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

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

February 2019 Reserva Natural Hato Berlín, Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia

I made this photo of a Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus) at Reserva Natural Hato Berlín in Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia. Pairs are monogamous and stay together all year. …
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Roseate Spoonbill

February 2019 Reserva Natural Hato Berlín, Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia

This Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) was at Reserva Natural Hato Berlín in Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia when I photographed it. Plume hunting in the 18th and 19th centuries almost drove it to extinction. …
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Hoatzin

February 2019 Reserva Natural Hato Berlín, Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia

This Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) was at Reserva Natural Hato Berlín in Trinidad, Casanare, Colombia when I photographed it. The Hoatzin lives in swamps, riverside forest and mangroves of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. …
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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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