Stories

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

Female Green Kingfisher

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I made this photo of a Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. Its green-spotted breast bands and lack of a rufous breast mark it as a female. …
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Amazonian Motmot

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I photographed this Amazonian Motmot (Momotus momota) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It lives up to about 1,200 meters in Venezuela and 1,000 meters in Ecuador. …
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Burnished-buff Tanager

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

This Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana) was at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia when I photographed it. It is a common tanager of semi-open country with trees, including gardens, plantations and parks. …
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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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