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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

This Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) was at Ecohotel La Fortuna in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia when I photographed it. It lives in swamps, riverside forest and mangroves of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. …
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Spot-breasted Woodpecker

June 2019 Ecohotel La Fortuna, Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

I photographed this Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula) at Ecohotel La Fortuna in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia. Both sexes dig the nest cavity, usually in a tree but sometimes in a fence post. …
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Hoatzin

June 2019 Ecohotel La Fortuna, Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

I photographed this 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 water…
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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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