Birds in Paradise – Costa Rica
Migrating birds from two hemispheres meet the endemic residents in the middle – in incomparable Costa Rica. Perhaps nowhere else on earth offers you a better opportunity to see birds from both hemispheres in one place. Depending on the time of year that you travel you’ll be immersed in a kaleidoscope of plumage – not only from the colourful endemic species but also by the visitors from each continent – either...
Costa Kaleidoscope
Costa Rica offers one of the most diverse, stable, peaceful and colourful destinations that you’ll find anywhere on the planet – thanks in part to having abolished its standing army many years ago. From occupation by the Spanish Conquistadors who named it the ‘Rich Coast’ to the bloodshed and turmoil of civil war throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, its little wonder that by 1947 this little...
Colour on the wing in Sri Lanka
No matter how indifferent you might be to ‘Twitchers’ it’s almost impossible not to become mesmerised by the spectrum of colour and form in Sri Lanka’s birdlife. If you’re already a dedicated birder, then Sri Lanka offers you the ability to pursue your desires whilst the rest of the family (if you’ve brought them) can enjoy the culture, history and beaches of the country – such is the geographic and cultural variety within easy reach...
Festive Cranes
Birds of a feather whoop it up along the Texas Gulf Coast! Our guest contributor Dr. Robin Doughty suggests that you should stop off in Texas on your way to whooping it up on the Gulf Coast of Mexico! Come and spot America’s tallest bird, and to many eyes its most graceful species. It bugles, struts and dances; sees off coyotes, and will fix you with in a steady yellow stare. It’s no wimp. In late February, when many people clamor to...
