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So many people enjoy watching birds out in their yards so I thought a challenge about them might be nice. These are the smallest birds in the world.

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
They weigh just 1.95 grams, about the same as a cashew nut making them the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. These perfectly petite birds can only be found in Cuba and feed on flower nectar. They may be mistaken for bees buzzing around their favorite blooms, hence the name.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Just slightly larger than the bee Hummingbird is the Esmeraldas woodstar, also a species of hummingbird. This whimsically named bird can be found only on the coast of west Ecuador, and is vanishingly rare, with an estimated population size of between 1000 and 2,700 mature individuals. This number is currently decreasing due to habitat loss.
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
The calliope hummingbird is the smallest native bird of the United States and Canada. At 7cm from beak to tail tip, it is about the length of a Bic lighter. Like most hummingbirds, its diet consists of a mixture of nectar and small insects. They are named after the Greek muse Calliope, known for her ecstatically beautiful voice. The hummingbird call doesn't quite live up to this perhaps, being more of a high-pitched zing noise.
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
The final hummingbird on our list is perhaps the most striking, the males of this species having a bright purple cap and throat, making them look like a particularly angry plum. This vibrant plumage is used to striking effect in their courtship displays, when they carefully angle themselves so that the sun catches it, dazzling nearby females. They can be found in the southwestern United States and in Mexico.
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Less vibrant than the hummingbirds but almost as tiny is the pale-billed flowerpecker, an olive-green bird found on the Indian subcontinent. It has a mutually beneficial relationship with the mistletoe species Dendrophthoe falcata. In return for food – the mistletoe berries – this bird both pollinates the plant, carrying pollen from flower to flower, and aids in seed dispersal by voiding seeds intact after digestion.
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
The aptly named wee-bill is a nondescript grey-and-yellow bird with a particularly stubby beak. It is Australia’s smallest bird.
The weebill is primarily insectivorous, feeding on beetles and flies, but sometimes also seeds. At just 6 grams, it is about the weight of a pencil.
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Found in southern Africa, this petite passerine is known for the nests they build from soft materials such as spider webs, sheep’s wool and plant fibers. These nests are created as hanging globular bags, dangling, and swaying from tree branches. They also have more than one entrance, an open ‘false entrance’ that leads to an empty chamber, craftily constructed to baffle would-be egg thieves, and a smaller, real entrance that shuts as soon as a tit has entered or left.
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
This is the UK’s smallest bird, known very grandly as 'king of the birds' in European folklore (hence the scientific name regulus, meaning king). This is likely due to the bright orange/yellow plumage it sports on the crown of its head. Although it weighs less than a postcard, females of this species can lay up to 12 eggs in a clutch, which is about one and a half times their bodyweight.
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
A much rarer bird is the Firecrest. In addition to the yellow crown, they also have a black eyestripe and a white supercilium or eyebrow stripe. They are also more vibrantly colored overall than the goldcrest. They have a similarly regal name, Regulus ignicapilla meaning (roughly) fire-capped little king. They can be seen in the UK, but are also found throughout much of Europe and parts of northwestern Africa.
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
This colorful little bird, Australia’s smallest after the Weebill, is also known as the headache bird. This is due to its characteristic repetitive call that may aggravate listeners with its relentlessness in the breeding season. It can be found high up in eucalyptus canopies, foraging amongst the foliage for small insects, its favorite being those in the jumping plant lice family (psyllids).
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

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Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

22/21+ Completed. Finished

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or
read a book where a character is called petite or
Boomtown-Lani Lynn Vale 10/02/23
read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Natasha Madison-Mine to Take 9/06/23
Mary Burton-You're Not Safe 9/07/23
Greg Iles-24 hours 10/15/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or
The Girl and the Dragon's Island-A.J. Rivers 9/09/23
Her Final Word-Willow Rose 9/23/23
set in Ecuador or
where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
(Washington D.C.)
State of Denial-Marie Force 9/02/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or
Hopeless-Elsie Silver 10/20/23
read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
Hideaway Heart-Melanie Harlow 10/20/23
read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Rachel Caine-Wolfhunter River 11/08/23
Tia Louise-One to Hold 11/12/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or
(United States)
The Perfect Getaway-Elle Gray 9/30/23
read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or
where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Helen Phifer-One Left Alive 9/22/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or
where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or
Under the Stars-Laura Pavlov 9/20/23
where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Trust No One-Debra Webb 9/01/23
A.R. Torre-A Fatal Affair 9/09/23
Amy Daws-Take a Number 9/10/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or
where the MC flies somewhere or
In the Likely Event-Rebecca Yarros 9/15/23
where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
(Berkeley, CA)
Divine Desire-Audrey Carlan 9/03/23
(Baltimore, Maryland)
White Lines-Tom Fowler 11/10/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or
where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Teresa J. Reasor-Breaking Free 11/06/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or
where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Texas Tornado-Lani Lynn Vale 11/21/23
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Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD. Circe - Madeline Miller 28/09/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR. - Oslo - Blood on Snow - Jo Nesbø 07/09/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER. Ray Bradbury - The Halloween Tree 27/10/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty 17/11/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA. City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare 06/02/24

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL - Buffalo - The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong 08/11/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) "...been humming like a hornet's nest, grew silent." (page 126) - The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski 10/10/23

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) 18/10/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book set in Europe La donna dei fiori di carta - Donato Carrisi 19/09/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book with a colorful cover (Show cover) 27/11/23

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Goldcrest: 11- 20
Read: 19

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or

Read a book where a character is called petite.
Must Love Flowers Debbie Macomber 9/9/23

Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Talulah's Back in Town Brenda Novak 9/19/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar
🪶 Read a book set by the coast.
Autumn by the Sea Melissa Tagg 9/3/23

Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Teaberry Island The Forever Farmhouse Lee Tobin McClain 9/9/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Wisteria Island Rachel Hanna 9/20/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or

Read a book where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Black Dawn Rachel Caine 9/17/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶 Read a book with flowers on the cover.
Wisteria Winds Rachel Hanna 9/21/23

or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or

Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Out of Nowhere Sandra Brown 9/5/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or
Read a book where the MC flies somewhere.
Unforgettable Melanie Harlow 9/17/23
Read a book where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL.
Blue Harbor Second Chance Summer Olivia Miles 9/18/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶 Read a book where a character is a thief.
Finding Us Heather B. Moore 9/25/23
Read a book where the word nest can be found in the text.
Corn-Farm Boy Lois Lenski 9/13/23 p 28 It was a yellow-breasted flycatcher’s nest.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or

Read a book where someone is pregnant.
All the Dead Shall Weep Charlaine Harris 9/11/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶 Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text.
Kiss and Tell Melanie Jacobson 9/14/23 p 20 And there’s the old fire ring where the counselors spent the...
Read a book set in Europe.
Scotland Tavish Jane Stain 9/15/23
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Two Hearts Surrendered Tamara Ferguson 9/2/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶 Read a book where a character has a headache.
The Valley of Lost Children David Barbur 9/4/23
Read a book with a colorful cover.
The River We Remember William Kent Krueger 9/29/23
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
The Playboy's Proposal Ashlee Mallory 9/16/23

Start: September 1, 2023
End: February 29, 2024
✓Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
(view spoiler)[Cape penduline tit 21 or more (hide spoiler)]
19/11- 20

Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
🐦 Cinder - Marissa Meyer 🦜🦜🦜🦜 10/2/23 ➖ MM
🐦 How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 🧡🖤 10/13/23 ➖ MH
🐦 #Murderfunding - Gretchen McNeil 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/15/23 ➖ GM
🐦 BadAsstronauts - Grady Hendrix ✧✧✧ 1/2/24 ➖ GH

