"Wildlife"

 Hoping to see lots of wildlife while in Africa our eyes have been peeled ... we have been blessed to see several different types of birds, (not always with camera in hand) these beautiful Woodland Kingfishers grace our back yard from time to time.

 We call this guy a "Curly Bird" because he sounds like Curly of Three Stooges fame. (we haven't been able to locate his real name yet)  We ask the people here and they say they are birds...They say the same thing when we ask the names of flowers...They are flowers...

 This particular wildlife, a rooster, will not be wild for long if he does not quit being an insomniac!!  He or one of his brothers wakes us at all hours of early morning, 1:00 am, 2:30 am, 4:00 am, 5:00 am and yes occasionally at 6:00 am.

 Most of the wildlife here are seriously the chickens and goats, they roam the entire city.  They say they are "free-range".  Left to roam freely all day long, and they say at night they go home to their owners and live with them.  It is true, they totally disappear at night, unless there has been a quick, heavy rain storm and they are huddled by the shops.  We heard some little ones bleating for their mom last night, pitifully ... but they eventually found her.  They are very small goats and end up in many meals!

 This shows how tiny they are, this little guy is barely as tall as the gutter.

 Lots of lizards here, this one is very colorful ... we thought, how cool!  Til we discovered they are so prevalent!  We evidently moved into their home, we have so many lizards we can't keep count, we find them day and night, inside and outside.  They chase each other all over the yard.  If we see one, we see many ... very common! Yes, we do have regular little geckos like we had in Arizona as well.

 Snail for soup.  We saw this one on our morning walk. It is the size of the palm of my hand.  The locals love them in soup, they say they makes the soup very sweet .... don't know if we will be brave enough to try snail soup ...

 On our way home from Accra on Elder Lyon's birthday, traffic was stopped by these cattle just roaming the streets.  Crazy ...

 My Birthday gift to Elder Lyon were these baboons!!  We were in the Shai Hills reserve area and lo and behold, there they were!!  About six of them.  Sorry for the blurriness of the photos, but you get the picture ... this may be the only "real African wildlife" we see in this part of Africa.

Here's to you Elder Lyon of Africa4Lyons!!  May you see many more while we serve among the African "Wildlife"!!