Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby Hummingbirds, and One Murderously Big Living Dinosaur

by Sy Montgomery

Today our babies only hint at the colors they may one day command. Young hummingbirds look like females, whose drabber plumage helps hide the nest in the shadows.