I'm not long back from 15 days spent in Ghana hence the lack of blog posts for the last while. I went with Ashanti African Tours and had a very enjoyable trip. Photographic opportunities were somewhat limited compared to some of my previous foreign trips especially compared to my American trips. Most species in Ghana were a little more difficult to approach and trying to see forest species in particular proved extremely challenging never mind trying to photograph them! I don't think I've ever had such a high proportion of "heard-only" encounters before on a birding trip. Despite having an extremely sharp and hard-working local guide - Victor Owusu a lot of species wouldn't play ball even with playback.
We arrived on the evening of the 5th March. The first bird of the trip the following morning was unsurprisingly Pied Crow followed shortly afterwards by the first lifer - Bar-breasted Firefinch. Our first site of the day was Shai Hills Resource Reserve where we had our only Mocking Cliff Chats of the trip. Later on we visited Sukomona Lagoon and Winneba Bay and Plains.
We arrived on the evening of the 5th March. The first bird of the trip the following morning was unsurprisingly Pied Crow followed shortly afterwards by the first lifer - Bar-breasted Firefinch. Our first site of the day was Shai Hills Resource Reserve where we had our only Mocking Cliff Chats of the trip. Later on we visited Sukomona Lagoon and Winneba Bay and Plains.
 |
| Senegal Coucal |
 |
| African Grey Hornbill |
 |
| Veillot's Barbet |
 |
| Olive Baboon |
 |
| Olive Baboon |
 |
| Olive Baboon |
 |
| Millipede |
 |
| Shai Hills Resource Reserve |
 |
| Depressingly common sight in Ghana. |
 |
| Add caption |
 |
| Street vendors |
 |
| Roadside market |
 |
| Roadside Water Melon and Pineapple stall. |
 |
| Drying fish by Winneba Lagoon. |
No comments:
Post a Comment