Ghana
March 29 - April 7 2013
263 Species 136 Ticks.

Friday, 29 March 2013

Kakum (Main Gate)

Kakum

Cattle Egret, African Harrier-Hawk, Palm-nut Vulture, Black Kite, Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Yellowbill, Black Spinetail (1), Cassin's Spinetail, White-throated Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater (1), White-crested Hornbill, African Pied Hornbill, Brown-cheeked Hornbill, Black-casqued Hornbill, Yellow-casqued Hornbill (2), Naked-faced Barbet, Speckled Tinkerbird, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Yellow-footed Honeyguide (1), Little Green Woodpecker (1), Fire-bellied Woodpecker, Rufous-sided Broadbill (1), Chestnut Wattle-eye, Sabine’s Puffback, Blue Cuckoo-shrike, Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher, Shining Drongo (1), Velvet-mantled Drongo, Pied Crow, Tit-hylia (1), Slender-billed Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul (1), Red-tailed Greenbul (1), Western Bearded-Greenbul (1), Common Bulbul, Lemon-bellied Crombec (1), Grey Longbill (1), Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Wood Warbler (1), Rufous-crowned Eremomela (1), Green Hylia (1), Violet-backed Hyliota (2), Forest Robin (1), Chestnut-winged Starling, Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (2), Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (1), Buff-throated Sunbird (pair), Johanna's Sunbird (2), Gray's Malimbe, Red-headed Malimbe, Yellow-mantled Weaver, Maxwell's Black Weaver, Preuss's Weaver (2), White-breasted Negrofinch (1), Mona Monkey, Red-legged Sun Squirrel (1)

 Little Green Woodpecker Scorpion sp.KakumKakum Yellow-footed Honeyguide

Saturday, 30 March 2013

Kakum and surround (Antwikwa and Abrafo)

Little Egret, African Harrier-Hawk, Black Kite, Hooded Vulture, Congo Serpent-Eagle (1), Red-necked Buzzard (1), Rock Pratincole (pair and two juveniles), Laughing Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Klaas's Cuckoo, Long-tailed Nightjar (1), Black Spinetail, Cassin's Spinetail, Common Swift, Little Swift, African Palm-Swift, Woodland Kingfisher (1), White-throated Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater (1), White-headed Woodhoopoe (pair), African Pied Hornbill, Brown-cheeked Hornbill, Bristle-nosed Barbet (2), Naked-faced Barbet, Speckled Tinkerbird, Red-rumped Tinkerbird (1), Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (1), Hairy-breasted Barbet, Fire-bellied Woodpecker, Red-fronted Parrot, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Bioko Batis (1), Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike, Black-winged Oriole (1), Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher, Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher, Pied Crow, Barn Swallow, Ethiopian Swallow, White-throated Blue Swallow, Lesser Striped-Swallow, Preuss's Swallow, Forest Penduline-Tit (1), Tit-hylia (1), Slender-billed Greenbul, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (1), Little Greenbul (1), Common Bulbul, Yellow-browed Camaroptera (1), Rufous-crowned Eremomela (1), Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush (1), Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling, Little Green Sunbird (2), Collared Sunbird, Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (1), Johanna's Sunbird (1), Superb Sunbird, Red-vented Malimbe, Red-headed Malimbe, Vieillot's Weaver, Grey-headed Negrofinch, Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch, White-breasted Negrofinch, Black-and-white Mannikin


Long-tailed Nightjar


Sunday, 31 March 2013

Ghana

Kakum (Abrofo)
African Harrier-Hawk, Red-eyed Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (1), Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Western Plantain-eater, Great Spotted Cuckoo (1), Senegal Coucal (1), Little Swift, African Palm-Swift, African Pygmy-Kingfisher (1), White-throated Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater, Blue-throated Roller (1), Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (1), African Pied Hornbill, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (1), Buff-spotted Woodpecker (1), Grey Kestrel, Black-winged Oriole (1), Velvet-mantled Drongo, Pied Crow, Fanti Sawwing, Slender-billed Greenbul, Grey-headed Bristlebill (1), Swamp Greenbul, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Grey Longbill, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Whistling Cisticola (1), Spotted Flycatcher (1), Collared Sunbird (1), Copper Sunbird, Crested Malimbe, Black-necked Weaver, Bronze Mannikin, Black-and-white Mannikin

Cape Coast
Common Sandpiper
, Pied Kingfisher (1), Kestrel (1), African Pied Wagtail (1), Royal Tern, Caspian Tern


Nsutu/Sekondi
Tessmann's Flycatcher African Harrier-Hawk, Red-necked Buzzard (1), Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Yellowbill, Black-throated Coucal (1), Black-throated Coucal, Blue-throated Roller (1), African Pied Hornbill, Piping Hornb ill (2), African Piculet (1), Red-fronted Parrot, African Shrike-flycatcher (1), Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike, Slender-billed Greenbul, Little Grey Greenbul (1), Lemon-bellied Crombec (1), Grey Longbill (1), Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Tessmann's Flycatcher (1), Grey Tit-Flycatcher (1), Collared Sunbird

