Mountain flowers, Simien Mountains Morning view from our second campsite in the Simie… White-billed Starling Wild scabious in the Simien Mountains Giant Lobelia (L. rhynchopetalum) Ruppell's Black Chat Ruppell's Black Chat Common Fiscal Shrike Local girl met on the Wollo Trek Simien Mountain escarpment Swainson's Sparrow Aloes and other flowers in the mountains Giant Lobelia flower - Simien Mountains Agama lizard A very spiny thistle, Carduus ellenbeckii Village by Chenek campsite - Simien Mountains Tacazze Sunbird feeding on Aloe flower - Aina Amba… Sunset in Ethiopian mountains Tacazze Sunbird amongst Aloe flowers View from Waro Mikael Waro Mikael Belinda on the escarpment at Waro Mikael Resting on a trek at Waro Mikael. View from escarpment at Erar View from escarpment at Erar View from the Erar Community Guesthouse View from the Erar Community Guesthouse Sunset seen from the Erar Community Guesthouse View from the Erar Community Guesthouse Erar Community Guesthouse Striped Ground Squirrel - Axum Erar Community Guesthouse at sunset Villages gathering Teff - Erar Farms on the Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek- our mule with our rucksack… Erar to Shimbrety trek - gathering hay Erar to Shimbrety trek - one of our muleteers Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek - haystacks Gelada near Erar Gelada - near Erar Rock tunnel on wat to Mariam Buzzuhan Church Gelada - near Erar Mariam Buzzuhan Church interior Rock Hyrax near the Erar Community Guesthouse Gelada - near the Erar Community Guesthouse Mariam Buzzuhan Church interior Entrance to the Mariam Buzzuhan Church Entrance to the Mariam Buzzuhan Church Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek - farms Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek - track up the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - climbing the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - climbing the escarpment Erar to Shimbrety trek - view from the top Fan-tailed Raven - from Shimbrety Guesthouse Rock Hyrax - near Gheralta Fan-tailed Raven - near the Erar Community Guestho… Young locusts Erar to Shimbrety trek Erar to Shimbrety trek A species of Moraea (Iris family) A pair of White-collared Pigeons Slender-billed Starling A white Knapweed (Centaurea sp) Aloe flowers near Geech, Ethiopia Sunset on Lake Tana Streaky Seedeeater in the Simien Mountains Sunset on Lake Tana Sunset on Lake Tana Sunset on Lake Tana Lammergeier in the Simien Mountains Lichens on trees in the Simien Mountains Steve on the escarpment edge in the Simien Mountai… Looking north from the Geech area of the Simien Mo… Ura Kidane Merit monastery Ura Kidane Merit monastery, bamboo screens Ura Kidane Merit monastery artwork Lake Tana on a calm evening Boat journey on Lake Tana Lake Tana Blue Nile Falls Groundscraper Thrush Blue Nile Falls Blue Nile Falls Gelada, in the Simien Mountains Common Bulbul Hemprich's Hornbill African Wood Owl in grounds of Goha Hotel, Gondar Abyssinian Oriole Half-collared Kingfisher Senegal Thick-knee and a Spur-winged Lapwing Fisherman on Lake Tana Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Red-eyed Dove Whiskered Tern on Lake Tana Laughing Dove Red-eyed Dove Weaver Bird nests, River Nile Fishermen on Lake Tana