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There’s a story behind every image: the wait, the bird, the place and the people protecting it.

Sword-billed Hummingbird

July 2018 Observatorio de Colibríes, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia

I made this photo of a Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) at the Observatorio de Colibríes in La Calera, near Bogotá, Colombia. …
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Tyrian Metaltail

July 2018 Observatorio de Colibríes, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia

I photographed this Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) at the Observatorio de Colibríes in La Calera, near Bogotá, Colombia. The Tyrian Metaltail also catches small insects on the wing. …
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Female Blue-throated Starfrontlet

July 2018 Observatorio de Colibríes, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia

This female Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) was at the Observatorio de Colibríes in La Calera, near Bogotá, Colombia when I photographed it. …
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Meet the photographer

Adam Rainoff

I’m a photographer based in California, near Los Angeles. I travel to remote corners of the world to photograph birds in the wild, then donate the images to local conservation partners so they can grow ecotourism and keep those places wild. I also teach photography in remote communities, so others can carry this work forward.

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My prints ship anywhere in the world, and you can license any photo for your own project. Every print or license helps fund my next trip into the field and the images I donate to local conservation partners.

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