muhugu trail @ S 01 14.253 E 36 50.607. This is the start of an 8-cache Muhugu trail - Tara Path circuit. Head left (west) here and follow the Muhugu trail to the cache location, passing another 3 caches along the way.
For background information on Karura Forest including access, fees, features, a detailed trail map and useful links, see GC4PD3V Karura Forest #1: Intro, Info & Entry
Continued from Karura Forest #70 . . .
The African dusky flycatcher is usually seen singly or in pairs, foraging from a favourite open perch for small winged insects typically taking its prey in a short flight, but occasionally pouncing upon prey on the ground. It sometimes joins mixed-species foraging flocks, also using sheep and bushbuck as perches, catching the insects they flush while moving around. The following food items have been recorded in its diet: beetles, wasps, midges, moths and their caterpillars and aphids; also certain small fruit.
It is quiet and occasionally flicks its wings, but has soft, thin, sibilant, high-pitched and repetitive 'tzeeet' and 'tsirit' calls (listen here, here and here. It is very tame and confiding so with care you can usually approach it quite closely.
Concludes with Karura Forest #72 . . .