Janie Chodosh
Janie Chodosh is a New Mexico based naturalist, environmental educator, and writer whose books explore wildlife conservation and the human stories behind science. A former Yosemite naturalist and New Mexico Audubon education director, she teaches ecology and environmental science at Santa Fe Community College and works with the University of New Mexico’s Wild Friends program. Her books include Wild Lives, The Elephant Doctor of India, and the forthcoming Travels with Rufous, an exploration of the rufous hummingbird’s remarkable migration.
Travels With Rufous asks a deceptively simple question: What happens when you devote a year not to seeing the most species, but to knowing one species deeply? The answer is an endearing, thought‑provoking exploration of what it means to share a changing planet with a creature that can outfly a fighter jet in miniature—and still rest, weightless, in the palm of your hand.
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“A charming and heartrending story about a most remarkable creature: the rufous hummingbird. In these compelling pages, Janie shares with us her warm and touching story of a bird so inspiring that she travels across state and national boundaries to keep tabs—and maintain hope.”
–Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel and Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.
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