Fastest Things On Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds In Hollywood

Terry Masear

ISBN 10: 0544416031 / ISBN 13: 9780544416031

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 2015

About this Item

Signed by author on Half title page in black pen, signature only. Second printing, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 to number line. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight with mild bump to top spine, minor bumping to bottom front edge else boards straight and clean; mild spotting to top and fore edges else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($25.00) has mild bumping to mostly top spine and top covers with "Autographed Copy" label to front cover. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fastest Things On Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds In Hollywood
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0544416031
• ISBN 13: 9780544416031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 pound
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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 colorful birds in this personal narrative filled with the science and magic surrounding these fascinating creatures.
 

About the Author

TERRY MASEAR 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.