Stories

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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 2020 Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) at Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, in Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in February 2020. …
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Andean Emerald

February 2020 Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae) at Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, in Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in February 2020. …
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Empress Brilliant

February 2020 Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

I photographed this Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix) at Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora, in Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in February 2020. It lives only in Colombia and Ecuador. …
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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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My prints ship anywhere in the world, and you can license any photo for your own project. Every print or license helps fund my next trip into the field and the images I donate to local conservation partners.

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