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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 Ecohotel La Fortuna, Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

I photographed this Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) at Ecohotel La Fortuna in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia. It lives in swamps, riverside forest and mangroves of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. …
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Chestnut-eared Aracari

June 2019 Ecohotel La Fortuna, Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

I photographed this Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) at Ecohotel La Fortuna in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia. …
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Hoatzin

June 2019 Ecohotel La Fortuna, Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

I made this photo of a Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) at Ecohotel La Fortuna in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia. Hoatzin chicks have two claws on each wing, which they use to climb back to the nest after dropping into the…
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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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