Wine-throated Hummingbird, La Tigra National Park, Honduras

This Wine-throated Hummingbird at La Tigra National Park in Honduras made us work for our shots, but it was certainly worth it. It is tiny and gorgeous. The large (by hummingbird standards) wine-colored gorget is often flared and catches the light brilliantly. This male was working a patch of flowering trees down off the trail and we had to bushwhack through raspberry briars, over downed pine trees and all their branches, and through man-high ferns to find a vantage where we could observe and photograph it. Alex, my guide, encouraged me by saying it would be the shot of the trip, and it comes close. Certainly one my favorite birds so far. Sony RX10iv at 600mm. Program mode. 1/500th @ f4 @ ISO 640. Processed in Polarr.