Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park Oromo State

Mountain Nyala

Tragelaphus buxtoni

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelias

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Aster

Helichrysum gofense

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Asters

Helichrysum gofense - the plants form attractive mounds.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Unknown Daisy

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lichens

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lady's Mantle

Alchemilla abyssinica - eaten by Giant Mole-rats.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Gentian

Swertia lugardae

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Mole-rat

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus - a favorite food of the Ethiopian Wolf.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Mole-rat

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Mole-rat

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelias

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Average elevation is about 12,000 feet.

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Black-headed Siskin

Serinus nigriceps - male.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Clouds rolling across the landscape.

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Aster

Helichrysum gofense

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lady's Mantle

Alchemilla specie

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Unknown

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lichens

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lichens

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Flowers

Helichrysum formosissimum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Chestnut-naped Francolin

Pternistis castaneicollis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Thekla Lark

Galerida theklae

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Scalloped Slope

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Augur Buzzard

Buteo augur - normal coloration.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Augur Buzzard

Buteo augur

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus - sitting on the top of a Giant Lobelia.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelias

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolves

Canis simensis - one has caught a Giant Mole-rat.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolves

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Spot-breasted Plover

Vanellus melanocephalus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 6, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 6, 2014

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Giant Lobelia

Lobelia rhynchopetalum - smaller plant.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelia

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ruddy Shelducks

Tadorna ferruginea

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelias

Lobelia rhynchopetalum

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Abyssinian Grass Rat

Arvicanthis abyssinicus - another food item for the Ethiopian Wolves, Augur Buzzards and Common Kestrels.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Mole-rat

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lesser Spotted Eagle

Aquila pomarina

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Aster

Helichrysum gofense

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Stemless Clover

Trifolium acaule

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Lichens

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Everlasting Flowers

Helichrysum specie

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Giant Lobelia & Lee

Lobelia deckenii - our trip leader gives scale to the plant in bloom.

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Sanetti Plateau

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 6, 2014

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Abyssinian Grass Rat

Arvicanthis abyssinicus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Abyssinian Grass Rat

Arvicanthis abyssinicus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Abyssinian Hare

Lepus habessinicus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Abyssinian Hare

Lepus habessinicus

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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Ethiopian Wolf

Canis simensis

Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, December 5, 2014

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