Sunday, 17 February 2013

The rift valley lakes

Leavin Jinka and the Omo river behind  we had a nice lunch (the usual macaroni with berberè) in Konso, and from the restaurant deck I got  really lucky.
TWO LIFERS, first a Slender billed starling feeding on the fig tree just above us and then.... my first Egyptian vulture, it was high in the sky but still unique in its shape and color.. HAPPYNESS
We drove out towards Shashemene and then Lake langano were we slept, the morning after I woke up early and got rewarded by a good view of White cheeked turaco and a Northern black flycatcher.
Driving of we had other two beautiful gifts: two new birds for me, Black scimitarbill and Clapperton's francolin and a bird that I saw in a previous trip to Ethiopia, the black winged lovebird. They all were around bushes and fields dotted with huge, really huge fig trees.
The only other stop before Addis was a fishing pier getting out on the lake bordered by swamps full of delicate waterlilies.
Useless to say also here there were stunning ones... Common moorhen,  Hottentot teal, White wagtail and the super cute PIGMY GEESE.

Total count 395





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