Baboon in Ghana

This chap and his pals were a bit feisty too. One of his clan even dropped onto a lunch table and stole the ketchup bottle from a group of Germans!

Trunk Road in Ghana

There were many highlights, all kinds of birds and other wildlife in Ghana. There were a few anxious moments when this old bull elephant took umbrage at me trying to get a close photo! 

Ghana

So Probirder is leaving the snows of Eastern Europe for a few weeks. Snow is great, all those tracks, but I am off to West Africa, to Ghana. There are a few woodpeckers, not to mention African Piculet, that I need to record and photograph there. I will put a few pics up here...  watch this space !

HAPPY FESTIVE SEASON

Best Wishes for Christmas and New Year ! 

It is a white one here, as this Green Woodpecker found out!

Peru: another pic

Pacific Parrotlet near Olmos, in the NW of the country.

Peru: Cock-of-the-Rock

Not quite home yet, but back in Europe. Got lots of woodpeckers, including 2 endemic species, lifers both. Many other birds, too, including this one, the famous Andean Cock-of-the-Rock.  

Peru

So, after a busy autumn of guiding birders in Hungary, next up is Peru. Yes, and no prizes for guessing what my main targets will be there... that is right, a whole host of piculets and woodpeckers. Of course, there will be many, many other great birds as Peru is one of the world's top birding destinations..