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
🐦 Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout 🦜🦜🦜 9/1/23 ➖ West Virginia
🐦 Deck Z: The Titanic: Unsinkable. Undead. - Chris Pauls ❤💚❤ 12/6/23 ➖ Titanic
🐦 What January Remembers - Faith Gardner ✧✧✧✧✧ 1/7/24 ➖ set in California

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
🐦 The Golden Cage - Camilla Läckberg 🦜🦜🦜🦜 10/2/23 ➖ CL
🐦 The Sacrifice - Rin Chupeco 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 10/13/23 ➖ RC

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
🐦 Frost Burned - Patricia Briggs 🦜🦜🦜🦜 10/7/23 ➖ set in the US
🐦 You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/10/23 ➖ set in the US
🐦 Braineater Jones - Stephen Kozeniewski 🧡🖤🧡 10/11/23 ➖ set in the US
🐦 Someone We Know - Shari Lapena ❤💚❤💚 12/4/23 ➖ set in the US
🐦Justin Morgan Had a Horse - Marguerite Henry ❤💚❤ 12/8/23 ➖ set in the US

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
🐦 The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White 🦜🦜🦜🦜 10/7/23 ➖ Elizabeth have a mutually beneficial relationship.
🐦 The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/16/23 ➖ TTC
🐦 Dance of Thieves - Mary E. Pearson ❤💚❤💚 12/2/23 ➖ DOT

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
🐦 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens ❤💚❤💚❤ 12/6/23 ➖ London

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
🐦 The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature - Jeff VanderMeer 🦜🦜🦜 10/1/23


9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Read: 25

Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
MD: Maddie Day - Murder Uncorked - 11/16/23
BG: Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry - 1/31/24

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast
Murder at a Scottish Castle - Traci Hall - 1/16/24
Where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Scotland - The Bookshop on the Corner - Jenny Colgan - 10/8/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
LC - Lindsay Currie - It Found Us - 10/31/23
EB - Pride, Prejudice and Poison - Elizabeth Blake - 1/29/24

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
Virginia - Murder Most Howl - Krista Davis - 9/6/23
Washington, D.C. - Color Me Murder - Krista Davis - 9/18/23
Read a book with a purple cover
- Ashley Poston - 10/19/23
- Adiba Jaigirdar - 12/14/23
Where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
SR: Steven Rowley - The Celebrants - 1/13/24
PS: Patrick Stewart - Making It So: A Memoir - 2/5/24

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶 Read a book where two people have a beneficial relationship.
My Roommate Is a Vampire - Jenna Levine - 10/23/23
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
The Princess and the Fangirl - Ashley Poston - 11/15/23
Every Dog Has His Day - Jenn McKinlay - 1/6/24

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - 1/22/24
Where the MC flies somewhere.
Paris - USA - Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins - 11/29/23
Characters fly to Puerto Rico and from NY to LA - You Had Me at Hola - Alexis Daria - 9/14/23
Where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
London, England - The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith - 1/16/24

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief
Someone steals a character's pearls - Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis - Tonya Kappes - 9/11/23
Set in Africa.
Tanzania - Jana Goes Wild - Farah Heron - 12/18/23

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover
- Tonya Kappes - 10/12/23
Where someone is pregnant.
Pumpkin Spice Peril - Jenn McKinlay - 11/20/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶 Set in Europe
England - Chapter and Curse - Elizabeth Penney - 9/30/23
Italy - Love & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch - 1/10/24

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Top Secret Twenty-One - Janet Evanovich - 11/2/23

Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

25/21+

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover)
Read a book where a character is called petite:
Ravenous (Steel Brothers Saga, #11) by Helen Hardt 11/28/23
Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD:
Virgins (Outlander, #0.5) by Diana Gabaldon 9/2/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador
Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR:
Kenar Mahalle Çocukları (The Street Kids) by Pier Paolo Pascolini (Location: Rome) 9/7/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
Read a book set in Canada:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 9/25/23
Read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice:
Giants: The Dwarfs of Auschwitz by Yehuda Koren & Eilat Negev 9/17/23
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER:
Verity: Gerçeğin Diğer Kıyısı (Verity) by Colleen Hoover 10/15/23
Ziyan (Loss) by Hakan Günday 1/3/24

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
Read a book set in the United States or Mexico:
Tom Amca'nın Kulübesi (Uncle Tom's Cabin) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Set in the United States) 10/20/23
Read a book with a purple cover (Show cover)
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP:
Sahi Adım Neydi (What Was My Name?) by Polat Ozlüoğlu 12/31/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover):
Shattered (Steel Brothers Saga, #7) by Helen Hardt 9/4/23

Read a book where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation):
Yara İzleri (Scars) by Juan José Saer 9/3/23
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA:
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 11/27/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
Read a book set in Australia
Read a book where the MC flies somewhere:
Unraveled (Steel Brothers Saga, #9) by Helen Hardt 10/8/23
Read a book where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL:
Kış Uykusu (Hibernation) by Ayşegül Devecioğlu (Location: Istanbul) 9/10/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover):
Irina Poignet by Philippe Blasband 10/16/23

Read a book with a king in the story:
Kral Arthur, Merlin ve Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri (Le Morte d'Arthur) by Thomas Malory 10/22/23
Read a book where someone is pregnant:
Twisted (Steel Brothers Saga, #8) by Helen Hardt 9/16/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Read a book set in Europe:
Gizemler (Mysteries) by Knut Hamsun 11/17/23
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST:
Ordular (The Armies) by Evelio Rosero 1/4/24

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
Read a book where a character has a headache:
Ara Tonlar (Intermediate Tones) by Ayşegül Devecioğlu 11/15/23
Read a book with a colorful cover (Show cover):
Ana (The Mother) by Pearl S. Buck 10/3/23

Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE:
Olmus Eşek (Dead Donkey) by Aziz Nesin 12/26/23

FINISHED!!! Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024 (09/10/23)

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21+
(2+ each)

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS: 22/21+

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm. (2)

☑️ 🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover)

X or read a book where a character is called petite
The Girls in the Garden Lisa Jewell (Clare is quite small) 09/07/23

X or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Cress (Lunar Chronicles 3) Marissa Meyer 09/07/23

☑️ 2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm (2)

X 🪶 Read a book set by the coast
Lucy by the Sea (Amgash 4) Elizabeth Strout 09/04/23

or set in Ecuador

X or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady 1) Helene Tursten (Sweden) 09/03/23

☑️ 3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g (2)

🪶 Read a book set in Canada

X or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice
Mary Jane Jessica Anya Blau (Mary Jane and Sasha have beautiful voices) 09/02/23

X or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Too Hot to Handle (The Clarksons 1) Tessa Bailey 09/03/23

☑️ 4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g (3)

X 🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
A Cup of Jo (Maggy Thorsen Mystery 6) Sandra Balzo (Wisconsin) 09/08/23

X or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover)
Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove 1) Lana Harper 09/05/23

X or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
One Guy I'd Never Date (Never Say Never 2) Remi Carrington 09/02/23

☑️ 5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g (3)

X 🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover)
Tom Lake Ann Patchett 09/01/23

X or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation)
Moonflowers: Book IV of the Moon Mystery Series (Moon Mystery 4) Helen Haught Fanick (Andrea and Kathleen have a mutually beneficial relationship with a police officer) 09/10/23

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 09/05/23

☑️ 6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g (2)

X 🪶Read a book set in Australia
The Soulmate Sally Hepworth 09/10/23

or where the MC flies somewhere

X or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1) Tirzah Price (London) 09/06/23

☑️ 7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where a character is a thief
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Elderly Lady 2) Helene Tursten (Maud “helps” herself to things fairly often) 09/04/23

X or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Cast Away (Cara Mia Delgatto 3) Joanna Campbell Slan (p. 23 “. . . turtle made each particular nest . . .”) 09/11/23

☑️ 8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g (2)

X 🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover)

or with a king in the story
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles 2) Marissa Meyer (Kai) 09/01/23

X or where someone is pregnant.
Inspired by Mindy (Stargazer Springs Ranch 4) Remi Carrington (surprise pregnancy at the end of the book) 09/06/23

☑️ 9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Captivated by Steph (Stargazer Springs Ranch 5) Remi Carrington 09/07/23 (p. 201 “. . . ‘I like to stoke that fire . . .’”)

X or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Three Things I'd Never Do (Never Say Never 1) Remi Carrington 09/01/23

☑️ 10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where a character has a headache
Two Words I'd Never Say Again (Never Say Never 3) Remi Carrington 09/06/23 (p. 73 “. . . just a bad headache . . .”)

X or with a colorful cover (Show cover)
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lovers Mystery 1) Jenn McKinlay 09/04/23

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Completed: 21

Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Use the tasks as often as you need.


TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
💟Next of Kin-Hannah Bonam-Young, 2/16/24 -- HB

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
💟To the Moon and Back - NR Walker, 9/10/23 -- Australia
💟Until Sage-Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/19/24 -- Tennessee
💟Newcomer-Ana Ashley, 1/27/24 -- Stillwater

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
💟Secret Santa Face-Off - Victoria Denault, 12/1/23 -- Canada

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
💟Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga - Sam Maggs, 9/26/23 -- United States
💟Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga - Rainbow Rowell, 11/18/23 -- United States
💟Fangirl, Vol. 3: The Manga - Rainbow Rowell, 11/28/23 -- United States
💟Solo for the Season - Martha Keyes, 12/6/23 -- United States
💟Christmas with Saint - J. Sterling, 12/7/23 -- United States

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
💟Two Truths and a Lyle - DJ Jamison, 10/4/23 -- title
💟 -Jeneva Rose, 1/24/24

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
💟Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun - Jonny Garza Villa, 11/9/23 -- flies somewhere
💟You, Again-Lane Hayes, 2/12/24 -- Elmwood, Vermont

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
💟The Red Zone - Amie Knight, 9/21/23 -- Pregnant
💟Get Frosted - Amy Aislin, 12/30/23 -- Pregnant
💟Kiss To Belong-Anna Doe, 1/7/24 -- Pregnant
💟 -Aurora Rose Reynolds, 2/18/24

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
💟This Winter - Alice Oseman, 9/7/23 -- Europe
💟Heartstopper: Volume Five - Alice Oseman, 12/28/23 -- Europe

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
💟Egotistical Puckboy-Eden Finley, 1/20/24 -- title

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

00/21+ Completed

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.- The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil A Rún, Volume 4-Nagabe 9/15
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil A Rún, Volume 5-Nagabe 9/15
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 6-Nagabe 9/19
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 7-Nagabe 9/21
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 8-Nagabe 9/21


2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR- 斉木楠雄のΨ難 11 Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 11 -麻生 周一 9/23 (Tokyo)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER- Solo Leveling, Vol. 5-Chugong 9/4
Lucky Devil-Cullen Bunn 9/1

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP- Crazy Food Truck, Vol. 3-Rokurou Ogaki 9/23
Dark Dreams-Christina Sng 9/11
The Darkside of Eden-Christina Sng 9/11

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover- Broken Flowers (Robert M. Drake/Vintage Wild)-Robert M. Drake 9/1
The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night-Marjorie M. Liu 9/20

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book where the MC flies somewhere- Solo-Kwame Alexander 9/17
Custodians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 2-Jordan Gould 9/24

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book with a king in the story- The Beginning After the End, Vol. 1-TurtleMe 9/14
The Beginning After the End, Vol. 2-TurtleMe 9/14
The Beginning After the End, Vol. 3-TurtleMe 9/17


9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)- I Swear Somewhere This Works: Selected Poems 2013-2023-Trista Mateer 9/9 “we lose ourselves in the fire” pg. 78

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE- The Last Siege-Landry Q. Walker 9/1
Emmy in the Key of Code-Aimee Lucido 9/19

Welcome Frankie, Katrina, JoAnne, Bobbi, Kimberly, Pinar, Melissa A, Katelyn and Grace.

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

21/21+ Completed

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day 11/28/2023

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast.
And Then There Were Bones by Adriana Licio 12/10/2023
🪶Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Mutts & Murder by Meg Muldoon 9/22/2023 (Oregon)
Sweet Revenge by Karen MacInerney 9/25/2023 (Texas)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings 9/18/2023
Read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice
Taming the Sheriff by Cynthia Hickey 12/17/2023
🪶 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Murderous Misprint by Isabella Bassett 12/13/2023

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States
Sand, Sea and a Skeleton by Cindy Bell 9/3/2024
Murder Outside the Lines by Krista Davis 9/8/2023
Key to Murder by Tim Myers 9/22/2023
Warned in Wisconsin by Patti Benning 1/18/2024
🪶Read a book where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Reaching Reed by Cora Rose 9/4/2023

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Code Red by N.R. Walker 2/2/2024

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia
On Davis Row by N.R. Walker 1/30/2024
Switched by N.R. Walker 1/27/2024
🪶Read a book where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Hold on for Beer Life by Ellie Alexander 1/13/2024 (Washington)

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) .
by Tim Myers 9/20/2023

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book set in Europe
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly 2/9/2024
🪶Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 9/1/2023
Unexpected Turn by Ella Frank 9/10/2023

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book with a colorful cover (Show cover)
by Jenn McKinlay 9/9/2023
🪶Read a bookwhere the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE
Secrets & Lies by Brooke Blaine 9/15/2023

Level: Cape Penduline Tit
Read: 21/21+

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmon | 9/10 - petite, p12
Tulips for Augusta, Betty Neels | 9/18 - BN

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt | 9/4 - Set in Sowell Bay, Washington
Clean Sweep, Ilona Andrews | 9/6 - Set in Texas
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King | 9/16 - Set in Shawshank Prison
Lily's Crossing, Patricia Reilly Giff | 9/18 - set along the coast in New York State

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
The Midnight Rose, Lucinda Riley | 9/8 - LR
Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs | 9/9 - ERB

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP
Silverweed: A Supernatural Fairy Tale, Dorlana Vann | 9/5 - Set in Indiana
Midnight at the Electric, Jodi Lynn Anderson | 9/17 - set in OK and KS

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
American Prince, Sierra Simone | 9/9 - AP
Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells | 9/15 - RP

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough | 9/1 - set in Australia
All In, Raine Miller | 9/14 - location London
It Must Be Love, Rachel Gibson | 9/23 - location Boise, Idaho

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.
Thankless in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/11 - p11 ...watched a quick-fingered street thief make hay with a gaggle...
Breathe, Kristen Ashley | 9/22 - p299
"I got a small nest egg that I do what I can to make bigger just because I've lived...

