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Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood by Terry Masear (Hardcover, 2015)

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Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood A heartwarming account of the trials and triumphs a hummingbird rehabber encounters while caring for her tiny, fragile patients Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna's hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward. When he arrived in rehab caked in road grime, he was so badly injured that he could barely perch. But Terry Masear, one of the busiest hummingbird rehabbers in the country, was determined to save this damaged bird, who seemed oddly familiar. During the four months that Terry worked with Gabriel, she took in 160 hummingbirds, from a miniature nestling rescued by a bulldog and a fledgling trapped inside a skydiving wind tunnel at Universal CityWalk, to Pepper, a female Anna's injured on a film set. In their time together, Pepper and Gabriel form a special bond and, together, with Terry's help, learn to fly again. Woven around Gabriel's and Pepper's stories are those of other colourful birds in this personal narrative filled with the science and magic surrounding these fascinating creatures. AUTHOR: Terry Maser has taken time off from teaching English as a Second Language at UCLA Extension to devote time to researching and writing about hummingbirds. Terry and her network in Southern California rescue and rehabilitate over five hundred orphaned and injured hummingbirds each year. REVIEWS: This is a book about birds that is actually a book about love, and Masear does us a favor by risking heartbreak every day. The last words of Fastest Things on Wings are: 'I am flying.' A fitting end to a book that will change forever the way you look at these little birds. - Los Angeles Times 16 colour photographs

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Houghton Mifflin
ISBN-13
9780544416031
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215823817

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Book Title
Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood
Author
Terry Masear
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Wildlife
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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210mm
Item Width
140mm

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Terry Masear
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United States

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