Stories

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

Eastern Meadowlark

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

This Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) was at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia when I photographed it. Its song is made of pure, melancholy whistles. …
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Great Potoo

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I made this photo of a Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. By day it usually perches high in big trees, often more than 12 meters above the ground. …
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Juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I photographed this juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It has even been seen picking small invertebrates from the fur of Brown-throated Three-toed Sloths. …
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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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