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Hummingbirds: Everyone Loves 'Em!
THIS WEBSITE was created for people who love hummingbirds and who want to know more about them. Over the years, we have discovered this includes just about everyone! This site is continuing to be expanded; if there is something you'd like to see added, just send us an e-mail.
The Senegalese environmentalist Baba Dioum is quoted as saying:
"In the end, we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We understand only what we are taught."
That sums it up well for the purpose of the Hummingbird Society's mission: teach people about hummingbirds, and they will understand them better; and from that understanding and caring, they will want to protect them from extinction.
You can do your part by becoming a member of the Hummingbird Society, for only $30 (tax-deductible, too), or by making a donation.
IN ANSWER to a frequent question, yes, we are happy to accept donations in memory of a deceased, or for that matter to honor a living person. We will notify the pertinent parties in the way you choose.
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This Red Wine
is Saving Hummingbirds |
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In 2006, Clos LaChance Winery of San Martin, California, signed on as a corporate sponsor of the Hummingbird Society. They proposed creating a new "Threatened Hummingbirds" series of wine to benefit one particular hummingbird species at risk of extinction each year. A significant part of all sales (at least 15%) is passed on to the Society to specifically help conservation efforts for that species. In the first year, the success exceeded all expectations: virtually all the wine was sold out in less than a year, and nearly $20,000 was sent to the Society to help protect the Juan Fernández Firecrown in Chile. The following year a wine was offered for the Honduran Emerald.
Now, in 2010, the third wine in the series–a fabulous red meritage–has become available, to help the Colorful Puffleg. You can order the wine directly from Clos LaChance by calling toll-free (800) ITS-WINE, Extension 113, or call direct to 408-686-1050.
[Certain geographic restrictions apply,
depending on the state and county to which the wine is delivered. The wine cannot be
ordered from the Society.]