Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity and jewel-like size and colour. Only recently has their serious scientific study started to g
Who’s that buzzing around the backyard? It’s a humming bird! Find out where hummingbirds live, what they eat, and how to identify the birds and their eggs.
Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful, tiniest birds in nature. They are the only creatures that can fly forward, backward, sidewayseven upside down! Their hearts beat anywhere from 500 to 1200
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of hummingbirds, Earth's smallest birds. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why hummingbirds have beautiful feathers. From h
A basic introduction to hummingbirds discusses their habitat, behaviors, life cycle, and anatomy, with information on how to identify and observe these birds.
"A look at hummingbirds, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their ability to hover, behaviors, relationships with humans, and admired status in the world today"--Provided by pu
Hummingbirds is a wonderfully compelling novel about the intertwining and darkly surprising relationships at the elite Carmine-Casey School for Girls on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where the rivalr
The hummingbird brings a whole new meaning to the word "unique." Boasting the smallest bird in the world, this family ranges in size from the two inch long bumblebee hummingbird to the giant hummingbi
Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, and jewel-like size and colour. But it is almost as if their beauty has blinded us to their
Hummingbirds perched on colorful red and pink flowers are featured on the cards of Galison's Hummingbirds: John Gould's Flying Gems Keepsake Box of note cards. Four different colored illustrations fro
This gorgeous deck of playing cards, put together by award-winning nature photographer Stan Tekiela, features striking photographs of 13 different hummingbirds of North America, including the Ruby-thr
Hummingbirds: World's Fastest Wings is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.5 and Literacy.L.3.1g. Readers learn about hummingbirds and how th
Like dazzling jewels, hummingbirds tirelessly dart among flowers, probing for nectar with their needlelike bills. They are poetry in motion, their purring wings tracing a perpetual figure eight. Now y
Hummingbirds may be the smallest birds in the world, but they have the biggest appetites. Their wings flutter on average fifty to eighty times each second as they visit hundreds of flowers over the co
A comprehensive natural history of nature's smallest bird species. "The spectacular photography of Michael and Patricia Fogden reveals the diversity, beautiful colors and movement of these unique
The popular Seedlings series offers irresistible introductions to animals, birds, sea life, insects, eco systems, and an array of transporation. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos
What happens when a little girl falls in love with hummingbirds? Magic! Amanda learns to love hummingbirds and to train them to follow her feeder in this fanciful tale. It is sure to fulfill a wishful
A wonderfully compelling debut novel about the intertwining—and darkly surprising—relationships between the teachers and students at an all-girls prep school Spend a year at the Carmine-C
Vibrant photos and fascinating text bring Costa Rica's hummingbirds to life. Hummingbirds of Costa Rica features 44 of the 45 species of hummers that inhabit Costa Rica. (The Plain-capped starthroa
In his latest collection, Hummingbirds Between the Pages, prizewinning Irish essayist Chris Arthur muses on subjects ranging from Charles Darwin’s killing of a South American fox to the car
This delightful little story tells of a young girl's time with her grandmother as she relates to a legend of Where Hummingbirds Come From. Grandmother explains the magic waters and the beauty of this
This delightful little story tells of a young girl's time with her grandmother as she relates to a legend of Where Hummingbirds Come From. Grandmother explains the magic waters and the beauty of this
Anna is a typical high school student who is tired of writing boring research papers. When she decides to research angels, however, all that changes-in fact, her life changes. She learns that her gran
Anna is a typical high school student who is tired of writing boring research papers. When she decides to research angels, however, all that changes-in fact, her life changes. She learns that her gran
Ezra works as a live-in groundskeeper on a celebrity couple’s enormous rental property in Los Angeles. When the magnetic Sybil sets her sights on Ezra and gradually lures him in, he is as conflicted a
Swift and iridescent, hummingbirds are found only in the New World, and encompass an amazing variety of specializations. No other family of birds can lay claim to so many superlatives, including small
Designed to help birders and banders identify, age, and sex all seventeen species of hummingbirds found in North America, this is the only identification guide devoted entirely to hummingbirds that in
Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful, tiniest birds in nature. They are the only creatures that can fly forward, backward, sidewayseven upside down! Their hearts beat anywhere from 500 to 1200
