Endangered Hummingbirds Wins Its First Book Award
I’m honored to share that Endangered Hummingbirds: Seeing the Crisis Through My Lens has received its first major recognition—winning the 2026 Great Southwest Book Festival Award in the Photography/Art category.
This award is deeply meaningful because Endangered Hummingbirds was never intended to be only a photography project. It was created as both a visual and scientific record of hummingbirds at risk, species surviving in shrinking habitats, isolated ecosystems, and landscapes increasingly threatened by climate change, deforestation, invasive species, and habitat fragmentation.
To have the book recognized in the Photography/Art category is especially gratifying. The photographs are not just aesthetic portraits of wildlife; they are statements of presence. Each image is meant to make endangered and rediscovered hummingbirds visible—to bring attention to what we stand to lose if urgent conservation work is not done.
I’m grateful to the Great Southwest Book Festival for this honor and to everyone who has supported both this book and the broader mission behind it.
Every purchase of Endangered Hummingbirds directly supports hummingbird conservation and awareness efforts, helping ensure that these remarkable species continue to have a place in the wild.
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A visual record of the hummingbirds we’re at risk of losing
Award-winning
Literary Titan Gold Book Award in Environment
Firebird Book Award in Nature Conservation
2026 Great Southwest Book Festival in Photography/Art
2026 American Legacy Book Awards in Young Adult – Nonfiction
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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.
Across 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 realize
This 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.
Take part in this mission. Five dollars from every book sold funds organizations working to safeguard endangered hummingbirds and the ecosystems they depend on.