Two Kenyan birders have brought a "lost" species back into view after an 11-day expedition through Kenya's Boni-Dodori Forest. On July 3, 2026, 29-year-old ornithologist and bird guide James Apolloh Omenya and Simon Odhiambo, a Murang'a County-based conservationist known as The KenyanBirder, confirmed the first sighting of the Red Weaver since 2014.
What happened? The find quickly attracted attention internationally, Citizen Digital reported. B…