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| Black-winged Lovebird |
Following our visit to Awash National Park (see following post) we continued south to the very nice Harro Langano lodge on the south-east shore of Lake Langano for a two-night stay. Early the first morning we saw a pair of Yellow-fronted Parrots in the tall fig trees outside the lodge restaurant.
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| Yellow-fronted Parrot |
We headed around to the west shore of the lake to check out the compound of the largely disbanded Simbo Lodge. Here were loads of excellent birds including Gymnogene, African Orange-bellied Parrot, Rufous Chatterer, Red-necked Wryneck, Bare-faced Go-Away-Bird and White-bellied Go-Away-Bird.
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| Gymnogene |
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| Bare-faced Go-Away-Bird |
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| White-bellied go-Away-Bird |
Some locals showed us a pair of roosting Greyish Eagle-Owls. We flushed a small group of Ethiopian Epauleted Fruit-Bats.
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| Ethiopian Epauleted Fruit-Bat |
We saw several Little Rock-thrushes – another species I had previously missed on several visits to East Africa. Other birds included Rattling Cisticola, Ethiopian Boubou, Blue-naped Mousebird, Mocking Cliff-Chat and Western Black-headed Batis.
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| Mocking Cliff-Chat |
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| Little Rock-thrush |
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| Western Black-headed Batis |
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| Blue-naped Mousebird |
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| Rattling Cisticola |
Red-necked Wryneck was nice to see.
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| Red-necked Wryneck |
We continued to what used to be the main accommodation centre for birders – the now largely derelict Wabe Shabelle Hotel. In the grounds here we were shown a roosting pair of Northern White-faced Owls.
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| Northern White-faced Owl |
Back in our lodge grounds, Senegal Thick-knees were vocal at night, Gambian Sun-Squirrels scampered about and Hippopotamus wallowed in the lake a short distance offshore. African Fish-Eagles were regular.
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| African Fish-Eagle |
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| Senegal Thick-knee |
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| Gambian Sun-Squirrel |
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| Hippopotamus |
A visit to the ruins of the nearby Bishangari Lodge – yet another disbanded accommodation centre – was productive. We had seen Black-winged Lovebirds several times during the trip but they showed very well here, as did a couple more Yellow-fronted Parrots. We had both Greater and Scaly-throated Honeyguides attending bee hives constructed by locals high in the trees. Other birds included Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Double-toothed Barbet and Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike.
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| Blue-breasted Bee-eater |
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| Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike |
Lilac-breasted Roller is always a joy to behold and Broad-billed Roller was here as well. Greater Blue-eared Starling was one of the common birds of the trip but it impressed us still. ![]() |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling |
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| Lilac-breasted Roller |
Ruppell's Weaver had been seen fairly commonly and they were attending nests here. Silvery-cheeked Hornbills were common.
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| Ruppell's Weaver |
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| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |
