Stories

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

Glittering-throated Emerald

September 2021 Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia

I photographed this Glittering-throated Emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) in the vereda El Pepino, outside Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia. …
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Speckled Chachalaca

September 2021 Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia

I photographed this Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata) in the vereda El Pepino, outside Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia. It lives across the Amazonian regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. …
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Turquoise Tanager

September 2021 Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia

I photographed this Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) in the vereda El Pepino, outside Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia. …
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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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