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The Sunbitterns of Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Or the time in Suriname that we drove 3 hours to film Capuchinbirds only to learn that he left our video camera back at the lodge (next to an empty vodka bottle!). Our recent trip to Selva Verde Lodge in Costa Rica was one such trip that held an unexpected surprise. But I digress.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

10,000 Birds

It is slightly larger than Costa Rica, and in the most strategic places it has a well-developed infrastructure. In recent years he authored the first English-language guidebook to Suriname and an overhauled 600-page guidebook to Sri Lanka, both published by Bradt. Sri Lanka is a ‘must visit country’ for any keen birder.

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