Stories

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

Hoatzin

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I made this photo of a Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It lives in swamps, riverside forest and mangroves of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. …
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Glittering-throated Emerald

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

I photographed this Glittering-throated Emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia. It lives in dry and humid forest, gallery forest, savanna, scrub, plantations and gardens. …
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Drab Water Tyrant

June 2019 La Macarena, Meta, Colombia

This Drab Water Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis) was at La Macarena, Meta, Colombia when I photographed it. It is always found near water, especially large rivers. …
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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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