00:01Meet the Birdman of Nairobi.
00:08Rogers Olu Maguta, once homeless,
00:10now shares his home with a flock of birds
00:12that he rescued around the city.
00:16Maguta did not study conservation
00:18or know a lot about birds,
00:20but living near Lake Nakuru National Park
00:22sparked his interest.
00:25So at my leisure time I used to sneak inside
00:27so to see the birds, to watch the water.
00:30So that's when my passion of
00:33rescuing and taking care of the birds started.
00:36Maguta says he has since rescued
00:38more than 20 species of birds
00:40and nursed them back to health.
00:42They were often injured or undernourished.
00:45I've rescued the black kites,
00:47I've rescued the crows, the African pied crow,
00:50I've rescued the owl, the barn owl.
00:52I've rescued the marabou stock and the pigeons.
00:57Birds in this area face many threats to their survival.
01:00Habitat loss, disease and injuries from traps
01:03or telephone wires occur frequently.
01:06But there are only a few rehabilitation centres
01:09that can help wildlife in danger.
01:14Conservationist and bird watcher Paul Gacheru
01:16agrees that there is a critical shortage.
01:18In Nairobi we only have one rehab centre for birds,
01:22which is in Karen.
01:24There is the animal orphanage,
01:26which is looking at many mammals and large mammals
01:30which are taken to the animal orphanage
01:32which is managed by Kenyawa Life Service.
01:34And you have another rehab centre,
01:35which is in Ivasha and Soisambu for birds.
01:39Saving the birds is no easy feat for Maguta.
01:42He has to find enough food for them to eat
01:45and enough space to shelter and recover.
01:47Even when he succeeds, people accuse him of sorcery.
01:52Most of the people, when they see me with these birds,
01:55they think that I'm using supernatural powers.
01:57Yeah, so most of them, they think that I'm a sorcerer,
02:01I'm practising witchcraft.
02:04Maguta's new hope is to open an official shelter
02:07so that he can help more birds get back to where they belong
02:10in the skies of Nairobi.
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