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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

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White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes, Bonkro, Ghana. Photo by Keith Valentine (Rockjumper Birding Tours) This past December I visited Ghana specifically to search for White-necked Picathartes. Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered in Ghana at a community forest reserve!

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New Year, New Birds

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As this prodigal birder returned from his excesses and weakly raised his Bushnell’s, 2 Lesser Moorhens skittered across a small pond and disappeared into the weeds on the far side. in the Botanical Gardens of the University of Ghana. But God loves a sinner it would appear. and included a lifer rallid. Have a great 2015.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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My connection with Ghana began rather unexpectedly (and as it turned out, rather humorously) more than ten years ago. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! What makes Ghana so special?

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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And the answer to the question I am raising here is, yes, I would travel to Sri Lanka in the next period. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions. What makes this guide different from many others?

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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Despite its rather toxic-looking colors, the African Green Pigeon is trapped for food in Ghana. Superb Starlings avoid this when using helpers, much like rich people presumably reducing the stress of raising kids by hiring a couple of nannies. The quality is similar though (on a highly abstract level).