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The hummingbirds' gift wonder, beauty, and renewal on wings

"As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one MPH, and beating their wings more than sixty t...

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Main Author: Montgomery, Sy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Rathfon, Elaine tribute
LaBelle, Brenda Sherburn.
Hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds > Psychology.
Wildlife rehabilitation.
Wildlife rescue.
Summary: "As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as flying backwards, diving at speeds of sixty-one MPH, and beating their wings more than sixty times a second. Miraculous creatures, they are also incredibly vulnerable when they first emerge from their eggs. That's where Brenda Sherburn comes in. With tenderness and patience, she rescues abandoned hummingbirds and nurses them back to health until they can fly away and live in the wild. In The Hummingbird's Gift, the extraordinary care that Brenda provides her peanut-sized patients is revealed and, in the process, shows us just how truly amazing hummingbirds are"--Amazon.com.
Item Description: "An earlier version of this material appeared as a chapter in Sy Montgomery's book Birdology (2010). [Under the title] "Birds are made of air"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 83 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781982176082
1982176083
Author Notes: Sy Montgomery was born on February 7, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany. She is a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, a triple major with dual degrees in Magazine Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in French Language and Literature and in Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University and also from Southern New Hampshire University in 2011.

Montgomery is a naturalist. She is an author, and scriptwriter. Her most popular book, The Good Good Pig, is a memoir of her life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood. The book became listed on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals was published in September 2018. Her other notable titles include Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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