David’s Trip to Ghana in Images

George Miller at our first birding site - Shai Hills, near Accra, the capital of Ghana

Doug, Isaac, James, and Brian, looking and listening for owls and turacos at Shai Hills

Little Green Woodpecker

Agama Lizard

Cape Coast Castle - the monument to inhumanity was visited by Barack Obama and his family in 2009

Cape Coast Castle - the historic site where slaves were bought, sold, shipped, and often died

Street Life

Fruit Vendor

Family of palm wine producers

Palm Wine (nsafufuo) still. This gregarious wine producer gave us a taste. Gnarly.

Weaver nests near Kakum National Park

Driving into Kakum Conservation Area

Rangers on the left and Isaac Ntakor (center) and James Ntakor on the right search the enchanting pond in Kakum Conservation Area

Enchanting pond that was home to Dwarf Crocodiles, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Hartlaubs Duck, among many other spectacular animals. We saw all of these - well, glimpsed the duck.

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Forest Elephant tracks

Bobri Butterfly Reserve - last major birding site. Yes, I just missed the Narinas's Trogon

Apparently the Saharan dust storms are a near daily part of West African life during the winter months. A vast yellow- brown dust plume spanned hundreds of square kilometers during our visit

Ankasa Conservation Area