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ETHIOPIA - AUGUST 2004
18 photosEthopia had amazing opportunities for bird photography. Unfortunately, at the time I had very poor gear - a low-end non-HD Kowa scope with a hoaky digiscoping adaptor. I borrowed an SLR to take the Blue-winged Goose shot, clearly the sharpest of the bunch here. This really was the trip that inspired me to improve my digiscoping gear.
While traveling in Ethiopia wasn't as fun as in other places thanks to the wierd food, often subpar accommodation, and the sheer number of people who follow you around while birding, I would certainly go back. The birding is easy and fantastic, mainly because hunting of birds is very rare. Unlike many poor countries, you do not see people going around with slingshots shooting everything that moves.
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| Blue-winged
Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera (S3) |
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| Hottentot
Teal Anas hottentota (D1) |
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| Hammerkop Scopus umbretta (D1) |
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| Wattled
Crane Bugeranus carunculatus (D1) |
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| White-cheeked
Turaco Tauraco leucotis (D1) |
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| Grayish
Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens (D1) |
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| Half-collared
Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata (D1) |
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| Woodland
Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis (D1) |
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| Red-billed
Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus (D1) |
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| Abyssinian
Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus (D1) |
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| Red-fronted
Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus (D1) |
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| Nubian
Woodpecker Campethera nubica (D1) |
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| Brown-throated
Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Female. (D1) |
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| Beautiful
Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus (D1) |
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| Rueppell's
Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera (D1) |
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| Superb
Starling Lamprotornis superbus (D1) |
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| White-crowned
Starling Spreo albicapillus (D1) |
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| Cinnamon-breasted
Bunting Emberiza tahapisi (D1) |
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