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
State of Denial, Marie Force | 9/13 - Shelby is pregnant

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text
The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together, Jerry B. Jenkins | 9/7 - p95 She stepped off the road as a fire truck left the area...
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Robert Dugoni | 9/11 - p3 ...a particularly hairy patient caught fire during the cauterization, and the doctor immedicately...
or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Jean Kerr | 9/15 - PDETD

28/21

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
They weigh just 1.95 grams, about the same as a cashew nut making them the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. These perfectly petite birds can only be found in Cuba and feed on flower nectar. They may be mistaken for bees buzzing around their favorite blooms, hence the name.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or
Must Love Bees - Sasha Summers (HQN - Jan 2023) - Feb 13
read a book where a character is called petite or
Navy SEAL's Deadly Secret - Cindy Dees (HRS #2074 - Jan 2020) - Sept 4
read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Coulda Been a Cowboy - Brenda Novak (HQN - Mar 2014) - Sept 10



2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Just slightly larger than the bee Hummingbird is the Esmeraldas woodstar, also a species of hummingbird. This whimsically named bird can be found only on the coast of west Ecuador, and is vanishingly rare, with an estimated population size of between 1000 and 2,700 mature individuals. This number is currently decreasing due to habitat loss.
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or
Cinderella and the Vicomte - Jessica Gilmore (HR #4804 - May 2022) - Oct 1
set in Ecuador or
where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Vengeful Vows - Yvonne Lindsay (HD #2658 - Apr 2019) (Washington) - Sept 8

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3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
The calliope hummingbird is the smallest native bird of the United States and Canada. At 7cm from beak to tail tip, it is about the length of a Bic lighter. Like most hummingbirds, its diet consists of a mixture of nectar and small insects. They are named after the Greek muse Calliope, known for her ecstatically beautiful voice. The hummingbird call doesn't quite live up to this perhaps, being more of a high-pitched zing noise.
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or
Watchers of the Night - Charlene Parris (HRS #2262 - Jan 2024) - Dec 21
read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
Part of His Royal World - Nina Singh (HR #4887 - Feb 2024) - Jan 18
read a book where the author's initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Texas Scandal - Barb Han (HI #2170 - Oct 2023) - Sept 27



4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
The final hummingbird on our list is perhaps the most striking, the males of this species having a bright purple cap and throat, making them look like a particularly angry plum. This vibrant plumage is used to striking effect in their courtship displays, when they carefully angle themselves so that the sun catches it, dazzling nearby females. They can be found in the southwestern United States and in Mexico.
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or
Wyoming Mountain Cold Case - Juno Rushdan (HI #2172 - Oct 2023) (US) - Sept 17
read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or
where the author's initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
The Lyon Who Loved Me - Tracy Sumner (Dragonblade - Sept 2023) - Sept 12

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5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Less vibrant than the hummingbirds but almost as tiny is the pale-billed flowerpecker, an olive-green bird found on the Indian subcontinent. It has a mutually beneficial relationship with the mistletoe species Dendrophthoe falcata. In return for food – the mistletoe berries – this bird both pollinates the plant, carrying pollen from flower to flower, and aids in seed dispersal by voiding seeds intact after digestion.
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or
Miss Rose and the Vexing Viscount - Catherine Tinley (HH #1756 - Nov 2023) - Oct 31
where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or
Lyon of the Ton - Emily Royal (Dragonblade Pub - Oct 2023) - Oct 20
where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Hunted at Christmas - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1061 - Oct 2023) - Sept 14



6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
The aptly named wee-bill is a nondescript grey-and-yellow bird with a particularly stubby beak. It is Australia’s smallest bird. The weebill is primarily insectivorous, feeding on beetles and flies, but sometimes also seeds. At just 6 grams, it is about the weight of a pencil.
🪶Read a book set in Australia or
Her Off-Limits Single Dad - Marion Lennox (HMED #1345 - Oct 2023) - Sept 25
where the MC flies somewhere or
Montana Rain - Josie Jade (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 21
where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Night of Lyons - Chasity Bowlin et al. (Dragonblade Pub - Aug 2023) (London) - Sept 2



7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Found in southern Africa, this petite passerine is known for the nests they build from soft materials such as spider webs, sheep’s wool and plant fibers. These nests are created as hanging globular bags, dangling, and swaying from tree branches. They also have more than one entrance, an open ‘false entrance’ that leads to an empty chamber, craftily constructed to baffle would-be egg thieves, and a smaller, real entrance that shuts as soon as a tit has entered or left.
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or
Down to the Wire - Patricia Sargeant (HRS #2250 - Oct 2023) - Sept 26
where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Wyoming Cowboys - Regan Black, Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) (build her a nest - loc 1238) - Sept 6
set in Africa.
The Prince's Safari Temptation - Nina Singh (HR #4872 - Oct 2023) - Nov 15



8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
This is the UK’s smallest bird, known very grandly as 'king of the birds' in European folklore (hence the scientific name regulus, meaning king). This is likely due to the bright orange/yellow plumage it sports on the crown of its head. Although it weighs less than a postcard, females of this species can lay up to 12 eggs in a clutch, which is about one and a half times their body weight.
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or
Caught by You - Jennifer Bernard (Avon - Jan 2016) (yellow) - Sept 13
with a king in the story or
Second Chance with His Viking Wife - Sarah Rodi (HH #1753 - Oct 2023) - Sept 24
where someone is pregnant.
Marked for Revenge - Delores Fossen (HI #2169 - Oct 2023) - Sept 22



9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
A much rarer bird is the Firecrest. In addition to the yellow crown, they also have a black eyestripe and a white supercilium or eyebrow stripe. They are also more vibrantly colored overall than the goldcrest. They have a similarly regal name, Regulus ignicapilla meaning (roughly) fire-capped little king. They can be seen in the UK, but are also found throughout much of Europe and parts of northwestern Africa.
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or
Chef Sugarlips - Tawna Fenske (Capstone - May 2018) (like it's on fire - pg 138) - Sept 8
set in Europe or
How to Cheat the Marriage Mart - Millie Adams (HH #1677 - Oct 2022) - Sept 16
where the author's initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Her Best Friend's Wedding - Christine Rimmer (HSE #3020 - Dec 2023) - Nov 20



10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
This colorful little bird, Australia’s smallest after the Weebill, is also known as the headache bird. This is due to its characteristic repetitive call that may aggravate listeners with its relentlessness in the breeding season. It can be found high up in eucalyptus canopies, foraging amongst the foliage for small insects, its favorite being those in the jumping plant lice family (psyllids).
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or
Protecting Colton's Baby - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2219 - Mar 2023) - Oct 20
with a colorful cover (Show cover) or
Love at First Bark - Michelle Major (HSE #3010 - Oct 2023) - Sept 21
where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
The Duke's Defender - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 19

Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

0/5-10

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Tasks: 22
Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🐤Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or
🐤 read a book where a character is called petite - MC is petite
A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman 4/9 3.5★
🐤 read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland 17/9 3.5★

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🐤 Read a book set by the coast
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon 25/9 4★
🐤 set in Ecuador or
🐤 where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR - Ottawa
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore 1/9 3★

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🐤 Read a book set in Canada
Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 14/9 3★
🐤 read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
🐤 read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Last Chance Cafe by Liz Byrski 6/9 4★

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🐤Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/9 4★
🐤 read a book with a purple cover
by Karen Herbert 20/9 3★
🐤 where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 24/9 3★

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🐤Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or
🐤 where two people have a beneficial relationship
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 7/9 4★
🐤where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh 2/9 3.5★

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🐤Read a book set in Australia or
🐤 where the MC flies somewhere
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 9/9 4.5★
🐤where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL - Las Vegas
High Stakes by Erin McCarthy 12/9 2★

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🐤Read a book where a character is a thief
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 17/9 4★
🐤 where the word nest can be found in the text - on his return to the marital nest p.10
Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett 5/9 3.5★
🐤 set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🐤 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover
by Katherine Center 25/9 2.5★
🐤 with a king in the story or
🐤 where someone is pregnant.
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne 14/9 3★

