Scintillant Hummingbird: Batsu Gardens, San Geraldo de Dota, Costa Rica — there are two tiny hummingbirds in Costa Rica. Both are birds of the highlands and their ranges overlap in the Talamanca Mountains. You can see them both at Batsu Gardens above San Geraldo de Dota. The Scintillant is just slightly larger than the Volcano, but not enough to notice. In the right light the gorgets on the males are very different. Bright orange-red on the Scintillant and a deep purple on the Volcano (the color of the Volcano’s gorget varies from pinkish red on the central volcanos, through the violet seen at Batsu, to greenish near the Panamanian border). Both birds are hard to catch perched, especially if you want to see the gorget flash. These flight shots show some of the color of the Scintillant male. Sony Rx10iv at 595mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos and assembled in FrameMagic. ISO 400 @ f4 @ 1/500th.