Jacobo Rendon knows dozens of birds by name and grew up drawing them.
In this Aug. 2020 photo provided by Johana Reyes Herrera, Jacobo Rendon, 14, poses with his illustration of an Acorn Woodpecker in his backyard in El Camino de Viboral, Colombia. Rendon has been working on a photographic and illustrated bird guide that he plans to donate to a local cultural center.
He hopes the guide will inspire others to illustrate and help preserve birds — “especially young people, because we’re the ones who’ll be here in the coming years," Rendon said."We’re going to be responsible for our planet.” 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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