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🐤Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text - before the fire department could get to it p.288
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 8/9 4★
🐤 set in Europe
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn 14/9 3★
🐤 where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🐤Read a book where a character has a headache
Sun, Surf and Murder by D.C. Pitt 3/9 3.5★
🐤 with a colorful cover
by D.E. Ireland 17/9 3.5★
🐤 where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 10/9 4★

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: Sept. 1, 2023 - Feb. 29, 2024
Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover)
🪶 Read a book where a character is called petite
- Love Lost on Cloud 9 by Kirstie Collins Brote
Jan. 7, 2024
🪶 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
- Smack by Melvin Burgess Oct. 31, 2023
- The Running Girls by Matt Brolly
Nov. 16, 2023
- Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion Dec. 12, 2023

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada
🪶 A book with a character who has a beautiful voice
🪶 A book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER
-A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry
Sept. 26, 2023

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
-The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Oct. 6, 2023
🪶Read a book with a purple cover (Show cover)
-Powerless by Jacqueline Pretty Oct. 13, 2023


🪶Where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
- Mirror Mirror: Poetry 2022 by Cliff Sowers
Oct. 23, 2023
- The Rise: A Short Story by Ian Rankin Jan. 28, 2024

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover)
- Onyx Awakened by Quell T. Fox Jan. 22, 2024

🪶Where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation)
- A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon Dec. 23, 2023
🪶Where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA
- Old THOT Next Door by Quan Millz
Oct. 5, 2023

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia
- High Tide: A Tempest Beach Short Story by Tracy Brenton
Sept. 5, 2023
🪶Where the MC flies somewhere
- Billionaire's Virgin Ballerina by Flora Ferrari
Sept. 4, 2023
- In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Oct. 19, 2023
🪶Where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief
- The Girls by Emma Cline Nov. 14, 2023
🪶The word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
-The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Sept. 29, 2023
"He took my son from me and left his own child in my nest instead." Pg. 248
🪶Set in Africa

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover)
🪶With a king in the story
🪶Where someone is pregnant
-Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver Nov. 28, 2023

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
-Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel Sept. 30, 2023
"He would have preferred a bright coffeehouse with an open fire..." pg. 65
- (Un)Tethered: A Collection of Poems by S.V. Segal Oct. 2, 2023
"I let the fire warm my hands..." pg. 88
- Ripples by Jasmine O'Hea Nov. 9, 2023
"Chipped paint on the fire hydrants is the worst of your problems?" Pg. 50
- Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl by Patricia C. McKissack Dec. 27, 2023
"The fire kept going out, but I finally got it blazing." Pg. 77
🪶Set in Europe
- One by One by Ruth Ware Dec. 31, 2023
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Jan. 11, 2024
🪶Where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST
- Andre by Sherman T. Cooley Jan. 23, 2024
- Mia by Sherman T. Cooley Jan. 24, 2024

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache
- The September House by Carissa Orlando Dec. 8, 2023
- Their Forever by Chloe Kent Jan. 9, 2024
🪶With a colorful cover (Show cover)
🪶Where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

Welcome Tammi, Susan, Dita, Catsalive, and Sabrina

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Goldcrest: 11- 20
Read:20

COMPLETED!

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
The Seamstress of New Orleans by Diane C McPhail 9/11/2023 huMmingbirD
Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah 9/26/2023 HummingbirD

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Holly Jolly Cowboy by Jessica Claire 10/12/2023 Wyoming

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan 9/7/2023 bic LightEr
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns 9/22/2023 BiC

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center 9/12/2023 Set in US
The Third Daughter by Talia Carner 9/15/2023 CourTship
Still Kicking by Judith Arnold 9/19/2023 Set in US
The Body in the Attic by Judi Lynn 10/3/2023 Set in US
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg 10/6/2023 Set in US

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Wrong Alibi by Christina Dodd 9/29/2023
Donald and Stacy

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
The Shop on Royal Street by Karen White 9/19/2023 L is for Louisiana
Swimming With Sharks by Anna Legat 9/22/2023
Nichola flies to Mali to go to a resort in the Maldives. So does Gillian.
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz 9/27/2023 Set in England
The Grass Widow by Ralph McInerny 10/10/2023 Illinois

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief.
Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell 9/16/2023
Janet was a thief.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
Killer Cuts by Elaine Viets 10/7/2023
Honey is pregnant

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James 9/30/2023 European setting

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE
Clubbed to Death by Elaine Viets 9/4/2023
The crazy club members' calls give Helen a headache.
Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts 9/9/2023
Lucky gets a headache when trying to find the lost cats.

Welcome Anne

Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Level: Goldcrest 11- 20

READ: 29/20

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
✔ 🐤Read a book with a bee on the cover
Birder, She Wrote - Donna Andrews 9/30

✔ 🐤 read a book where a character is called petite
Unnatural Causes - Dawn Eastman 10/11
(she was petite with dark spiky hair), p8
✔ 🐤 read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Hell House - Richard Matheson 9/20

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
✔ 🐤 Read a book set by the coast
Murder in the Book Lover's Loft - Ellery Adams 9/8
✔ 🐤 where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR
Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young (Washington) 9/2

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
✔ 🐤 Read a book set in Canada
Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury (Toronto) 12/22
✔ 🐤 read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice
Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi (heroine) 9/16
✔ 🐤 read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
For Whom the Book Tolls - Laura Gail Black 9/10

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
✔ 🐤Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
The Vow - Dannika Dark (Oklahoma) 9/7
✔ 🐤 read a book with a purple cover
Silver Linings - Jayne Ann Krentz 11/4

✔ 🐤 where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy - Hailey Piper 9/24

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
✔ 🐤Read a book with flowers on the cover
Unsettled Ground - Claire Fuller 9/25

✔ 🐤 where two people have a beneficial relationship.
You Say It First - Susan Mallery (friends with benefits) 9/28
✔ 🐤where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
The Taken Ones - Jess Lourey 10/17

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
✔ 🐤Read a book set in Australia
Force of Nature - Jane Harper 11/4
✔ 🐤 where the MC flies somewhere
Just Haven't Met You Yet - Sophie Cousens (England to Channel Islands) 9/9
✔ 🐤where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Fire Bound - Christine Feehan (Italy) 9/18

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
✔ 🐤 set in Africa.
Echo in Time - Lindsey Fairleigh (Egypt) 2/2
✔ 🐤Read a book where a character is a thief
You'd Be Home Now - Kathleen Glasgow (Emory) 9/24
✔ 🐤 where the word NEST can be found in the text
You Betrayed Me - Lisa Jackson 9/5
(an ancient nest of forgotten french fries), p78

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
✔ 🐤 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover
Southern Sass and Killer Cravings - Kate Young 9/6

✔ 🐤 with a king in the story
Frozen Tides - Morgan Rhodes (King Gaius) 9/9
✔ 🐤 where someone is pregnant.
Cherish Hard - Nalini Singh (heroine) 9/5

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
✔ 🐤Read a book where the word FIRE can be found in the text
Frozen Tides - Morgan Rhodes 9/9
(before I light you and your friends on fire), p238
✔ 🐤 set in Europe
The Last Remains - Elly Griffiths (England) 9/3
✔ 🐤 where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Earth Bound - Christine Feehan 9/15

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
✔ 🐤Read a book where a character has a headache
Forced to Flee - Terri Reed (heroine) 9/17
✔ 🐤 with a colorful cover
Never Whistle at Night - Shane Hawk 10/2

✔ 🐤 where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE
Pumpkin Spice Peril - Jenn McKinlay 9/3