Other Birds at various stop-offs etc.
Cattle Egret, Hooded Vulture
, Common Fiscal, Barn Swallow, Black Kite

Monday, 1 April 2013

Ghana

Nsutu/Sekondi
Black-throated Coucal African Harrier-Hawk
, Red-necked Buzzard, Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Black Bee-eater (1), White-throated Bee-eater, Blue-throated Roller (1), Black-throated Coucal, Forest Woodhoopoe (1), Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (1), African Pied Hornbill, Speckled Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Parrot, Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Yellow-spotted Nicator (1), Square-tailed Sawwing, Golden Greenbul (1), Icterine Greenbul (1), Green Hylia, Ussher's Flycatcher, Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Collared Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird (1)

Ankasa
African Wood-Owl Hartlaub's Duck
(pair), Little Egret, Striated Heron, Spot-breasted Ibis (1), African Harrier-Hawk, Red-necked Buzzard, Grey-throated Rail (pair), African Wood-Owl (1), Shining-blue Kingfisher (1), White-bellied Kingfisher (pair), African Palm-Swift, White-throated Bee-eater, Black Dwarf Hornbill, African Pied Hornbill, Piping Hornbill (2), Brown-cheeked Hornbill, Collared Sunbird, Dwarf Crocodile, Nile Monitor
Ankasa 

Other Birds at various stop-offs etc.
Purple Heron
, Cattle Egret, Hooded Vulture, Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (1), African Jacana, Black Kite, African Palm-Swift, Common Fiscal, Pied Crow

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Ankasa


Striated Heron, Congo Serpent-Eagle, African Finfoot (pair), Black Crake (1), African Jacana, Great Blue Turaco, Yellow-billed Turaco (1), Brown Nightjar (1), Cassin's Spinetail, Swift, Little Swift, Shining-blue Kingfisher (1), Woodland Kingfisher, White-throated Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Black Dwarf Hornbill, African Pied Hornbill, Naked-faced Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Cassin's Honeyguide (1), Fire-crested Alethe (1), Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher, Slender-billed Greenbul, Swamp Greenbul, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (1), Icterine Greenbul (1), Blackcap Illadopsis (1), Rufous-winged Illadopsis (1), Puvel's Illadopsis (1), Pale-breasted Illadopsis (1), Brown Illadopsis (1), Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush (1), Collared Sunbird, Eastern Olive Sunbird (2), Tiny Sunbird, Red-vented Malimbe, Crested Malimbe, Red-fronted Antpecker, Red-legged Sun Squirrel (1)

Ankasa
Anksa

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Ghana

Ankasa
Crested Guineafowl
, Red-chested Owlet, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher (1), African Pied Hornbill, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher (pair), Square-tailed Sawwing, Green Hylia, Ussher's Flycatcher, Olive Sunbird, Superb Sunbird (1), Green Bush Squirrel (1)

Red-chested Owlet Red-chested Owlet

Other birds at various stop-offs etc.
Great Cormorant
(1), Grey Heron, Great Egret, Western Reef-Heron, Cattle Egret (ibis), Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Whimbrel, Red-eyed Dove, Western Plantain-eater, Red-chested Owlet, Common Swift, Little Swift, White-throated Bee-eater, African Pied Hornbill, Black-crowned Tchagra, Common Fiscal, Pied Crow, Barn Swallow, Lesser Striped-Swallow, Red-faced Cisticola (1), Siffling Cisticola, Collared Sunbird, African Pied Wagtail (1), Village Weaver, Compact Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Black-rumped Waxbill, Red-billed Firefinch, Bar-breasted Firefinch, Bronze Mannikin

Kakum (Kumata)
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (1)

  Fraser’s Eagle-Owl Fraser’s Eagle-Owl

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Picathartes Day!

Picathartes village

Kakum (Aboabo) 
African Harrier-Hawk, Black Goshawk (1), Black Kite, African Jacana, African Green-Pigeon, Yellowbill, Black-shouldered Nightjar (1), Cassin's Spinetail, Little Swift, African Palm-Swift, White-throated Bee-eater, White-headed Woodhoopoe (1), African Pied Hornbill, Naked-faced Barbet, Speckled Tinkerbird, Red-rumped Tinkerbird (1), African Piculet, Fire-bellied Woodpecker, Black-crowned Tchagra, Blue Cuckoo-shrike, Barn Swallow, Tit-hylia (1), Kemp's Longbill (1), Wood Warbler (1), Green Hylia, Ussher's Flycatcher, Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling, Collared Sunbird, Western Olive Sunbird, Superb Sunbird (1), Red-legged Sun Squirrel (1), Green Bush Squirrel (1)  

