To find the Marvelous Spatuletail, Turek and Orellana hiked through Peru’s Huembo Reserve, stopping in front of five nectar feeders known to attract the species. They were prepared to return the next day, and the day after that, if the bird didn’t show. But it appeared after only three minutes, a blaze of white, green, blue, and bronze. “All I could hear was David Attenborough’s voice in my head. I started crying,” Turek says. “Somewhere on that trip, it clicked: This is what I want to do. I want to photograph all of them.” from Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World [Audubon] Carole Turek’s Hummi…
To find the Marvelous Spatuletail, Turek and Orellana hiked through Peru’s Huembo Reserve, stopping in front of five nectar feeders known to attract the species. They were prepared to return the next day, and the day after that, if the bird didn’t show. But it appeared after only three minutes, a blaze of white, green, blue, and bronze. “All I could hear was David Attenborough’s voice in my head. I started crying,” Turek says. “Somewhere on that trip, it clicked: This is what I want to do. I want to photograph all of them.” from Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World [Audubon] Carole Turek’s Hummingbird Spot