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Wednesday 6th of November 2019 and we left Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel after breakfast. Toast and Addis Tea and a glass of juice. We drove north and we arrived about 1 hour later. We had to pass a gate and we were in the Bale Mountains National Park. We picked up a guide from the park before we continued in to the park. We drive by some kind of deer and we stop to try to take pictures of a Chestnut-naped Francolin before we continue towards a lodge. Reaching the lodge and I was surprised to discover a lot of people and cars. Many people are obviously coming here for camping.  Gate to Bale Mountains National Park, Dinsho Headquarter
 Gate to Bale Mountains National Park, Dinsho Headquarter
   Chestnut-naped Francolin
 We go to look for birds
 Bale Mountains National Park, Dinsho Headquarter
We get out of the car and we start to look for birds around the restrooms. I spot a Yellow-bellied Waxbill back at the parking and I walk down along the dust road leaving my Guide behind. He had a lot of friends coming as guides bringing bird watchers. Nice to walk around by myself for a while and my Guide discussed the latest bird watching adventures. I see an African Dusky Flycatcher and when I am back at the parking my Guide show me a Yellow-fronted Parrot. But the Yellow-fronted Parrot is too high up in the tree for the pictures to be any good. The parrot was busy eating and I waited in vain for the bird to come closer. Back in the car and we continued north leaving the HQ behind.   Yellow-bellied Waxbill
  Yellow-fronted Parrot
Picture not good enough for the bird to make it to my list of observed birds
 Today's track at Dinsho Park HQ
We continued towards West for an hour or so before we left the paved road getting on a dirt track on our right hand side. Didn´t take long before we were in the middle of the wilderness. Driving through the bush land and suddenly we reached a stream that we had to cross. There were two African Black Ducks in the stream and I tried to take pictures. But the birds was very scared and they swam away as soon as they saw us. Across the stream and my Guide discover an African Stonechat couple and we stop. I get out to try to get a few pictures but I really don´t come close enough for any good pictures. The female was pretty close but the male was too far away. By the time I reached the bush the birds took off and I went back in to the car.  At Dinsho Wetlands
 At Dinsho Wetlands
 Crossing a stream
 Crossing a stream
 African Black Duck
   Female African Stonechat
 Male African Stonechat
 Stop to take pictures of the African Stonechat
We continued through the grass land and we stopped at a group of deer. I went out to walk down to the deer to get some pictures. Our park Guide followed me. He found a wild hog skull but the tusks was missing and I was disappointed. Would be nice to find some “magic” tusk for our Time keeper on board m/t Rita Maersk. Well, Rita is sold and now they have put m/t Ribe Maersk on the trade between Bongkot and Map Ta Put now. So they want to old team from Rita to move to m/t Ribe Maersk now. And I am looking for tusks to bring to our Time keeper for his magic.  Wild hog skull
 I come pretty close
 I come pretty close
 Walking back to the car
 Today's track at Dinsho wetland
We leave the wetland and we drive back to the hotel in Goba. We have seen many of the Ethiopian Cisticola in the Bale Mountains area, but no pictures. We spotted the bird just outside Goba and we stop to try to get some pictures. There was also Yellow Bishop that I could not get on pictures. But I was very happy to have got pictures of the beautiful Ethiopian Cisticola. We continued to the hotel and we arrived 10 minutes later.  Stopping to take pictures of the Ethiopian Cisticola
  Ethiopian Cisticola
 Ethiopian Cisticola
 Ethiopian Cisticola
 Ethiopian Cisticola
Back at Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel I went to look for birds around the hotel with my Guide. But there wasn´t really many birds and it was getting too dark for any pictures. But we got a good constitutional  out of it. I had tea and toast as supper and the evening was spent in my room.
 Today's track at Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel
Last night at Goba Wabe Shebelle Hotel and we will leave for the last hotel on this trip tomorrow morning, then I will spend the rest of my days in Ethiopia on Radisson Blu in Addis Ababa. So I was pretty excited as I will soon be able to have nice food again after 20 days of toast and tea. Click HERE to find out if we see any birds tomorrow.
    
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