Endangered Hummingbirds: Seeing the Crisis Through My Lens Hardcover – November 30, 2025

Endangered Hummingbirds: Seeing the Crisis Through My Lens is a powerful photography-driven nonfiction book that documents the world’s most threatened hummingbird species and the urgent conservation work needed to save them. Photographer and conservation advocate Anthony Lujan takes readers into the rare habitats where critically endangered, vulnerable, and rediscovered hummingbirds fight to survive.Award-winningLiterary Titan Gold Book Award in EnvironmentFirebird Book Award in Nature Conservation2026 Great Southwest Book Festival in Photography/Art2026 American Legacy Book Awards in Young Adult – NonfictionAcross Chile, Colombia, Peru, and the Caribbean, Lujan captures species on the edge of extinction and exposes the real threats driving their decline: habitat loss, climate change, invasive species, extreme weather, and shrinking ecosystems. His field photography and work with conservation partners reveal what’s happening to hummingbirds in real time, far beyond what most people ever see.Perfect for readers who care about wildlife conservation, bird photography, endangered species, and hummingbirds themselves, this book blends striking visuals with clear explanations about the crisis unfolding now across hummingbird habitats.Inside you’ll find:• Rare photos of critically endangered hummingbirds found in only a few locations on Earth• The story of rediscovered species once thought extinct• How climate change, deforestation, and invasive species are reshaping ecosystems• Real conservation efforts happening across the Americas• Why hummingbirds are disappearing faster than most people realizeThis book is ideal for fans of wildlife photography, birding, nature conservation, and nonfiction about endangered species. It’s also a strong match for readers of nature documentaries and anyone who cares about wildlife and what’s putting these birds at risk.This isn’t a field guide.It’s an unfiltered look at what we stand to lose and why awareness matters before silence takes their place. Read more