As a birder from North America, I understood, and happily anticipated, that a trip to Africa would result in a trip bird list composed almost entirely of lifers (birds that I had never seen before). The fact that I had no experience with Africa, led to the decision to use a budget bird guide, and this is quite the opposite from my normal mode of solo and family travel throughout the Americas. I was really glad that I did get a guide, which came with an expert driver. I had honed in on Ghana as my Africa destination for several reasons. Ghana is a stable free democracy and the people are very friendly. Further, the ecology is tropical, which just happens to be to my liking. Additionally, the country has a very Christian flavor, which may not appeal to some, but which made me very happy. Every taxi, bus, and business seems to have a 'God is Love' label or scripture reference painted on its front, and the accompanying atmosphere in towns is peaceful, while also full of the bustle of life. In fact, I would like to thank the Lord for the happy and safe experience my wife and I had in Ghana, and we were blessed with the people we met on a much needed vacation.
We were expecting the main language to be English, but upon arrival found that the average person in Ghana seems to speak Twi language, not understood by us. Not to worry, our guides and many other persons in Ghana do speak English as a second language. Many people walk for transport in Ghana, and roadside and market life was exciting. A large percentage of persons were dressed in the most colorful garb, the bright cloth patterns contrasting with one another. Mothers carried babies strapped to their backs firmly with a cloth strap, and slightly older children often waved at us in rural settings. Rural communities pumped water by hand, carried many items of daily life on their heads, and often cooked and even occasionally bathed in open-air situations. It was very vibrant.
Anyhow, let me get back to birding. I chose Kwame Brown(kbirdcisticola@gmail.com) as the expert bird guide. He was at the top of the list on ebird for number of species observed in Ghana. Kwame was a great guide for a number of reasons. First, he offered a cheaper price than another well known tour company in the country. His price was $173 US Dollars/day per person. He was much more responsive and flexible to our needs, as we were a small group - it was only my wife and I. I realized upon arrival that Kwame has his trip plan honed extremely well from much experience guiding, and the budget deal included all delicious meals, SUV transportation, and accommodation at decent hotels close to birding areas. He was a master of recorded playback of bird songs, which of course is controversial in birding circles, but did work well. Further, he knew the birds extremely thoroughly, picking up on noises and songs. He was also always knowing what distant flutters were when asked. It was easy to see that he was an excited birder, just like the rest of us, but his domain, the country of Ghana itself, is very well known to him. Also, Kwame was friends with all the people at the gates of the various reserves, and got us in earlier and with better ease than we could ever have done on our own. We managed to see almost every species on the final list up close and well. For me, 362 birds was quite a number to end up with, but he says that, during migration or shorebird season, over 400 is a common number.
He took us first just outside Accra to the Shai Hills reserve (which was better and more interesting than I had imagined), and then to Sakumono Lagoon near Accra, which featured a number of unique marsh birds. Then we headed west of Accra to Kakum National Park. Kakum has a canopy walkway with six separate stable platforms for canopy birding. We enjoyed this very much, and saw a number of canopy birds up close. Then, we birded second growth and farming areas on the outskirts of Kakum National Park, and even went to a reservoir for African Finfoot. We stopped at the Pra River for Rock Pratincole and White-throated Blue Swallow. Later, we headed further west towards Ankasa National Park, stopping at a beach road for some interesting species, and at a pond or two. Ankasa was the wettest of the areas birded, and it rained a bit at times, but we were not overly inconvenienced by weather, despite it being wetter than some times of year. In fact, since it was the off-season in late June, we were more welcome at venues than usual I think. After Ankasa National Park, we headed north up to Bonkro Village, which has a community-maintained patch of forest. This forest hosts White-necked Rockfowl, a bird seemingly always at the nest site. After Bonkro Village, we headed further north to a special location on the White Volta for Egyptian Plover, and then on to the very interesting Mole National Park. Mole was great, with its own suite of birds, and a lot of different kinds of large African animals. Finally, we made the trip back to Accra, stopping for a couple days at a monkey forest, Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, and at Atewa forest.
