Day 04 – Tuesday 19 March 2019
We decided to bird in the garden of the Hotel in Robe from 0630, following a good night’s rest. No new birds but excellent images taken of Bagflecht's Weaver, Tacazze Sunbird and Abyssinian Thrush. We travelled 220km to Hawassa taking about 5 hours.
140. Spot-breasted Lapwing
141. Lesser Kestrel
142. Thick-billed Raven
143. Red-breasted Wheatear
The United Africa Shebelle Hotel has a big garden, Vervet and Colobus Monkeys, small macrobat and even a squirrel. We birded the gardens from about 4pm.
144. Helmeted Guineafowl
145. Blue-headed Coucal
146. Double-toothed Barbet (A youngster being fed right near the nest hole)
147. Banded Barbet
148. Blue-spotted Wood-dove
149. Nubian Woodpecker
150. Red-faced Crombec
151. Willow Warbler
152. Green-backed Camaroptera
153. Abyssinian White-eye
154. White-rumped Babbler
155. Dusky-brown Flycatcher
156. Reichard’s Seedeater
157. Little Weaver
158. Red-billed Firefinch
159. Straw-tailed Whydah
Many of the trees in the garden are Australian natives; callistemons and grevilleas (Silky Oaks). Indeed, many of the trees in Ethiopia were of Australian origin. There were many eucalypts, most showing evidence of coppicing – for firewood and construction.
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