White-bellied Mountain-Gem: Mirador y Soda Cinchona, Costa Rica, December 2023 — Among the many hummingbirds coming to the feeders and flowers at Soda Cinchona, the female White-bellied Mountain-Gems were probably among the rarest. I have only ever seen them here, and at La Paz Waterfall Gardens just up the road at a similar elevation on the same slope of the mountains. The male would have a purple gorget…but if memory serves, I have never seen a male. 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.