Day 02 – Sunday 17 March 2019
Being so close to the equinox meant that the sun was up at 7 so first reasonable light was about 6.30/6.40 so we were out at 6.30.
1. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu. This is a very special bird. A termite mound next to the room had been worked on overnight by the residents (termites) and had not dried out yet so was a “moist” black coloured patch which was soft compared to the usual light grey, hard soil. Cordonbleu and Greater Blue-eared Starlings had learnt that the fresh material meant an easy breakfast and several of each were feasting.
2. Mourning Collared-Dove
3. Ring-necked Dove
4. White-browed Coucal
5. Speckled Mousebird
6. Woodland Kingfisher
7. Ethiopian Boubou
8. Red-chested Swallow
9. Ethiopian Swallow
10. Winding Cisticola
11. African Stonechat
12. Thrush
13. Scarlet-chested Sunbird
14. Lesser Masked-Weaver
15. Knob-billed Duck
16. Greater Flamingo
17. Lesser Moorhen
18. Grey-hooded Gull
19. Great Cormorant
20. Grey Heron
21. Great heron
22. Squacco Heron
23. Habada Ibis
We left about 0900 and headed south on the Addis-Nairobi Road, spending literally the rest of the day getting to Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel at Goba about 1800.
We saw some birds circling something (we were unable to determine what the source of interest was) about 100 metres from the roadside and stopped. This was in farmland and we were soon besieged by teenagers. Meseret (able to talk the language and really a bit of a wag) told them we were looking to steal a girl! That created lots of laughter and smiles. It seems the priority in Ethiopia is to make sure you are okay, offer help and then join in to see what you are up to.
24. Egyptian Vulture
25. White-headed Vulture
26. Lappet-faced Vulture
27. Hooded Vulture
We stopped at a small dam to check out the birdlife and were again besieged by kids, this time youngsters. We were soon distracted by them wanting a look through the bins and the camera which we were more than happy to oblige with. High fives all around to finish off.
28. Blue-winged Goose
29. Yellow-billed Duck
30. Little Grebe
At Dinsho we turned off into the Bale Mountain NP where the following very special birds were seen. We also saw Nyala and Bohor Ridgeback.
31. Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
32. Abyssinian Catbird
33. Brown Woodland-Warbler
34. White-backed Black-Tit
35. Chestnut-naped Francolin
36. Abyssinian Owl
Roadside birds on the way to Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel at Goba included ...
37. White-collared Pigeon
38. Cape Crow
39. Croaking Cisticola
40. Broad-ringed White-eye
41. Moorland Chat
42. Abyssinian Longclaw
43. Streaky Seedeater
44. Ethiopian Siskin
45. Common Buzzard
46. Augur Buzzard
47. Abyssinian Roller
48. Rufous-crowned Roller
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