Ghana birdwatching

This is an African jacana video.

From Public Agenda weekly in Accra in Ghana:

The Sakumono Bird Watching Bay is under the auspices of The Ministry of Forestry and the Department of Wild Life which also manages other ecological sites around the country.

The Site is situated at the West of Tema, enclosing an area of 1,364.35 hectares of land.

There are thirty-five species of resident birds at the Sakumono Ramsar site and they are all territorial birds.

Among the numerous territorial birds at the bird Watching Bay are the Jacana, Redshank, Grey Plover, Roseate Tern, Turnstone, Black Winged Stilt, Little Stint, Curlew, Ringed Plover and Avocet.

Jacana in Texas, USA: here.

The first field guide to the birds of Ghana to be intended for the people of Ghana rather than overseas visitors has been launched in a ceremony in the Swiss Hall, Accra: here.

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Great while pelican on Texel island, The Netherlands

This video says about itself:

Immature White Pelican at Mezönagymihály, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén co., Hungary. White Pelicans are rare visitors to Hungary. Recorded at 20/06/2007.

There is a great while pelican on Texel island.

A very rare bird for The Netherlands.

On a picture, you can see it swim between its smaller relatives the great cormorants, and ducks.

Again great white pelican on Texel, September 2010: here.

Pelican species of the world: here.

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The Netherlands: mating hedgehogs cause panic

This is a European hedgehog video.

From Dutch site Nieuws.nl:

Mating hedgehogs have caused panic in Vaassen village in Gelderland province.

On Saturday night, villagers told police they were frightened of the noise in their garden.

They were afraid a dangeous beast had intruded.

Police reassured them after inspecting the garden.

The police say that every summer there are people scared by animal sounds; including rabbits’.

Hedgehog sounds on this page.