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Lake Ziway, Ethiopia (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
Map of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
Black-headed Gull (
Larus ridibundus
)
Wood Sandpiper (
Tringa glareola
)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (
Larus fuscus
) - 3rd Winter
Little Stint (
Calidris minuta
)
Another Rift Valley Lake with plenty of papyrus swamps and a fish market.
Trips
Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia
1/15/2011
: We made one last stop before the long drive to Awash. We arrived at the fish market to find a number of storks and pelicans being fed. Barbara was trying to take a photo of me next to a Maribou Stork, but every time I got anywhere near the stork, some boy threw fish guts at it because I guess what we really wanted was to see the stork eating.
Anyway, the visit was a pretty short one because this guy started following us around despite our obvious attempts to get away from the feeding activity.
Previous Visit (Abiata-Shala National Park: 1/15/2011)
Next Visit (Awash National Park: 1/16/2011)
Species Recorded (10)
Birds ( 10 )
Shoebill ( Balaenicipitidae )
Great White Pelican -
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Ibises and Spoonbills ( Threskiornithidae )
Sacred Ibis -
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Storks ( Ciconiidae )
Marabou Stork -
Leptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed Stork -
Mycteria ibis
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
Eurasian Moorhen -
Gallinula chloropus
Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Little Stint -
Calidris minuta
Wood Sandpiper -
Tringa glareola
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Black-headed Gull -
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed Gull -
Larus fuscus
Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Malachite Kingfisher -
Corythornis cristatus
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