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The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

by Sy Montgomery

Atria Books ·2021 ·96 pages
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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 care that Brenda provides her peanut-sized patients is revealed and, in the process, shows us just how truly amazing hummingbirds are.


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"A small gem full of hope, determination, and wonder."

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"While wildlife rehabilitators usually don't name their charges, Montgomery explains how she convinced Brenda to make an exception in the case of these two hummers."

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