num_pages: 352
description: Hummingbirds are a glittering sparkling collective of over three hundred wildly variable species. For centuries they have been revered by indigenous Americans coveted by European collectors and admired worldwide for their unsurpassed metallic plumage and immense character. Yet they exist on a knife-edge fighting for survival in boreal woodlands dripping cloud forests and subpolar islands. They are perhaps the ultimate embodiment of evolution's power to carve a niche for a delicate creature in even the harshest of places.Traveling the full length of the hummingbirds' range from the cusp of the Arctic Circle to near-Antarctic islands acclaimed nature writer Jon Dunn encounters birders scientists and storytellers in his quest to find these beguiling creatures immersing us in the world of one of Earth's most charismatic bird families.
language: English
title: The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds
publisher: Basic Books