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

Brown Violetear

February 2021 La Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) perched diagonally across a branch at La Minga Ecolodge in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. …
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Long-tailed Sylph

February 2021 La Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) perched on a weathered branch at La Minga Ecolodge in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It showed its iridescent green plumage and long sapphire-blue tail. …
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Female Long-tailed Sylph

February 2021 Ecolodge La Minga, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this female Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. She paused briefly on a textured branch. …
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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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