Birds
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Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
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Splendid Glossy Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
Golden Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
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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
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Western Gray Plantain-Eater
Crinifer piscator
Goldent Tulip hotel grounds, Accra
Ghana
14 March 2006
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Orange Weavers
Ploceus aurantius
(starting a new nest)
Pompo Dam (near Cape Coast)
Ghana
16 March 2006
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Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorants
Phalacrocorax africanus
Pompo Dam
Ghana
16 March 2006
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Western Reef Egret
(dark morph)
Egretta [garzetta] gularis
Densu Delta
Ghana
16 March 2006
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Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Kakum NP headquarters
Ghana
17 March 2006
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Black Bee-Eater
Merops gularis
Aboabo area near Kakum NP
Ghana
18 March 2006
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Pin-tailed Whydahs
Vidua macroura
Kakum NP headquarters
Ghana
19 March 2006
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Malachite Kingfisher
Alcedo cristata
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006
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Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006
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African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Hans Cottage Botel
Ghana
20 March 2006
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Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus [migrans] aegyptius
[some consider to be a race of Black Kite]
St. George Castle, Elmina
Ghana
20 March 2006
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Yellow-mantled Weaver
Ploceus tricolor
Kakum NP canopy walkway
Ghana
21 March 2006
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Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
on the road from Cape Coast to Kumasi
Ghana
22 March 2006
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Lavender Waxbill
Estrilda caerulescens
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
23 March 2006
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Bronze Mannikin
Lonchura cucullata
Mole Motel overlook, Mole NP
Ghana
23 March 2006
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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
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Senegal Batis
Batis senegalensis
Mole Motel overlook
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
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Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
Mole Motel overlook
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
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Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Mole Motel overlook,
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
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Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Mole National Park
Ghana
24 March 2006
[elephant in background]
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Bristle-nosed Barbets
(at a nest tree)
Gymnobucco peli
Atewa Forest
Ghana
28 March 2006
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Mammals
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Straw-colored Fruit Bat
Eidolon Helvum
Accra, Ghana
16 March 2006
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Vervet Monkey
Cercopithecus [mona]sabaeus
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
23 March 2006
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African Elephants
Loxodonta Africana
Mole National Park, Ghana
24 March 2006
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Olive Baboon
Papio papio
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
25 March 2006
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Patas Monkey
Erythrocebus patas
Mole Motel, Mole National Park, Ghana
25 March 2006
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Reptiles
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Rock [Red-headed] Agama
Golden Tulip Hotel grounds, Accra, Ghana
15 March 2006
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Green Bush Viper
Kakum National Park, trail to canopy walk, Ghana
17 March 2006
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Nile Crocodile
Hans Cottage Botel pool, Ghana
20 March 2006
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| Butterflies |
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Shai Hills, Ghana
15 March 2006
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Kakum National Park; canopy walkway trail
17 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail -
wings open & folded
28 March 2006 |
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Atewa Forest trail
28 March 2006
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Sundry Other
Invertebrates
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Millipede
Aboabo area, Kakum National Park, Ghana
18 March 2006
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Gaudy grasshopper
Atewa Forest, Ghana
28 March 2006
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Damselfly unident
Atewa Forest, Ghana
28 March 2006
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| Total
Solar Eclipse |
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Accra, Ghana
29 March 2006
(Totality 3 1/2 minutes)
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