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.