For entry into Ghana it was necessary to get a Yellow Fever Vaccination, which we got at Penn Travel Medicine in Radnor, PA. We applied for our Ghana tourist visa through CIBT Visas (cibtvisas.com). We had to fill out a few pages of information and send those along with our passports, which they returned to us with the new tourist visa stamped inside our passports.
Quite a few interesting types of animals were encountered, including: Banded Mongoose, Slender Mongoose, Olive Baboon, Civet Cat, Genet Cat, Green Mamba, African Python (15 feet long), Agama Lizard, Savannah Turtle, Elephant, Kob Antelope, Bushbuck, Waterbuck, Black Duiker, Warthog, Mona Monkey, Green Monkey, Patas Monkey, Spot-nosed Monkey, Black-and-white Colobus, Straw-colored Fruit Bat, Hammer-headed Bat, Striped Grass Mouse (dead), Sun Squirrel, Striped Ground Squirrel, Slender-nosed Crocodile, Nile Crocodile, Water Buffalo, African Dung Beetle (in action), geckos and innumerable beautiful butterflies.
Many of the birds seen were encountered regularly at most of the sites, or at least seen more than once. However, I only include here the best sighting of each species, with its location and date.
1 White-faced Whistling Duck Mole NP 6/30/19
2 African Pygmy-Goose pond between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
3 Helmeted Guineafowl Mole NP 6/30/19
4 Stone Partridge Mole NP 6/30/19
5 Double-spurred Francolin Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
6 Ahanta Francolin Ankasa entrance path 6/26/19 (heard well and close)
7 White-throated Francolin Mole NP 6/30/19
8 Latham’s Francolin Ankasa NP 6/25/19 (heard well and close)
9 Little Grebe between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
10 Rock Pigeon Erata Hotel, Accra 7/4/19
11 Speckled Pigeon White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
12 Bronze-naped Pigeon Bobiri Butterfly Santuary 7/2/19 (heard well and close)
13 Mourning Collared-Dove White Volta (Egyptain Plover site) 6/28/19
14 Red-eyed Dove Shai Hills 6/20/19
15 Vinaceous Dove Shai Hills 6/20/19
16 Laughing Dove Mole NP 7/1/19
17 Black-billed Wood-Dove Mole NP 6/29/19
18 Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
19 Tambourine Dove Shai Hills 6/20/19
20 Blue-headed Wood-Dove Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
21 Bruce’s Green-Pigeon Mole NP 6/29/19
22 African Green-Pigeon Atewa forest 7/3/19
23 Great Blue Turaco Ankasa NP 6/26/19
24 Guinea Turaco Brenu Beach Road 6/23/19
25 Yellow-billed Turaco Nsuta forest 6/23/19
26 Violet Turaco Mole NP 6/29/19
27 Western Plantain-eater Shai Hills 6/20/19
28 Black-throated Coucal Nsuta forest 6/23/19
29 Senegal Coucal Shai Hills 6/20/19
30 Blue-headed Coucal Sushen forest 6/22/19
31 Black Coucal while driving from Ankasa to Bonkro 6/27/19
32 Blue Malkoha Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
33 Great Spotted Cuckoo Brenu Beach Road 6/23/19
34 Levaillant’s Cuckoo Shai Hills 6/20/19
35 Pied Cuckoo Mole NP 6/30/19
36 Dideric Cuckoo Shai Hills 6/20/19
37 Klaas’s Cuckoo Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
38 African Emerald Cuckoo Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
39 Black Cuckoo Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
40 Red-chested Cuckoo Mole NP 6/29/19
41 African Cuckoo Mole NP 6/30/19 (fly by)
42 Long-tailed Nightjar Brenu Beach Road 6/23/19
43 Mottled Spinetail Sushen forest 6/22/19
44 Black Spinetail Kakum NP 6/21/19
45 Cassin’s Spinetail Kakum NP 6/21/19
46 Common Swift Sushen forest 6/22/19
47 Little Swift Hans Cottage Botel 6/21/19
48 White-rumped Swift Mole NP 6/30/19
49 African Palm Swift enroute to Shai Hills 6/20/19
50 Gray-throated Rail Ankasa NP 6/25/19 (heard well and close)
51 White-spotted Flufftail Opuro forest 6/28/19
52 Eurasian Moorhen pond between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
53 Allen’s Gallinule pond between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
54 African Swamphen Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
55 Black Crake pond between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
56 African Finfoot Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
57 Senegal Thick-knee Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
58 Spotted Thick-knee Mole NP 6/29/19
