Near Lake Awassa, I saw a fairly small bird with a plain appearance on top of a flowering bush. I set the lens and took some pictures. The idenification was not that simple. It turned out to be a female of the Northern red bishop. As usual, it is the male who has given the name to this species. The breeding male is orange or reddish with a black forehead and a black belly. It is a fairly common weaver, widespread south of the Sahara and north of the equator. It is 13-15 cm long, subsists on seeds, grain and some insects and builds a spherical nest. A short 'tsip' is the most common sound.