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Asrat
@asratag.bsky.social
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Interested in Nature, Culture, Society - in that order. Avid birder. All pictures/videos I post here are mine unless specified otherwise. Researcher @ZEF, University of Bonn
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Feb 19
H.D.
"The Walls Do Not Fall"
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 7h
Dragonflies have 5 eyes: 2 large compound eyes and 3 simple eyes called ocelli. The large compound eyes are made of thousands of tiny lenses that give them a nearly 360° field of vision, while the 3 simple eyes help with flight orientation and stabilization
Why do we humans have just two?
Not fair!
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 2d
tuf! tuf! tuf!Come on guys! we gotta spit some more!
Spitttlebugs trying to live up to their names. It is not easy!
#bugs #nature
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 2d
Also, the Easter Yellow-billed Hornbill when you don't show up with an ant
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 2d
How to eat an ant properly
If you do not see the ant, well, you should be glad you have other things to eat.
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
📍Borena, Ethiopia
🪶 #birds #life #nature
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 2d
It's #Flyday already?
Oh well! One doesn't have to fly to spread one's wings, right?
Woodland Kingfisher spreads its wings to ... well, show off really.
📍Bahirdar, #Ethiopia
🪶 #birds #nature #wings #blue
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 11d
A life well lived.
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 12d
Could be either. The sexes are not dymorphic in this case.
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 12d
Ignore the matching feet and beak. Ignore the larger than life pose. Nothing extra ordinary there, anyone can do it. But the splash of dazzling velvet across the face ... that is what makes you a fashion icon.
African Pygmy Kingfisher
📍Bahirdar, Ethiopia
🪶 #nature #fashion #colors
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 13d
Nature's paintings
Nature does some of its best paintings on bugs
From left to right - clockwise
Bandit Shieldbug
Ladybird Bug
Picasso Bug
Jewel Bug

#Nature #Bugs #art
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 13d
Clip is from FRAproductions; link 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-q...
RIAT 2025 Highlights #1: Arrivals, Training, Air2Air: IL-78, JF-17, C-5, E-3F, U-2, C-17...
YouTube video by FRAproductions
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 13d
A new species of eagle, made of metal, has been documented for the first time.
Haliaeetus metallum
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Magnificent livery!
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 15d
No one guessed, but here is the answer any way.
Vulterine Guinefoul
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 16d
Feathers on Friday
Guess the bird
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 21d
Some rock formations from Borena, Ethiopia
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 23d
It's #Flyday folks!
So, here is an African Fish-Eagle flying away with the dismembered head of a catfish. Like most birds of prey, the African Fish-Eagle is a hunter. But it won't say no to a free meal. This particular head of a catfish was left over from the local fishermen.
📍Bahirdar, Ethiopia
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 25d
Yeah, that would have been my first choice - who doesn't want bigger prints! But it is a bit out of my budget as well. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience.
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 25d
I would love to hear your thoughts about the printer. Have been thinking of getting a good printer for a while now but I haven't gotten around to making it happen yet. Was considering the PRO-300 but this looks to be a newer version?
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · 27d
Ayaye!
Let's get them feet moving yal all!
The Konso have some nice groves. If I was a music producer, I would have signed these bunch in a heartbeat
Konso, Ethiopia
#music #art #africa #indigenous #dance
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 9
It's #Twosday, innit?
So, how about a faceoff between two bishops?
Yellow-crowned Bishop
🌍 Bahirdar, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
🪶 #birds #nature
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 7
Starlings on Sunday
Africa has some of the most colorful starlings in the world. From left to right
Golden-breasted Starling
Suberb Starling
White-crowned Starling (quite odd looking, more like a crow than a starling)
Violet-backed Starling
All photographed in Ethiopia
🪶 #birds #starlings #nature
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 5
When not in flight, those fiery red wing feathers are tucked away neatly.
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 5
It's #Flyday folks!
Ruspoli's Turaco in flight.
Borena, Ethiopia
🪶 #birds
A turaco in flight displaying it's fiery red outer feathers
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 4
The Tiny Cisticola is ... well, really tiny. One of those few cases where a bird's name actually describes it.
Borena, Ethiopia
🪶 #birds #ornithology
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Sep 3
That is a giant lion!
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Asrat @asratag.bsky.social · Aug 31
In a tiny corner of the world, residing in an area that's just 2400 km square, there lives a crow that is quite unlike any other.
Stresemann's Bushcrow.
Borena, Ethiopia
🪶 #birda
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