Ghana 14th March 2016 Part 2

Second part of the 14th March. One of the highlights were the Standard-winged Nightjars on the disused Mole airstrip. The males were amazing looking birds with the fully grown standards. I was happy to get some (dodgy) video of the flight display that they regularly undertook. Another highlight was seeing African Elephants for the first time nearly all being single big males or younger bachelors. We had an armed ranger with us at all times when away from the immediate confines of the lodge. One young male mock charged us at one stage. While I was facing in his direction at the time and even though he probably only advanced a few metres at most, the noise of him triumphing rushing through the brush was incredible. You really got an true impression of the size and sheer power of an animal of this size. Two of our party immediately legged it back up the road much to the amusement of our ranger. I felt that we were being taken a little too close to the elephants for both sides comfort and was a little uneasy about this.

Male Standard-winged Nightjar

Male Standard-winged Nightjar

Standard-winged Nightjar 2 from Dermot Breen on Vimeo.



Standard-winged Nightjar 1 from Dermot Breen on Vimeo.

Northern White-faced Owl

African Palm Swift

African Palm Swift

White-rumped Swift

White-rumped Swift

White-rumped Swift

White-rumped Swift

Swamp Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

White-crowned Robin Chat

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Male Violet-backed Starling

Male Northern Puffback

Male African Grey Woodpecker

Adult and juvenile Sun Lark

African Elephant

African Elephant

African Elephant

African Elephant

Female Kob

Male Kob

Nile Crocodile

Nile Crocodile

Lizard species

Lizard species

Olive Baboon raiding a wheelie bin.

Waterhole after the rains.

Stream crossing.