Stories

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

Female Red-crowned Woodpecker

February 2019 Jardín Botánico San Jorge, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

I made this photo of a Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) at the Jardín Botánico San Jorge in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. …
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Ruddy Ground Dove

February 2019 Jardín Botánico San Jorge, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

I photographed this Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) at the Jardín Botánico San Jorge in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It builds a sparsely lined cup nest of sticks in a tree and lays two white eggs. …
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Blue-gray Tanager

February 2019 Jardín Botánico San Jorge, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia

I made this photo of a Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) at the Jardín Botánico San Jorge in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. It does well around people and will take cultivated fruit such as papaya. …
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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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