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Jiffy (also jiff)
noun[in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.
ORIGINlate 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
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E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.
Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
Sunday 10thof November 2019and I had booked a car for early morning. My Guide was waiting for me when I came out from the breakfast. The car was, well, they had forgot or made a mistake with the booking. When the car finally came we took off. We stopped to buy water and when I was back in the car the driver drove back to Radisson Blu.
He was not allowed to drive outside of Addis Ababa so we had to go back to the hotel and I was not happy. Now they had to arrange a new car and I was not happy. Me and my Guide went to the coffee shop to have tea.
Drinking tea waiting for my car
Leaving Radisson Blu
We stop to buy chairs
We were delayed by more than 2 hours when we finally left Addis Ababa driving north towards the Ethio-German Park in Debre Libanos. We have planned for this trip since we were at Ethio-German Park at the beginning of the bird tour. My Guide have brought a canvas and we will stop to buy chairs on the way. We need chairs to sit still behind the canvas.
We drive north on road A3 and we are outside of Muke Turi when we pass a road kill. There are vultures eating on the road kill and we stop to try to get pictures. Of course, when I get out the vultures are taking off and two or three of them landed on the other side of the road.
We stopped at a butcher to buy a cow leg, well, the bones. We have high hopes to be able to see some vulture action with the bones. Last time we had been far away sitting and drinking tea in front of the restaurant.
I had been impressed by the vulture action and I came up with the idea to come back here with a chair and a hide when the 20 day birding tour had come to an end. And now we are here again and I was full of expectations. We parked at the Ethio-German Park.
Ethio-German Park is very close to the eBird hotspot Debre Libanos - Lodge and Portuguese Bridge. Well, I am pretty sure it is the same area. We parked the car and we brought our stuff climbing down to the cliff edge. We put the bone where we had put it last time and as we had a good view from a little distance so we didn´t bother putting up the hide.
We have put the bones on the cliff
We are sitting on the cliff edge
A beautiful view
I am sitting and watching the bone and a group came down. Of course, I told them to join me, but sit down and quiet please! We had made a terrible mistake to come here on a Sunday. The place was full of Chinese people and they came in groups of 4-8 people and we could hear them from far away. Yeah, what a day in the wilderness, screaming Chinese people.
I lost my temper and I told them to SHUT THE DUCK UP! I was sitting with my new friends in the group that had joined me and I was impressed. They were sitting still watching the vultures and the eagles flying very close to us. But no one came to have a look at the bone. So yes, they have observed us. The first bird that came to check out the bones was a Fan-tailed Raven.
Fan-tailed Raven- The first bird to come to have a look at the bone
Fan-tailed Raven- The first bird to come to have a look at the bone
Fan-tailed Raven- The first bird to come to have a look at the bone
Some wind noise as I am sitting on a cliff edge 100m ++ watching for vultures at Ethio-German Park at Debre Libanos.
We were soon joined by a Tawny Eagle coming to check out the bones. The vultures was flying above us and the Rüppell's Griffon is really a very beautiful bird. The Yellow-billed Kites came very close and they were very close to land at the bones, but I guess we scared them away by our presence on the rocks. There were soon a second Tawny Eagle join the first Tawny Eagle.
I felt sorry for the group that had joined me, I think they were from USA but they lived in Addis Ababa, maybe Missionaries. I meet many Missionaries in Bangkok from USA, so maybe. I don´t know and I don´t care. They looked to enjoy the afternoon and when the birds came close they looked happy. But no vultures landed at our bone.
A beautiful view
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Rüppell's Vulture
We have put the bones on the cliff
We have put the bones on the cliff
Today's track at Debre Libanos
eBird Report
Debre Libanos - Lodge and Portuguese Bridge, Oromia, ET Nov 10, 2019 11:11 - 14:03 Protocol: Traveling 0,9 kilometer(s) Comments: Ran out of battery in my camera
6 species
Bearded Vulture 1 Hooded Vulture X Rüppell's Griffon X Tawny Eagle 2 Black Kite X Fan-tailed Raven X
We left Ethio-German Park in Debre Libanos and I was both happy and disappointed. Disappointed with the vultures, today it is Sunday and it was full of people, totally unexpected.
Last time it was like a desolate and uninhabited. Just me and my Guide and many many vultures eating from our bones. Today, well, the area was full of people and I was surprised to see all the cars and busses on the parking. Well, if I come back I will make sure that it is no holiday and I can hopefully be alone with the birds. And the area is fantastic for bird watching or just for walking around enjoying the views.
We were back at Radisson Blu in the late afternoon and I spent the rest of the day at the hotel. I enjoyed the same as yesterday for dinner, salmon in my room.
Salmon arriving to my room
Salmon arriving to my room
Salmon
Salmon
I will leave for the Debre Zeit early morning and you just need to clickHEREto find out if I see any birds or any other excitements at the Debre Zeit tomorrow.