Stories

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. To me, there’s a story behind every image: the long wait in the forest, the bird that finally steps into the light, the wild place and the people working to protect it. These are those stories, one photograph at a time.

  1. Green Heron

    November 2022 near Capurganá, Chocó, Colombia

    This Green Heron (Butorides virescens) perched among mangrove roots near Capurganá, in Chocó, Colombia, scanning the water below. It was long considered the same species as the Striated Heron. …

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  2. Brown Booby

    January 2023 Isla Terrón de Azúcar, Capurganá, Chocó, Colombia

    These two Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) rested together on sunlit black rock at Isla Terrón de Azúcar, a small island off Capurganá in Chocó, Colombia. I photographed them from a fishing boat in rough water. …

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  3. Brown Booby

    November 2022 Isla Terrón de Azúcar, Capurganá, Chocó, Colombia

    This Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) perched on craggy sunbaked rock at Isla Terrón de Azúcar, a small rock island off Capurganá in Chocó, Colombia, photographed from a boat drifting offshore, its brown plumage, pale…

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