“Picathartes Site” 
Red-fronted Parrot, White-necked Rockfowl (4), Common Bulbul

PicathartesPicathartes

Other Birds at various stop-offs etc.
Senegal Coucal (Black Morph), Common Swift, Common Fiscal, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (1), Village Weaver 

Friday, 5 April 2013

Ghana

Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary
Bobiri Butterfly SanctuaryAfrican Harrier-Hawk
, Afep Pigeon (pair), Red-eyed Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Akun Eagle-Owl (1), Brown Nightjar (1), Forest Woodhoopoe (2), Black Dwarf Hornbill (2), African Pied Hornbill, Naked-faced Barbet, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike (female), Blue Cuckoo-shrike, Dusky Tit (1), Slender-billed Greenbul, Common Bulbul, Wood Warbler (1), Olive-green Camaroptera (1), Ussher's Flycatcher, Copper-tailed Glossy-Starling, Collared Sunbird, Western Olive Sunbird, Gray's Malimbe, Maxwell's Black Weaver, Preuss's Weaver (2), Black-and-white Mannikin, Magpie Mannikin, Fire-footed Rope Squirrel (1), Pel’s Flying Squirrel (1)

False Tiger-moth ButterflyButterfly sp.Butterfly sp.Butterflies.


Atewa
African Harrier-Hawk
, Black Kite, African Green-Pigeon, Klaas's Cuckoo, White-throated Bee-eater, Vieillot's Barbet (2), Pied Crow, Common Bulbul, Buff-throated Sunbird, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (1), Black-necked Weaver, Vieillot's Weaver, Village Weaver, Maxwell's Black Weaver

Atewa

Other Birds at various stop-offs etc.
Cattle Egret, Hooded Vulture, Common Swift, Little Swift, African Palm-Swift, African Pied Hornbill, Common Fiscal, Barn Swallow, Common Bulbul


Saturday, 6 April 2013

Atewea

Cattle Egret, African Harrier-Hawk, Black Kite, Red-eyed Dove, Tambourine Dove, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Black Bee-eater, White-throated Bee-eater, Many-colored Bushshrike, Shining Drongo, Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher, Pied Crow, Forest Penduline Tit (1), Honeyguide Greenbul (1), Common Bulbul, Green Crombec (1), Wood Warbler (1), Sharpe's Apalis (1), Yellow-browed Camaroptera (1), Green Hylia, African Forest-Flycatcher (4), Ussher's Flycatcher, Little Flycatcher (pair), Fire-crested Alethe (2 adullts + 2 juveniles), Forest Scrub-Robin (1), Chestnut-winged Starling, Collared Sunbird, Buff-throated Sunbird, Maxwell's Black Weaver, Grey-headed Negrofinch, Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch, White-breasted Negrofinch

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Shai Hills

Orchid sp.Helmeted Guineafowl, Double-spurred Francolin, Stone Partridge (1), African Harrier-Hawk, African Cuckoo-Hawk (1), Bateleur (1), Lizard Buzzard (1), Black Goshawk (1), Black Kite, Red-necked Buzzard (1), Wattled Lapwing (1), African Jacana, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove (2), African Green-Pigeon, Violet Turaco (3), Western Plantain-eater, Levaillant's Cuckoo (2), Mottled Spinetail (1), Common Swift, African Palm-Swift, African Pygmy-Kingfisher, Grey-headed Kingfisher (1), White-throated Bee-eater, Rufous-crowned Roller (1), Blue-bellied Roller (2), Broad-billed Roller, Green Woodhoopoe (1), African Pied Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Naked-faced Barbet, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (1), Lesser Honeyguide (1), African Hobby (1), Lanner Falcon (1), Ring-necked Parakeet, Red-headed Lovebird (2), Senegal Parrot, Brown-throated Wattle-eye (2), Senegal Batis (1), White Helmetshrike, Northern Puffback (female), Black-crowned Tchagra, Common Gonolek, Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike (male), Yellow-billed Shrike, Fork-tailed Drongo, Piapiac, Pied Crow, Mosque Swallow (1), White-shouldered Black-Tit (1), Common Bulbul, Northern Crombec (1), Green-backed Camaroptera, Croaking Cisticola, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Red-winged Prinia (2), Senegal Eremomela, Blackcap Babbler, Brown Babbler, Spotted Flycatcher (1), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Mocking Cliff-Chat (3), African Thrush, Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (1), Splendid Glossy-Starling, Splendid Sunbird (1), Tree Pipit (1), Plain-backed Pipit (1), Yellow-fronted Canary (1), Pin-tailed Whydah (1), Northern Red-billed  Hornbill (1), Yellow-throated Leaf-love (2), Vitelline Masked-Weaver (2), Serval, Olive Baboon, Buffon’s Kob

Stone PartridgeAfrican Cuckoo-hawk Buffon's KobShai Hills