Pigmy goose, Lesser Jacana and great friends 16/03/10

Early morning boat trip on Lake Awassa one of the many great rift lakes of Ethiopia, nice birding, nice landscapes.

There is lot of people fishing in the reeds, gulls, terns, pelicans and all the normal birdlife of an African big lake is all easily seen.

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But there was more then that, two birds were very very special: Pigmy Goose and then a bird that I have tried to see for looong time.. the Lesser Jacana. We were super happy.

Back to the hotel we admired a beautiful Silvery checked hornbill and then left to Addis, we planned for tomorrow a lot of shopping in the small antique shops of the city led by our driver Isaias that revealed himself very valuable most of the trip, and to visit a couple of museums. Lucy the famous fossil of hominid, our oldest direct ancestor is waiting us as the last bit of our adventure.

Ethiopia is great, people is nice and travelling with Micol and Daniele is wonderful as always, they are great friends

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