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Photos by Trip: Ghana (March 2006)

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Birds

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006

Splendid Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
Brown Babbler
Turdoides plebejus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
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Green Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
Western Gray Plantain-Eater
Crinifer piscator
Goldent Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
Orange Weavers
Ploceus aurantius
(starting a new nest)
Pompo Dam (near Cape Coast)
Ghana
16 March 2006
Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorants
Phalacrocorax africanus
Pompo Dam
Ghana
16 March 2006
Western Reef Egret
(dark morph)
Egretta [garzetta] gularis
Densu Delta
Ghana
16 March 2006
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Kakum NP headquarters
Ghana
17 March 2006
Black Bee-Eater
Merops gularis
Aboabo area near Kakum NP
Ghana
18 March 2006
Pin-tailed Whydahs
Vidua macroura
Kakum NP headquarters
Ghana
19 March 2006
Malachite Kingfisher
Alcedo cristata
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006

Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006

African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006
Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus [migrans] aegyptius
[some consider to be a race of Black Kite]
St. George Castle, Elmina
Ghana
20 March 2006
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Ploceus tricolor
Kakum NP canopy walkway
Ghana
21 March 2006
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
on the road from Cape Coast to Kumasi
Ghana
22 March 2006
Lavender Waxbill
Estrilda caerulescens
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
23 March 2006
Bronze Mannikin
Lonchura cucullata
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
23 March 2006

Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
24 March 2006

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African Gray Hornbill
Tockus nasutus
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
24 March 2006
Senegal Batis
Batis senegalensis
Mole Motel overlook
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
Mole Motel overlook
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Mole Motel overlook,
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
[elephant in background]
Bristle-nosed Barbets
(at a nest tree)
Gymnobucco peli
Atewa Forest
Ghana
28 March 2006

Mammals

Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Eidolon Helvum
Accra, Ghana
16 March 2006
Vervet Monkey
Cercopithecus [mona]sabaeus
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
23 March 2006
African Elephants
Loxodonta Africana
Mole National Park, Ghana
24 March 2006
Olive Baboon
Papio papio
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
25 March 2006
Patas Monkey
Erythrocebus patas
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
25 March 2006

Reptiles

Rock [Red-headed] Agama
Golden Tulip Hotel grounds, Accra, Ghana
15 March 2006
Green Bush Viper
Kakum National Park, trail to canopy walk, Ghana
17 March 2006
Nile Crocodile
Hans Cottage Botel pool, Ghana
20 March 2006
Butterflies
Shai Hills, Ghana
15 March 2006
Kakum National Park; canopy walkway trail
17 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail - wings open & folded
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006

Sundry Other Invertebrates

Millipede
Aboabo area, Kakum National Park, Ghana
18 March 2006

Gaudy grasshopper
Atewa Forest, Ghana
28 March 2006
Damselfly unident
Atewa Forest, Ghana
28 March 2006
Total Solar Eclipse

Accra, Ghana
29 March 2006

(Totality 3 1/2 minutes)