Hummingbirds w/ Jon Dunn

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by natural history writer, photographer, and wildlife tour guide Jon Dunn to talk about his newest book, "The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds." They talk about his journey across the globe to witness the beauty and splendor of different hummingbird species, as well as the lessons he learned about human greed and hubris along the way.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday October 25th
0:17.8	2021 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria and this week we have an exciting chat for you today as we do every week.
0:25.4	Come on. I am not to disappoint. But before we dive in I do want to thank those of you who make
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1:13.5	Thank you all so, so very much from the bottom of my heart.
1:17.4	All right, let's talk about this week's show.
1:20.3	So I have the opportunity to sit down with the author of The Glitter in the Green in
1:25.1	in search of hummingbirds. His name is John Dunn and he's a natural history writer
1:29.3	photographer and wildlife tour leader. He's written, you know, across a bunch of outlets like BBC Wildlife.
1:35.0	He's also written three previous books,
1:37.0	one called Orchid Summer,
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