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Ethiopia is
famous for it's bird life. Either you sit on the terrace
of the Ras II Hotel at the border of Lake Awasa, walk around
on the High Alpine Area of Bale or travel through the Simiens,
everywhere in the country it's a bird watchers paradise.
Of the estimated 800 species to be found in Ethiopia, 30
are endemic. The Wattled Ibis, the Abyssinian Long claw,
Black Headed Siskin among others can be seen in and out the
National Parks.
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Birds fly to Lakes to feed. flamingoes can be seen scattered over most Rift valley lakes surface, and especially along the windward edge where their algal food source concentrates. Large numbers of flamingos gather together with great white pelicans and a wide variety of other water birds.-winged Goose inhabits plateau marshes, streams and
damp grasslands from about 1800 meters (6000 feet) upward.
Pairs or small parties of three to five of these geese are
common and easily seen at high elevations in small stream valleys
and in pools and marshes in the moorlands where giant lobelia,
alchemilla and tussock grass predominate and where they nest
in March, April, June and September.
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