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Barbara

FLY AWAY LITTLE BIRD, 9/1 – 2/29
26/21+ COMPLETE

LEVELS : Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks | Goldcrest 11- 20 | Cape penduline tit 21+
Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. BEE HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
* cover : Bee People and the Bugs They Love, by Frank Mortimer, finished 9/27/23 ★★★★
* petite / Althea : Tequila for Two (Althea Rose #2), by Tricia O’Malley, finished 9/19/23 ★★★
* author Matthew Batt – The Last Supper Club: A Waiter’s Requiem, finished 10/3/23 ★★★


2. ESMERALDAS WOODSTAR
🔹 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
* coastal setting : Cremas, Christmas Cookies and Crooks (Cape Bay Café #6), by Harper Lin, finished 9/17/23 ★★★.5
* location = Snug Harbor ME : Inked Out (Snug Harbor #2), by Karen MacInerney, finished 9/16/23 ★★★.5

3. CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
* voice / Patrick : Bright Lights, Big Christmas, by Mary Kay Andrews, finished 9/6/23 ★★★★
* author Laura Gail Black – For Whom the Book Tolls (Antique Bookshop #1), finished 9/11/23 ★★★.5

4. COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
* set USA (Boulder CO) : Play Dead (Allie Babcock #1), by Leslie O’Kane, finished 9/12/23 ★★★.5
* author Tony Hillerman – Skinwalkers (Leaphorn & Chee #7), finished 9/14/23 ★★★★

5. PALE-BILLED FLOWERPECKER
🔹 Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
* cover : Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy #1), by Jane Steen, finished 10/11/23 ★★★.5
* relationship : Honey Roasted (Coffeehouse #19), by Cleo Coyle, finished 9/9/23 ★★★★
Clare and Matteo work well together in the business
* title : Frozen Detective (Piper & Porter #2), by Amanda Flower, finished 9/4/23 ★★★★


6. WEEBILL
🔹 Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
* Australia : Upside Down, Inside Out, by Monica McInerney, finished 10/20/23 ★★★.5
* flight : Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond, by Henry Winkler, finished 9/24/23 ★★★.5
* location = Benedict AK : Lost Hours (Alaska Wild #5), by Paige Shelton, finished 9/15/23 ★★★★

7. CAPE PENDULINE TIT
🔹 Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word NEST can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.
* thief : Lady Cop Makes Trouble (Kopp Sisters #2), by Amy Stewart, finished 9/18/23 ★★★.5
p. 158 : “Our hosiery thief Martha Hicks was due to be released...”
* nest : In the Market for Murder (Lady Hardcastle #2), by T.E. Kinsey, finished 9/10/23 ★★★.5
p. 22 “Birds were building NESTS, unidentifiable plants were poking blade-like leaves up through the soil...”
* Zimbabwe : I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives, by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda, finished 9/2/23 ★★★.5

8. GOLDCREST
🔹 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
* cover : Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti #1), by Donna Leon, finished 10/16/23 ★★★.5
* king : The King’s Justice (Maggie Hope #9), by Susan Elia MacNeal, finished 10/15/23 ★★★★
p. 305 “King George VI entered the pub, tall and trim, wearing his glittering naval dress uniform...”
* Amanda is pregnant : Hanging By a Thread (Sewing Studio #2), by Dorothy Howell, finished 9/5/23 ★★★.5


9. COMMON FIRECREST
🔹 Read a book where the word FIRE can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
* fire : The Brewery Murders (Yorkshire Murders #9), by J.R. Ellis, finished 9/7/23 ★★★.5
loc 2855 “That’s a biofuel FIRE, sir. No flue needed.”
* set in Europe (England) : The Greyhound of the Baskervilles (Greyhound Classics #1), by Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by John Gaspard, finished 9/4/23 ★★★.5

10. SPOTTED PARDALOTE
🔹 Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
headache : Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe #1), by Rex Stout, finished 9/3/23 ★★★.5
Archie, p. 219
* cover : The Lights of Sugarberry Cove, by Heather Webber, finished 9/6/23 ★★★★
* title : Sugar Plum Poisoned (Cupcake Bakery #15), by Jenn McKinlay, finished 9/8/23 ★★★★

Welcome Barb

Fly Away Little Bird
September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

*Use the tasks as often as you need.

21/21+ Tasks Completed

1. BEE HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y'Barbo (9/12/23) - petite

2. ESMERALDAS WOODSTAR
🔹 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Ten Dates with the Billionaire by Amberlee Day (9/20/23) - set in Washington

3. CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Lady Flora's Fiancé by Iris Lim (9/5/23) - bIc Lighter
Faking the Fall by Julie Christianson (9/29/23) - beautiful voice

4. COSTA’S HUMMINGBIRD
🔹 Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
The Real Fake Fiancé by Sara Jane Woodley (9/14/23)

Easy as Pie by Carina Taylor (10/4/23) - CourTship
When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason (10/10/23) - USA

5. PALE-BILLED FLOWERPECKER
🔹 Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Feel the Rhythm by Marie Soleil (9/24/23) - dendRophThoe Falcata
The Matchmaker's Request by Ashtyn Newbold (9/25/23) - beneficial relationship
Voice of Dominion by Melanie Cellier (10/15/23)


6. WEEBILL
🔹 Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
The Captain's Confidant by Ashtyn Newbold (9/20/23) - Set in England
When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason (10/11/23) - MC flies

7. CAPE PENDULINE TIT
🔹 Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word NEST can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.
With Love, Louisa by Ashtyn Newbold (9/23/23)
"butterflies had formed a NEST of sorts in her stomach..." (pg 276)
The Gentleman and the Thief by Sarah M. Eden (10/2/23) - thief

8. GOLDCREST
🔹 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
The Fall Back Plan by Melanie Jacobson (9/11/23)

Night of Secrets by Tara Grayce (9/15/23) - king
The Ace of Hearts by Ashtyn Newbold (9/19/23) - pregnant
Driven to Date by Susan Hatler (10/11/23)


9. COMMON FIRECREST
🔹 Read a book where the word FIRE can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair (9/7/23)
Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh (9/18/23) - "My house is on FIRE." (pg 6)

10. SPOTTED PARDALOTE
🔹 Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Lord Farleigh and Miss Frost by Sally Britton (10/4/23) - headache

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
They weigh just 1.95 grams, about the same as a cashew nut making them the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. These perfectly petite birds can only be found in Cuba and feed on flower nectar. They may be mistaken for bees buzzing around their favorite blooms, hence the name.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia 09.14.23 or read a book where a character is called petiteCity of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 10.15.23 (Clary) or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison 09.15.23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Just slightly larger than the bee Hummingbird is the Esmeraldas woodstar, also a species of hummingbird. This whimsically named bird can be found only on the coast of west Ecuador, and is vanishingly rare, with an estimated population size of between 1000 and 2,700 mature individuals. This number is currently decreasing due to habitat loss.
🪶 Read a book set by the coast The Five-Star Weekend] 09.06.23 or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR. A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber 10.06.23 (Oceanside)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
The calliope hummingbird is the smallest native bird of the United States and Canada. At 7cm from beak to tail tip, it is about the length of a Bic lighter. Like most hummingbirds, its diet consists of a mixture of nectar and small insects. They are named after the Greek muse Calliope, known for her ecstatically beautiful voice. The hummingbird call doesn't quite live up to this perhaps, being more of a high-pitched zing noise.
🪶 Read a book set in CanadaStrawberry Cream Cupcake & Murderby Ann S. Marie 10.12.23 or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voiceBellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia 09.17.23 (Alice) or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg 10.27.23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
The final hummingbird on our list is perhaps the most striking, the males of this species having a bright purple cap and throat, making them look like a particularly angry plum. This vibrant plumage is used to striking effect in their courtship displays, when they carefully angle themselves so that the sun catches it, dazzling nearby females. They can be found in the southwestern United States and in Mexico.
🪶Read a book set in MexicoThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 10.11.12, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari 10.29.23 or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.Berried at Sea by Peg Cochran 09.18.23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Less vibrant than the hummingbirds but almost as tiny is the pale-billed flowerpecker, an olive-green bird found on the Indian subcontinent. It has a mutually beneficial relationship with the mistletoe species Dendrophthoe falcata. In return for food – the mistletoe berries – this bird both pollinates the plant, carrying pollen from flower to flower, and aids in seed dispersal by voiding seeds intact after digestion.
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates09.11.23 or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation)The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 10.29.23 or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia 10.10.23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
The aptly named wee-bill is a nondescript grey-and-yellow bird with a particularly stubby beak. It is Australia’s smallest bird.
The weebill is primarily insectivorous, feeding on beetles and flies, but sometimes also seeds. At just 6 grams, it is about the weight of a pencil.
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros01.16.24 (MC flies around on her dragon) or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILLDead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle 09.21.23 (Washington D.C)

