Jacobo Rendon knows dozens of birds by name and grew up drawing them. During the pandemic, the Colombian teen turned that passion into a conservation project. He has been working on a photographic and illustrated bird guide that he plans to donate.
But after classes went virtual because of coronavirus lockdowns, he turned what had been a mere school project into a labor of love: a photographic and illustrated guide to the area’s urban avian life that the teen plans to donate to a local cultural center.
When Rendon offered to draw birds for people to raise further funds for the project, he was kept busy with commissions for months. In just a couple of weeks, he brought in more than $1,000 to buy his first camera, colored markers and other materials. Rendon knows dozens of birds by name and has grown up drawing them after school. In an interview conducted remotely by video, he proudly rattled off the scientific names of several of them and showed off some of his favorite illustrations, including the first guide entry — a flame-rumped tanager — and another of a sparrow hawk.
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