The escarpment edge is near the town of Lemi which is 2660 meters above sea level. Look down onto rocky cliffs and small agricultural terraces from the road above at the crack of dawn to see rangerestricted francolins, Erckel's Francolins, Red-winged and White-billed Starlings, Mocking Cliff Chat, Abyssinian Wheatear, White-winged Cliff Chat, Black-crowned Tchagra and more Ruppel's Black Chat, Harwood's Francolin hidden on top of small tussocks that sheltered their roosting crevices along the cliff. At the lower parts of the escarpment you will see more birds like Hemprich's Hornbill, Yellow - mantled and Red-collared Widowbirds, Cut-throat Finch, Village Indigobird, few more Ortolan Bunting, Ethiopian Boubou Eurasian Wryneck, and Fox Kestrel.

After a 1200 meter drop, the escarpment gives way to large fields of sorghum and maize a type used to make popcorn in Ethiopia interspersed by narrow belts of natural habitat, on the plains along the Jemma River 1300 meters above sea level. Harwood's Francolin live among these fields but are very difficult to find. Others seen here include, Black-winged Bishop, Namaqua Dove, single Tambourine Dove, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Bush Petronia, Masked Shrike, and Reichenow's Seedeater.

A small trail leads west (left) from the bridge on the south side of the stream. After walking a short distance on this trail, climb down some steps to the sandy and cobble-stoned river bed, which is walkable even though there is quite a bit of water braiding through it. This walk is swarmed with birds like Black-billed Barbet, Pin-tailed Whydah, Red-billed Quelea, Northern Black Flycatcher, Familiar Chat, Emerald and Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Malachite Kingfisher, Common Redstart, Blackcap, Northern Crombec, Barka Indigobird (identified by sight and sound), Speckle-fronted Weaver, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow-rumped Seedeater, Three-banded Plover, Crimson-rumped Firefinch and Little Rock Thrush.