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Found in southern Africa, this petite passerine is known for the nests they build from soft materials such as spider webs, sheep’s wool and plant fibers. These nests are created as hanging globular bags, dangling, and swaying from tree branches. They also have more than one entrance, an open ‘false entrance’ that leads to an empty chamber, craftily constructed to baffle would-be egg thieves, and a smaller, real entrance that shuts as soon as a tit has entered or left.
🪶Read a book where a character is a thiefBitter Words by Jan Fields 12.20.23 (character steals recipes from another character) or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 01.25.24 ("only one old nest that had been abandoned" page 149) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
This is the UK’s smallest bird, known very grandly as 'king of the birds' in European folklore (hence the scientific name regulus, meaning king). This is likely due to the bright orange/yellow plumage it sports on the crown of its head. Although it weighs less than a postcard, females of this species can lay up to 12 eggs in a clutch, which is about one and a half times their bodyweight.
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) Seven Up by Janet Evanovich 11.14.23 or with a king in the story Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill 09.05.23 (King Aodren) or where someone is pregnant.Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 01.22.24 (A couple of people are pregnant through the course of this book)

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
A much rarer bird is the Firecrest. In addition to the yellow crown, they also have a black eyestripe and a white supercilium or eyebrow stripe. They are also more vibrantly colored overall than the goldcrest. They have a similarly regal name, Regulus ignicapilla meaning (roughly) fire-capped little king. They can be seen in the UK, but are also found throughout much of Europe and parts of northwestern Africa.
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)The Island by Natasha Preston 01.28.24 ("My face catches fire, page 69) or set in EuropeThe Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes 09.27.23 (France) or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 12.02.23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
This colorful little bird, Australia’s smallest after the Weebill, is also known as the headache bird. This is due to its characteristic repetitive call that may aggravate listeners with its relentlessness in the breeding season. It can be found high up in eucalyptus canopies, foraging amongst the foliage for small insects, its favorite being those in the jumping plant lice family (psyllids).
🪶Read a book where a character has a headacheHow the Grinch Stole My Heart by Annabelle Costa12.24.23 (MC gets headache from aneurysm) or with a colorful cover (Show cover) ] by Meg Shaffer 10.06.23 or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart 11.28.23

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Cape penduline tit 21 or more
30/30

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King read 11/23/2023
read a book where a character is called petite Rangers, RVs, & Revenge by Tonya Kappes read 9/28/2023 Agnes is described as petite on page 48
read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD. Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane read 9/6/2023

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart read 9/10/2023 set on Broward's Rock Island, South Carolina
set in Ecuador Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot read 1/1/2024 set in the Jungle of Ecuador
where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR. Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster read 10/1/2023 Whitechapel, London, England

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada Schooled in Murder by Brenda Gayle read 9/11/2023 set on Lake Scugog, Canada
read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel read 9/10/2023 Tita's singing is described as melodious
read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER. Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry read 9/8/2023

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart read 9/12/2023 set in the US
read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King read 1/4/2024
where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg read 9/5/2023

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield read 9/20/2023
where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina by Georgina Pazcoguin read 9/3/2023 (view spoiler)[The Dressing room mates all support each other and help each other through the harder times and celebrate the successes of the reast of the group. (hide spoiler)]
where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris read 9/7/2023

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty read 9/27/2023 set in Sydney, Australia
where the MC flies somewhere Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton read 9/6/2023 Marisol flies to Cuba to spend the week with her grandmother's best friend and her family
where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich read 9/13/2023 set in Williamsburg, Virginia

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd read 9/22/2023 (view spoiler)[Ana steals an Ivory tablet from Herod (hide spoiler)]
where the word nest can be found in the text You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks read 9/4/2023 Page 93 "It's hurt so we made it a nest."
set in Africa. The Eye Of The Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness by Delia Owens and Mark Owens read 11/9/2023 set in Zambia, Africa

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) Jackets, Jack-O-Lantern, & Justice by Tonya Kappes read 9/14/2023
with a king in the story The Favored Queen by Carolly Erickson read 9/11/2023 King Henry VIII of England
where someone is pregnant. The Mothers by Brit Bennett read 9/4/2023 (view spoiler)[Nadia becomes preganant (hide spoiler)]

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text Lemon Tart by Josi S. Kilpack read 9/3/2023 Page 8 "Someday she was going to accidentally chop it down or light it on fire or something"
set in Europe The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck read 9/9/2023 set in Helsinki, Finland
where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST. The Tsarina's Daughter by Carolly Erickson read 9/11/2023

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez read 9/8/2023 (view spoiler)[Julia has a headache when she wakes up in the hospital after slitting her wrists (hide spoiler)]
with a colorful cover (Show cover) A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult read 10/8/2023
where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE. Sweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris read 9/8/2023

Welcome Shash, Amber and Carolyn

Finished!

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - November 02, 2023

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

30/21+ Completed

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover)
Amazing Bees by Sue Unstead 11/02/23
🪶Read a book where a character is called petite
Blackveil by Kristen Britain 10/02/23
🪶Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Fallout by Gwenda Bond 10/03/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast
Summer Break For Awkward Bears: An Obscure Academy Summer Holiday Story by Laura Greenwood 9/10/23
🪶 Set in Ecuador
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 9/15/23
🪶Where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Hunting Prince Dracula (Romania) by Kerri Maniscalco 10/11/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada
A Silent Reckoning by Nikita Slater 11/02/23
🪶Read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton 10/16/23
🪶Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
The Unwanted Corpse by Elizabeth Bailey 9/27/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
Misfit City Vol. 1 by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 10/05/23
🪶 Read a book with a purple cover (Show cover)
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin 10/07/23
🪶Where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
My Best Friend's Valentine by Heather Scarlett 9/22/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover)
The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson 9/20/23
🪶Where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation)
My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine 9/11/23
🪶Where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
The Orc from the Office by Kate Prior 9/23/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 10/23/23
🪶Where the MC flies somewhere
Ruckus by Zoe Dawson 10/10/23
🪶Where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Doctor Who: Project: Twilight by Cavan Scott (London) 9/29/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 9/12/23
🪶Where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
"The rats got into it and hollowed out the wood-wool for a nest." Chp. 18 pg. 295 The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher 9/14/23
🪶Set in Africa.
A Valentine Challenge by Kiru Taye (Nigeria) 9/22/23

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover)
Spirit Week by Ira Marcks 9/07/23
🪶With a king in the story
To Kiss a King by Nicole Burnham 9/20/23
🪶Where someone is pregnant.
Doctor Who: Deep Blue by Mark Morris 9/09/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
"How many times," enquired the Doctor, "have I warned you about playing with fire?" Chapter 4 Minute 24:00 Doctor Who: Survival by Rona Munro 9/11/23
🪶Set in Europe
Doctor Who: The Church and the Crown by Cavan Scott (France) 9/29/23
🪶Where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Fury of the Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda 9/25/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache
Sin of Silence by Nikita Slater 10/07/23
🪶With a colorful cover (Show cover)
Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow by Alex Segura 9/07/23
🪶Where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Persuasion by Jane Austen 10/05/23

Welcome Anne

Finished!

