By Noah Strycker

January 01, 2015

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Here are the species Noah saw during the first six months of his 2015 Big Year adventure, in reverse chronological order (for months 7-9, see here; for months 10-12, see here).
 
 
Day 181: Faith in Birds
3334 Black-backed Cisticola 6/30 Ghana White Volta Bridge
3333 Winding Cisticola 6/30 Ghana White Volta Bridge
3332 Pale Flycatcher 6/30 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3331 Cabanis's Bunting 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3330 Square-tailed Drongo 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3329 Red-headed Lovebird 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3328 Pearl-spotted Owlet 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3327 Violet Turaco 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
3326 Familiar Chat 6/30 Ghana Mole NP
Day 180: Baboons and Warthogs and Elephants, Oh My!
3325 Grayish Eagle-Owl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3324 Gambaga Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Haraba Pool
3323 Forbes's Plover 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3322 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3321 Vieillot's Barbet 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3320 Flappet Lark 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3319 Sun Lark 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3318 Brown-rumped Bunting 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3317 Fine-spotted Woodpecker 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3316 Gray-headed Bushshrike 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3315 Yellow-billed Shrike 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3314 Rufous Cisticola 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3313 Bush Petronia 6/29 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3312 African Scops-Owl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3311 African Gray Woodpecker 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3310 Brubru 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3309 Gray Tit-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3308 Western Violet-backed Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3307 Helmeted Guineafowl 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3306 Woolly-necked Stork 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3305 Hamerkop 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3304 Hadada Ibis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3303 White-backed Vulture 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3302 Lesser Moorhen 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3301 Gray-headed Kingfisher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3300 Blue-breasted Kingfisher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3299 Red-throated Bee-eater 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3298 Broad-billed Roller 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3297 Black Scimitar-bill 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3296 Rose-ringed Parakeet 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3295 African Paradise-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3294 African Blue-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3293 Yellow-breasted Apalis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3292 Blackcap Babbler 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3291 Swamp Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3290 Bronze-tailed Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3289 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3288 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3287 Beautiful Sunbird 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3286 Lavender Waxbill 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3285 Red-billed Firefinch 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3284 Stone Partridge 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3283 Saddle-billed Stork 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3282 Bruce's Green-Pigeon 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3281 Red-chested Cuckoo 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3280 Senegal Batis 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3279 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3278 White-shouldered Black-Tit 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3277 Senegal Eremomela 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3276 African Yellow White-eye 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3275 Northern Black-Flycatcher 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3274 White-crowned Robin-Chat 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3273 Violet-backed Starling 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3272 Yellow-fronted Canary 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3271 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3270 Little Weaver 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
3269 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 6/29 Ghana Mole NP
Day 179: Ghana's Two Halves
3268 White-throated Francolin 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3267 Standard-winged Nightjar 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3266 Brown Babbler 6/28 Ghana Mole Airstrip
3265 Abyssinian Roller 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3264 Green Woodhoopoe 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3263 Senegal Parrot 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd 3
3262 Black-headed Heron 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3261 Bateleur 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3260 Red-necked Buzzard 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3259 Egyptian Plover 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3258 Piapiac 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3257 Red-chested Swallow 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3256 Zebra Waxbill 6/28 Ghana White Volta crossing
3255 Speckled Pigeon 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3254 Rufous-crowned Roller 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3253 Purple Starling 6/28 Ghana White Volta Rd
3252 Gabar Goshawk 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3251 Grasshopper Buzzard 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3250 Vinaceous Dove 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3249 Bearded Barbet 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3248 Fork-tailed Drongo 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3247 Wire-tailed Swallow 6/28 Ghana Buzzard spot
3246 Dark Chanting-Goshawk 6/28 Ghana Chanting-Goshawk spot
3245 Lizard Buzzard 6/28 Ghana Lizard Buzzard spot
3244 Blue-bellied Roller 6/28 Ghana BB Roller spot
3243 African Cuckoo-Hawk 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3242 Bronze-naped Pigeon 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3241 Blue-headed Wood-Dove 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3240 Cassin's Spinetail 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3239 White-crested Hornbill 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3238 Northern Puffback 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3237 Sabine's Puffback 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3236 Fiery-breasted Bushshrike 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3235 Black-winged Oriole 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3234 Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3233 Red-tailed Greenbul 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3232 Kemp's Longbill 6/28 Ghana Opra Forest
3231 Rock Martin 6/28 Ghana Treasure Land Hotel
Day 178: The Picathartes
3230 Red-fronted Parrot 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3229 Rufous-sided Broadbill 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3228 Western Black-headed Oriole 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3227 White-necked Rockfowl 6/27 Ghana Bonkro Village
3226 Rock Pratincole 6/27 Ghana Twifo Praso
3225 White-throated Blue Swallow 6/27 Ghana Twifo Praso
3224 Preuss's Swallow 6/27 Ghana Preuss's CLSW spot
3223 Dideric Cuckoo 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3222 Forest Woodhoopoe 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3221 Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3220 Plain Greenbul 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3219 Green Crombec 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3218 Blackcap Illadopsis 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3217 Copper-tailed Starling 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3216 Narrow-tailed Starling 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3215 Black-bellied Seedcracker 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa Reserve
3214 White-spotted Flufftail 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3213 Gray Kestrel 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3212 Red-cheeked Wattle-eye 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3211 Lowland Sooty Boubou 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3210 Western Nicator 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3209 Lesser Striped-Swallow 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3208 Swamp Greenbul 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3207 Icterine Greenbul 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
3206 Olive-green Camaroptera 6/27 Ghana Ebekawopa
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