59 Egyptian Plover White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
60 Black-winged Stilt Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
61 Spur-winged Lapwing Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
62 Wattled Lapwing Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
63 Forbes’s Plover Mole NP 6/29/19
64 African Jacana Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
65 Collared Pratincole Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
66 Rock Pratincole Pra River 6/23/19
67 Little Tern Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
68 Woolly-necked Stork Mole NP 6/30/19
69 Long-tailed Cormorant Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
70 Hamerkop drive from White Volta to Mole NP 6/28/19
71 Little Bittern Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
72 Gray Heron Mole NP 6/30/19
73 Black-headed Heron White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
74 Purple Heron Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
75 Great Egret Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
76 Intermediate Egret Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
77 Little Egret Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
78 Western Reef-Heron driving from D/N Hotel to Ankasa 6/24/19
79 Black Heron Accra 7/3/19
80 Cattle Egret Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
81 Squacco Heron Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
82 Striated Heron Mole NP 6/29/19
83 Black-crowned Night Heron Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
84 Hadada Ibis Mole NP 6/29/19
85 Black-winged Kite Accra outskirts 6/20/19
86 African Harrier-Hawk Kakum NP 6/21/19
87 Palm-nut Vulture Mole NP 6/29/19
88 European Honey-buzzard Shai Hills 6/20/19
89 African Cuckoo-Hawk Brimso Water Works 6/22/19
90 Hooded Vulture Mole NP 6/29/19
91 White-backed Vulture Mole NP 6/30/19
92 Bateleur Mole NP 6/29/19
93 Congo Serpent-Eagle Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
94 Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
95 Long-crested Eagle driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
96 Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle Atewa forest 7/3/19
97 African Hawk-Eagle on road to White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
98 Lizard Buzzard Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
99 Dark Chanting-Goshawk driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
100 Gabar Goshawk on road to White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
101 Grasshopper Buzzard enroute to White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
102 Red-chested Goshawk driving to Bonkro 6/27/19
103 Shikra Mole NP 6/29/19 (brief glimpse)
104 Black Kite enroute to Kakum NP 6/21/19
105 Red-necked Buzzard Shai Hills 6/20/19
106 Pearl-spotted Owlet Kakum NP 6/29/19
107 African Wood-Owl Ankasa NP 6/26/19 (heard well and close)
108 Narina Trogon Mole NP 6/29/19
109 Green Woodhoopoe Mole NP 6/29/19
110 Black Scimitarbill Mole NP 6/29/19
111 Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Mole NP 6/30/19
112 Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Ankasa NP 6/25/19
113 African Pied Hornbill Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
114 African Gray Hornbill Mole NP 6/29/19
115 Northern Red-billed Hornbill Mole NP 6/30/19
116 White-crested Hornbill Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
117 Brown-cheeked Hornbill Kakum NP 6/21/19
118 Piping Hornbill Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
119 Malachite Kingfisher Mole NP 6/30/19
120 White-bellied Kingfisher Ankasa NP 6/24/19
121 African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ankasa NP 6/26/19
122 African Dwarf Kingfisher Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
123 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Nsuta forest 6/24/19
124 Gray-headed Kingfisher Mole NP 6/29/19
125 Woodland Kingfisher Mole NP 6/30/19
126 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Ankasa NP 6/26/19
127 Giant Kingfisher Han Cottage Botel 6/21/19
128 Pied Kingfisher pond on drive to Bonkro 6/27/19
129 Black Bee-eater Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
130 Red-throated Bee-eater Mole NP 6/29/19
131 Little Bee-eater Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
