Crimson-collared Tanager: Mirador y Soda Cinchona, Costa Rica, December 2023 — We stopped for the waterfall where the road crosses the La Paz River, but Mirador y Soda Cinchona was our first stop for birds, and it did not disappoint. All the foothills specialties stopped by the Soda’s redesigned deck and gave us such a good show that even the excellent lunch menu had trouble getting us to the table. The was the best look we got the whole trip of the Crimson-collard Tanager…such a vivid and contrasty bird that it is actually quite hard to photograph. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm IS zoom at 800mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.