Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Classical Endemic Birding Tour Ethiopia



Day 10:
- Morning, drive to Dinsho; Afternoon birding Around Dinsh


If we wish to do so, we can go birding early this morning in the area around our lodge.

After breakfast, we will begin the roughly 225-km drive to the famous Bale Mountains National Park. Before long, we will climb back into the highlands, where we will find Blue-winged Goose, Wattled Ibis, Rouget’s Rail, and Spot-breasted Lapwing in wet places. Careful searching in forests along the way might also yield us a roosting Cape (Mackinder’s) Eagle-Owl.

The road will begin to wind along steep mountainsides as we enter the park, and before long, we will arrive at the park headquarters in Dinsho. We will spend our afternoon birding along the trails here. Our primary targets here are Chestnut-naped Francolin and, with some luck, roosting African Wood Owl and African Long-eared (Abyssinian) Owl.

We will also keep our eyes out for endemics such as Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher, Thick-billed Raven, and Ethiopian Siskin. Dinsho is also one of the best places to find the rare Mountain Nyala, which is found only in a handful of high-elevation areas of Ethiopia east of the Great Rift Valley, and Menelik’s Bushbuck, an endemic, dark-colored, long-haired subspecies of the widespread Bushbuck.

CANCELLED

Political trouble in the Bale Mountains area and they have closed the area. So we have to change our schedule.
- Drive to the forest in Wondo Genet

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Classical Endemic Birding Tour Ethiopia
Day 10: Drive from Sabana Beach Resort to Wondo Genet

We will begin the day by birding in the primary forest of Wondo Genet with our local birding guide.

Night in Wondo Genet at the Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel




Tuesday 29th of October 2019 and I was really sick waking up with fever. I was feeling a little bit better when I went for breakfast. My Guide and Driver wa sin the restaurant and we had our breakfast. The breakfast was OK, but not as good as I had expected after having eating the very good lunch and dinner. But the Addis tea and omelette was OK.

We are not allowed to drive down to the beach with our own car and we must use the golf cart, a free service. The golf cart was not available and we were allowed to use our own car. We drove down the crater rim and we reached the beach. We didn't see any birds, well an Egyptian Goose. Not exactly the excitement I had been hoping for.

We walked back to the car and one of the hotel staff came to tell us that there was two Northern White-faced Owl sitting in a tree. We went to check it out. The birds was sitting in the top of the tree and they were covered with twigs and leafs so the pictures was not any good.

Northern White-faced Owl, Ptilopsis leucotis

Northern White-faced Owl, Ptilopsis leucotis
Northern White-faced Owl

Bird watching/ birding in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia
Today´s track at Sabana Beach Resort

eBird

eBird Report

Lake Langano - Sabana Beach Resort, Oromia, ET Oct 28, 2019 Oct 29, 2019 08:39 - 08:58
Protocol: Traveling
0,52 kilometer(s)
Comments: 20 day Ethiopian birding tour with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia. Birding with my Guide
3 species

Egyptian Goose 1
Northern White-faced Owl 2
Northern Black-Flycatcher 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61014341



We left Sabana Beach Resort and Lake Langano behind in the dust from the bumpy dust road. We turned left when we reached the paved road and we continued driving south towards the "Rastafari Town" and Wendo Genet is just a little bit south of the "Rastafari Town". We had been on the way for a couple of minutes when we passed a road kill. A cow had been hit by a car.

There was plenty Rüppell's Griffons at the road side. And dogs fighting with the vultures. Here is what I have learned. The only vulture that can open a dead animal, bit through the skin / leather it the biggest vulture, the Lapp-faced Vulture. When the Rüppell's Griffons see a dead animal they wait for the Lapp-faced Vulture.

But the Lapp-faced Vulture is not very common and as the dogs can open the skin / leather they have to wait for, well, anything to open the animal or the Rüppell's Griffon cannot eat.

Bird watching/ birding in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia
Dogs and vultures at the road side

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture

We leave the road kill behind and we continue towards Wendo Genet. Approaching Shashamane and we spot a White-headed Vulture in a tree next to the road. Too far away but I decided to give it a try and I went out of the car. There were Hooded Vultures in the tree as well.

So it was easy to see that the White-headed Vulture was bigger than the Hooded. I was disappointed with the pictures when we left the vultures behind. But we will Yet another Smiley on www.aladdin.st hopefully see more vultures before it is time to leave Ethiopia.

White-headed Vulture, Trigonoceps occipitalis

White-headed Vulture, Trigonoceps occipitalis
White-headed Vulture

Bird watching/ birding in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia
We stop to buy bananas

We drive south passing through Shashamane and we reach Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel. By now I have really got sick and it is most likely food poison again. Most likely the raspberries and strawberries. We go to my room after check in, the room is OK, but the batch room. In need of a proper scrub. And I am for sure not in a hurry to have a shower.

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
My room at Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
My room at Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
My room at Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Fresh

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Not in a hurry to take a shower

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Reception - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

Birding/ Bird watching in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia - Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel
Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

The hotel guy and my guide leave my room and I go to bed. I really didn't feel very good. I went to meet my Guide at 3 o'clock to go look for birds. I told him that I felt like shit. We walked around the hotel compound and we spotted a Black Kite. The only bird I saw until we were back at the parking when we spotted two Hooded Vultures in a tree.

Some kind of holiday and there were a couple of families having a picnic in the park, and they played music that was so loud there was no birds to see.

I wanted to go back to my room as I felt very bad. But my Guide pushed me to continue. So we walked down the hill and I was lucky to see a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill couple.

Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Bycanistes brevis

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Bycanistes brevis
Male Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bird watching/ birding in Ethiopia with Flamingos Tours Ethiopia
Today´s track at Wendo Genet Wabe Shebelle Resort Hotel

eBird

eBird Report

Wondo Genet - Wabi Shebelle hotel and stream, Oromia, ET Oct 29, 2019 13:56 - 15:19
Protocol: Traveling
1.37 kilometer(s)
Comments: 20 Days Ethiopian birding tour. Birding with my Guide. Mid-afternoon and it was very hot and s group playing in the park with loud music. And I had fewer so it was not much of birding
3 species

Hooded Vulture 2
Black Kite 1
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill 2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S61017173



I was back in my room at 3 thirty and I spent the rest of the day in my bed. I had a few bananas and I ate one or two for dinner. Will I feel better tomorrow? I am for sure hoping so and we just need to click HERE to find out.



       
                  
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Jiffy (also jiff)

noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
So I put a “Next” button here and I hope that there isn't any problem to understand how to use that one. So just CLICK the “Next” button on your left hand side and you will be on the next page in a jiff!

Marunong ka mag-tagalog? Walang problema! Magpunta sa kabilang pahina pindutin ang “NEXT” button sa itaas

Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!

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Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra

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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.

Flag of Skåne / Skånska flaggan Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.


                                       

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