Ghana: Window Into West African Birding 2019
Field Guides Tour Report Ghana: Window Into West African Birding 2019 Mar 21, 2019 to Apr 9, 2019 Phil Gregory & James Ntakor For our tour description, itinerary, past triplists, dates, fees, and more, please VISIT OUR TOUR PAGE. A small group of Nkulengu Rails provided one of the highlights of the tour. We first heard some vocalizing, then our local guides were able to track down a group of three close-by for some wonderful views! Participant Gregg Recer got this great image of one of them posing in the spotlight. This was the tenth Field Guides Ghana tour (my 12th overall), with pretty good weather, quite hot but not too wet this time. Ghana is clearly thriving and seems to be undergoing a building boom, with half-finished buildings all over the country. It makes an ideal portal to West African birding and we once again had a very enjoyable trip. Sakumono Lagoon late in the afternoon after the morning at rest was quite rewarding, albeit again very green and overgrown this year. A lot of late rainfall made things very verdant here, and few terns, herons or shorebirds were in evidence. Senegal Thick-knees showed very well, an African Hobby zipped over and Little Rush-Warbler was heard and then seen singing well again this year, very far west for this species. Shai Hills is always a good introduction to Ghanaian birding, with nice looks at the Senegal trio of Batis, Parrot, and Eremomela, our first Blue-bellied Rollers, Vieillot's, Double-toothed and Bearded barbets, and good looks at Violet Turaco.
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