132 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Shai Hills 6/20/19
133 White-throated Bee-eater Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
134 Green Bee-eater Shai Hills 6/20/19
135 Rufous-crowned Roller driving to Kumasi 7/1/19
136 Blue-bellied Roller driving from Kumasi to White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
137 Broad-billed Roller Mole NP 6/29/19
138 Blue-throated Roller Kakum NP 6/21/19
139 Yellow-billed Barbet Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
140 Bristle-nosed Barbet Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
141 Naked-faced Barbet Sushen forest 6/23/19
142 Speckled Tinkerbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
143 Red-rumped Tinkerbird Sushen forest 6/23/19
144 Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Sushen forest 6/23/19
145 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
146 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
147 Yellow-spotted Barbet Kakum NP 6/21/19
148 Hairy-breasted Barbet Kakum NP 6/21/19
149 Vieillot’s Barbet Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
150 Double-toothed Barbet Opuro forest 6/28/19
151 Bearded Barbet Mole NP 6/30/19
152 Cassin’s Honeyguide Sushen forest 6/22/19
153 Willcock’s Honeyguide Nsuta forest 6/24/19
154 Lesser Honeyguide Shai Hills 6/20/19
155 Greater Honeyguide Mole NP 6/29/19
156 Melancholy Woodpecker Sushen forest 6/22/19
157 Cardinal Woodpecker Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
158 Fire-bellied Woodpecker Kakum NP 6/21/19
159 Buff-spotted Woodpecker Opuro forest 6/28/19
160 Fine-spotted Woodpecker Mole NP 6/29/19
161 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Mole NP 6/30/19
162 Eurasian Kestrel driving north towards Bonkro 6/27/19
163 Gray Kestrel Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
164 African Hobby Opuro forest 6/28/19
165 Lanner Falcon drive from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
166 Rose-ringed Parakeet Mole NP 6/29/19
167 Red-headed Lovebird Mole NP 6/30/19
168 Red-fronted Parrot Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
169 Senegal Parrot Mole NP 6/29/19
170 Rufous-sided Broadbill Ankasa NP 6/24/19
171 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Shai Hills 6/20/19
172 Red-cheeked wattle-eye Sushen forest 6/23/19
173 Senegal Batis Mole NP 6/29/19
174 White Helmetshrike Mole NP 6/29/19
175 Red-billed Helmetshrike Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
176 Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
177 Brubru Mole NP 6/29/19
178 Northern Puffback Mole NP 6/30/19
179 Sabine’s Puffback Opuro forest 6/28/19
180 Marsh Tchagra Brenu Beach Road 6/23/19
181 Black-crowned Tchagra Sushen forest 6/22/19
182 Brown-crowned Tchagra Opuro forest 6/28/19
183 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Brenu Beach Road 6/23/19
184 Lowland Sooty Boubou Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
185 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Mole NP 6/29/19
186 White-breasted Cuckooshrike driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
187 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Shai Hills 6/20/19
188 Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Sushen forest 6/23/19
189 Blue Cuckooshrike Kakum NP 6/21/19
190 Northern Fiscal driving to Bobiri 7/2/19
191 Yellow-billed Shrike Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
192 Western Black-headed Oriole Ankasa NP 6/25/19
193 Black-winged Oriole Sushen forest 6/22/19
194 Shining Drongo Ankasa NP 6/25/19
195 Fork-tailed Drongo Shai Hills 6/20/19
196 Velvet-mantled Drongo Kakum NP 6/21/19
197 Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher Atewa forest 7/3/19
198 Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Ankasa NP 6/25/19
199 African Paradise-Flycatcher Mole NP 6/29/19
200 Piapiac enroute to Shai Hills 6/20/19
201 Pied Crow enroute to Shai Hills 6/20/19
202 White-necked Rockfowl Bonkro forest 6/27/19
203 Western Nicator Kakum NP 6/21/19
204 Flappet Lark Shai Hills 6/20/19
205 Sun Lark Mole NP 6/29/19
206 Red-chested Swallow White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
207 Ethiopian Swallow Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
