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Photos: Marabou storks invade Nairobi streets

Marabou stork strutting at Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD). [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The road projects in the city have chased away flocks of marabou storks, with the hardest hit being those that used to perch and nest on trees along Mombasa Road, especially around Nyayo Stadium.

When construction of the Nairobi Expressway started, many trees that had grown by the side of the road for years were uprooted to create room for the expanded thoroughfare.

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