Endangered Hummingbirds Receives Firebird Book Award in Nature Conservation
Endangered Hummingbirds: Seeing the Crisis Through My Lens has been recognized with the 2026 Firebird Book Award in Nature Conservation.
What makes this award stand out is its focus on impact.
The Firebird Book Awards are built around the idea that words and stories can do more than inform, they can create real change. That perspective closely aligns with the purpose behind this book.
Endangered Hummingbirds was created to document species that are increasingly difficult to see, not because they are elusive, but because their habitats are shrinking and their populations are under pressure. These hummingbirds are not disappearing in theory. They are being pushed into smaller and more fragile spaces in real time.
This project was never intended to stop at awareness. It was built to contribute, to conservation efforts, to funding, and to the broader understanding of what is happening across these ecosystems.
That’s why this recognition matters.
The Firebird Book Awards also support a charitable mission, with proceeds helping women and children in long-term shelters. That connection between storytelling and tangible support reflects something I believe strongly: the work should extend beyond the page.
I’m grateful for this recognition and for everyone who continues to support the book and the conservation mission behind it.
$5 from every book sold directly funds hummingbird conservation efforts.
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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.