208 White-throated Blue Swallow Pra River at Twifo Praso 6/23/19
209 Wire-tailed Swallow Mole NP 6/30/19
210 Pied-winged Swallow Mole NP 6/30/19
211 Red-rumped Swallow White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
212 Lesser-striped Swallow Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
213 Rufous-chested Swallow Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
214 Mosque Swallow near Kakum NP 6/21/19
215 Preuss’s Swallow Kakum NP 6/21/19
216 Square-tailed Sawwing Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
217 Fanti Sawwing Mole NP 6/29/19
218 African Blue Flycatcher Mole NP 6/29/19
219 White-shouldered Black-Tit Mole NP 6/29/19
220 Forest Penduline-Tit Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
221 Slender-billed Greenbul Kakum NP 6/21/19
222 Golden Greenbul Kakum NP 6/21/19
223 Red-tailed Bristlebill Ankasa NP 6/26/19
224 Gray-headed Bristlebill Nsuta forest 6/23/19
225 Honeyguide Greenbul Kakum NP 6/21/19
226 Spotted Greenbul Kakum NP 6/21/19
227 Swamp Greenbul Sushen forest 6/22/19
228 Red-tailed Greenbul Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
229 Western Bearded-Greenbul Ankasa NP 6/24/19
230 Gray Greenbul Sushen forest 6/22/19
231 Plain Greenbul Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
232 Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Kakum NP 6/21/19
233 Little Greenbul Sushen forest 6/22/19
234 Leaf-love Sushen forest 6/22/19
235 Icterine Greenbul between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
236 White-throated Greenbul Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19 (heard well and close)
237 Common Bulbul Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
238 Green Crombec Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
239 Lemon-bellied Crombec Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19 (and Kakum NP 6/21/19)
240 Northern Crombec Mole NP 6/30/19
241 Moustached Grass-Warbler Mole NP 6/29/19
242 Gray Longbill Sushen forest 6/22/19
243 Green Hylia Sushen forest 6/22/19
244 Tit-hylia Nsuta forest 6/23/19
245 Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Kakum NP 6/21/19
246 Greater Swamp Warbler Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
247 Senegal Eremomela Mole NP 6/29/19
248 Rufous-crowned Eremomela Kakum NP 6/21/19
249 Green-backed Camaroptera Shai Hills 6/20/19
250 Yellow-browed Camaroptera Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
251 Olive-green Camaroptera Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
252 Black-capped Apalis Sushen forest 6/22/19
253 Yellow-breasted Apalis Mole NP 6/29/19
254 Sharpe’s Apalis Kakum NP 6/21/19
255 Tawny-flanked Prinia Mole MP 6/30/19
256 Red-winged Prinia Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
257 Oriole Warbler Shai Hills 6/20/19
258 Red-faced Cisticola Opuro forest 6/28/19
259 Singing Cisticola Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
260 Whistling Cisticola Sushen forest 6/22/19
261 Winding Cisticola Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
262 Croaking Cisticola Shai Hills 6/20/19
263 Siffling Cisticola Shai Hills 6/20/19
264 Rufous Cisticola Mole NP 6/29/19
265 Zitting Cisticola Shai Hills 6/20/19
266 African Yellow White-eye Atewa forest 7/3/19
267 Pale-breasted Illadopsis Ankasa NP 6/26/19 (heard only)
268 Blackcap Illadopsis Ankasa NP 6/26/19
269 Puvel’s Illadopsis Opuro forest 6/28/19
270 Black-capped Babbler Mole NP 6/29/19
271 Brown Babbler Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
272 Violet-backed Hyliota Kakum NP 6/21/19
273 Swamp Flycatcher Mole NP 6/29/19
274 Cassin’s Flycatcher Nsuta forest 6/24/19
275 Ussher’s Flycatcher Kakum NP 6/21/19
276 Dusky-blue Flycatcher on wire near Kakum NP 6/21/19
277 Pale Flycatcher Mole NP 6/29/19
278 White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Ankasa NP 6/26/19
279 African Forest-Flycatcher Kakum NP 6/21/19
280 Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher Atewa forest 7/3/19
281 Gray Tit-Flycatcher Mole NP 6/30/19
282 Northern Black-Flycatcher Mole NP 6/30/19
283 Fire-crested (White-tailed) Alethe Atewa forest 7/3/19
284 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Shai Hills 6/20/19
285 White-crowned Robin-Chat Mole NP 6/29/19
286 Forest Robin Ankasa NP 6/26/19
287 Mocking Cliff-Chat Shai Hills 6/20/19
