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

Brown Violetear

February 2021 Mirador Barlovento, Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) perched on the thick leaf of a succulent, edged in red-orange, at Mirador Barlovento above Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in soft late-afternoon light. …
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Scrub Tanager

February 2021 Hacienda Guadalajara, La Buitrera, Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this Scrub Tanager (Stilpnia vitriolina) at Hacienda Guadalajara in La Buitrera, Palmira, near the Pradera line in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It was feeding among dense foliage, holding fruit in its bill. …
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Crimson-backed Tanager

February 2021 Hacienda Guadalajara, La Buitrera, Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

This Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) perched on a weathered stump at the forest edge at Hacienda Guadalajara in La Buitrera, Palmira, near the Pradera line in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. …
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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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