Titel: Adult (2K+) i sommerdragt - Adult in breeding plumage
Beskrivelse: Up to 21 Temminck's Stint were counted on flooded meadows and mudflats along Lake Ziway 29/4-1/5 2018.
Conditions were ideal for this species, because of much rain i April 2018. Rubberboots were a must to get around in the area and count them!
At the same time in 2017, when the area was almost dry, there were only up to 2.
According to Birds of Ethiopia and Eritrea 21 should be a record count for Ethiopia (but this book also states that the species is not found i May in Ethiopia - in fact it is fairly common in early May).
I think my own previous max count in the country is 12.
Temminck's stint is fairly common from September to May, but mostly only 1-3 birds at a time.
Little Stint can be seen in much larger numbers, in thousands (record up to 36.000) - but usually at localities not suited for Temminck's Stint.
Titel: Adult (2K+) i sommerdragt - Adult in breeding plumage
Beskrivelse: More than 200 Little Stints were counted on flooded meadows along lake Ziway 29/4-1/5 2018.
At the same time in 2017, when the area was almost dry, there were only up to 25.
Beskrivelse: Fuglen havde en del besvær med at få slugt denne ret store fisk. Især fordi fisken var meget levende og sprællede meget.
Efter talrige gange at ha slået fisken mod div genstande og dermed aflivet den, fik fuglen slugt den.
Straks efter gik den i gang med at fiske igen!
Formentlig er fuglen en yngre han - måske det forklarer den glubende appetit!
Beskrivelse: De etiopiske racer Leucoptera og Eluta har en del hvidt i vingerne og er gode kandidater til fremtidig artstatus.
De ville så hedde White-winged Scrub Robin.
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