288 Familiar Chat Mole NP 6/29/19
289 Finsch’s Flycatcher-Thrush Kakum NP 6/21/19
290 White-tailed Ant-Thrush Ankasa NP 6/26/19
291 African Thrush Mole NP 6/29/19
292 Violet-backed Starling Mole NP 6/29/19
293 Chestnut-winged Starling Kakum NP 6/21/19
294 Narrow-tailed Starling Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19 (heard only)
295 Copper-tailed Starling Ankasa NP 6/26/19
296 Long-tailed Glossy Starling Mole NP 6/29/19
297 Splendid Starling Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
298 Purple Starling Opuro forest 6/28/19
299 Bronze-tailed Starling Opuro forest 6/28/19
300 Yellow-billed Oxpecker driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19 (on a goat)
301 Fraser’s Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
302 Little Green Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
303 Green Sunbird Ankasa NP entrance trail 6/26/19
304 Collared Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
305 Green-headed Sunbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
306 Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
307 Olive Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
308 Buff-throated Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
309 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Mole NP 6/29/19
310 Olive-bellied Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
311 Beautiful Sunbird Mole NP 6/30/19
312 Splendid Sunbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
313 Johanna’s Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
314 Superb Sunbird Kakum NP 6/21/19
315 Variable Sunbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
316 Copper Sunbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
317 African Pied Wagtail Kakum NP 6/21/19
318 Plain-backed Pipit Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
319 Yellow-fronted Canary Mole NP 7/1/19
320 Northern Gray-headed Sparrow enroute to Shai Hills 6/20/19
321 Red-vented Malimbe Nsuta forest 6/23/19
322 Blue-billed Malimbe Nsuta forest 6/23/19
323 Crested Malimbe Nsuta forest 6/23/19
324 Red-headed Malimbe Kakum NP 6/21/19
325 Red-headed Weaver Mole NP 6/30/19
326 Little Weaver Mole NP 6/29/19
327 Slender-billed Weaver White Volta (Egyptian Plover site) 6/28/19
328 Black-necked Weaver Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
329 Orange Weaver Brimso Waterworks 6/22/19
330 Vitelline Masked-Weaver driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
331 Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver Mole NP 6/29/19
332 Vieillot’s Weaver Kakum NP 6/21/19
333 Village Weaver Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
334 Yellow-mantled Weaver Kakum NP 6/21/19
335 Preuss’s Weaver Kakum NP 6/21/19
336 Compact Weaver Sushen forest 6/22/19
337 Red-headed Quelea Sushen forest 6/22/19
338 Red-billed Quelea driving from Mole to Kumasi 7/1/19
339 Northern Red Bishop Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
340 Black-winged Bishop Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
341 Yellow-crowned Bishop Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
342 Yellow-mantled Widowbird Shai Hills 6/20/19
343 Grosbeak Weaver Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
344 Pale-fronted Nigrita Ankasa NP 6/26/19
345 Gray-headed Nigrita Kakum NP 6/21/19
346 Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Ankasa NP 6/24/19
347 White-breasted Nigrita Kakum NP 6/21/19
348 Red-fronted Antpecker Ankasa NP 6/25/19
349 Lavender Waxbill Mole NP 6/29/19
350 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Sushen forest 6/22/19
351 Black-rumped Waxbill Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
352 Western Bluebill Opuro forest 6/28/19
353 Black-bellied Seedcracker pond between D/N Hotel and Ankasa 6/24/19
354 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Mole NP 6/29/19
355 Red-billed Firefinch Mole NP 6/29/19
356 Bar-breasted Firefinch Sushen forest 6/22/19
357 Black-bellied Firefinch Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary 7/2/19
358 Bronze Mannikin Shai Hills 6/20/19
359 Black-and-white Mannikin Kakum NP 6/21/19
360 Magpie Mannikin Atewa gold mines 7/3/19
361 Pin-tailed Whydah Sakumono Lagoon 6/20/19
362 Wilson’s Indigobird driving from D/N Hotel to Ankasa 6/24/19