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The Geladas of Ethiopia

10,000 Birds

We were able to spend hours sitting right in amongst super-groups of 500-600 Geladas that just carried on with their daily business in total oblivion to our presence. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Portrait of a male Gelada. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. Mursi woman. A Mursi woman in full regalia.

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