Ethiopia Bird Trip_04

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.