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

Female Speckled Hummingbird

February 2021 La Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This female Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) perched briefly among purple flowers at La Minga Ecolodge in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. …
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Steely-vented Hummingbird

February 2021 La Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) perched on a slender branch at La Minga Ecolodge in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in the foothills, where I was birding with guide Asherita Viajera. …
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Brown Violetear

February 2021 La Minga Ecolodge, Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) at La Minga Ecolodge in Dapa, near Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It rested on a moss-covered branch. …
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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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