Stories

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

Roadside Hawk

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I made this photo of a Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. Except perhaps for dense rainforest, it is well adapted to most ecosystems in its range. …
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Female Blue-black Grassquit

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

This female Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) was at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia when I photographed it. It forages mostly on the ground but also takes seeds straight from the grasses. …
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Crested Bobwhite

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I made this photo of a Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica. …
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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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