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

Striated Heron

July 2018 La Charca de Guarinocito, La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia

I photographed this Striated Heron (Butorides striata) at La Charca de Guarinocito in La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia. The Striated Heron eats mainly small fish, frogs and aquatic insects. …
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Female Yellow-hooded Blackbird

July 2018 La Charca de Guarinocito, La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia

This female Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus) was at La Charca de Guarinocito in La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia when I photographed it. …
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Cocoi Heron

July 2018 La Charca de Guarinocito, La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia

I made this photo of a Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) at La Charca de Guarinocito in La Dorada, Caldas, Colombia. The Cocoi Heron uses almost any body of water or wetland away from dense forest, including lake shores…
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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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