Belize preserves the largest tract of unbroken forest north of the Amazon. This morning’s NYT has a brief article about birding the country–and a great slideshow with a soundtrack to make you homesick if you’ve been there, and eager to go if you haven’t.

Collared Aracari. Photo: Michael O'Brien.

Want to experience Belize for real? Visit Chan Chich, perhaps the finest birding lodge in all of Central America, with Rich Hoyer in January. I’m scheming seriously to go myself….