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more (23/21)
Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite Marianne: She was back to eating like a bird. No wonder she was so petite. pg 212 An Amiable Foe by Jennie Goutet (9-25-23) or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD. The Golden Key by George MacDonald (9-29-23)

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast Cape Cod, MA The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher (11-8-23) or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR. set in Washington D.C. With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden (9-24-23)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice Clari, music teacher at a school This and Every Christmas by Jaycee Weaver (9-27-23) or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER. The Chase by Lisa Harris (10-5-23)

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States (NYC) or Mexico The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green (9-12-23), or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) Countdown by Lynette Eason (11-5-23) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP. You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Toni Shiloh (11-6-23)

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold (11-21-23) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) She helps brainstorm ways to prevent steamboat boiler explosions with him and he helps her deal with the men after her. Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer (11-27-23) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA. The Heart's Choice by Tracie Peterson (10-2-23)

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia His Perfect Catch by Narelle Atkins (9-24-23) or where the MC flies somewhere Julie flies to Barrow, AK pg 90 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (9-29-23) or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL Bethany Martha by Diana Wallis Taylor (10-8-23)

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief Mary and Jeff The Shifting Current: A Coastal Guardian Novella by Dani Pettrey (10-11-23) or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) "In winter, without the covering of leaves, the bare, prickly branches gave a clear view of the pond, where Canada geese would soon begin to nest." pg 16 The Room with the Second-Best View by Virginia Smith (9-23-23) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh (9-15-23) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) "he spotted a pair of wingbacks open with a fair view of the crackling fire" pg 20 A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M. White (9-10-23) or set in Europe Far Side of the Sea by Kate Breslin (10-25-23) or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST. Into the Whirlwind by Elizabeth Camden (11-17-23)

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache pg 140 The View from Coral Cove by Amy Clipston (9-19-23) or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE. A Dream to Share: Encore Edition by Irene Hannon (11-1-23)

Welcome Jenn

The Lost Challenges
Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Progress: 23 out of 21

So many people enjoy watching birds out in their yards so I thought a challenge about them might be nice. These are the smallest birds in the world. Use the tasks as often as you need.

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
They weigh just 1.95 grams, about the same as a cashew nut making them the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. These perfectly petite birds can only be found in Cuba and feed on flower nectar. They may be mistaken for bees buzzing around their favorite blooms, hence the name.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD:
Secrets and Spellcraft by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 9/7/2023 - 525 Pages - Author initials
Scholar of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 9/24/2023 - 660 Pages - Author initials
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - ***** - 9/30/2023 - 394 Pages - Petite Character
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman - ***** - 10/13/2023 - 71 Pages - Author Initials



2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Just slightly larger than the bee Hummingbird is the Esmeraldas woodstar, also a species of hummingbird. This whimsically named bird can be found only on the coast of west Ecuador, and is vanishingly rare, with an estimated population size of between 1000 and 2,700 mature individuals. This number is currently decreasing due to habitat loss.
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
The calliope hummingbird is the smallest native bird of the United States and Canada. At 7cm from beak to tail tip, it is about the length of a Bic lighter. Like most hummingbirds, its diet consists of a mixture of nectar and small insects. They are named after the Greek muse Calliope, known for her ecstatically beautiful voice. The hummingbird call doesn't quite live up to this perhaps, being more of a high-pitched zing noise.
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto - ***** - 10/11/2023 - 289 Pages - Set in Canada



4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
The final hummingbird on our list is perhaps the most striking, the males of this species having a bright purple cap and throat, making them look like a particularly angry plum. This vibrant plumage is used to striking effect in their courtship displays, when they carefully angle themselves so that the sun catches it, dazzling nearby females. They can be found in the southwestern United States and in Mexico.
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP:
The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Feeling Depleted and How to Get What You Need by Nancy Colier - ***** - 9/8/2023 - 168 Pages - Purple Cover
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ***** - 10/1/2023 - 401 Pages - Set in the USA
Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 400 Pages - Author initials
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/4/2023 - 224 Pages - Set in USA
Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/12/2023 - 198 Pages - Set in USA
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby - **** - 10/12/2023 - 319 Pages - Author Initials



5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Less vibrant than the hummingbirds but almost as tiny is the pale-billed flowerpecker, an olive-green bird found on the Indian subcontinent. It has a mutually beneficial relationship with the mistletoe species Dendrophthoe falcata. In return for food – the mistletoe berries – this bird both pollinates the plant, carrying pollen from flower to flower, and aids in seed dispersal by voiding seeds intact after digestion.
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA:
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen - ***** - 9/11/2023 - 151 Pages - Flowers on Cover



6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
The aptly named wee-bill is a nondescript grey-and-yellow bird with a particularly stubby beak. It is Australia’s smallest bird.
The weebill is primarily insectivorous, feeding on beetles and flies, but sometimes also seeds. At just 6 grams, it is about the weight of a pencil.
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - ***** - 9/9/2023 - 358 Pages - Setting England
An Offer From a Gentleman: the 2nd Epilogue by Julia Quinn - ***** - 9/10/2023 - 24 Pages - Setting England
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 9/11/2023 - 374 Pages - Setting England
Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas - **** - 9/13/2023 - 384 Pages - Setting England
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - ***** - 10/15/2023 - 528 Pages - Setting Basgiath



7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Found in southern Africa, this petite passerine is known for the nests they build from soft materials such as spider webs, sheep’s wool and plant fibers. These nests are created as hanging globular bags, dangling, and swaying from tree branches. They also have more than one entrance, an open ‘false entrance’ that leads to an empty chamber, craftily constructed to baffle would-be egg thieves, and a smaller, real entrance that shuts as soon as a tit has entered or left.
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
This is the UK’s smallest bird, known very grandly as 'king of the birds' in European folklore (hence the scientific name regulus, meaning king). This is likely due to the bright orange/yellow plumage it sports on the crown of its head. Although it weighs less than a postcard, females of this species can lay up to 12 eggs in a clutch, which is about one and a half times their bodyweight.
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
A much rarer bird is the Firecrest. In addition to the yellow crown, they also have a black eyestripe and a white supercilium or eyebrow stripe. They are also more vibrantly colored overall than the goldcrest. They have a similarly regal name, Regulus ignicapilla meaning (roughly) fire-capped little king. They can be seen in the UK, but are also found throughout much of Europe and parts of northwestern Africa.
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell - **** - 9/19/2023 - 352 Pages - Set in Europe
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - ***** - 10/5/2023 - 318 Pages - Set in Europe
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - **** - 10/7/2023 - 336 Pages - Set in Europe



10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
This colorful little bird, Australia’s smallest after the Weebill, is also known as the headache bird. This is due to its characteristic repetitive call that may aggravate listeners with its relentlessness in the breeding season. It can be found high up in eucalyptus canopies, foraging amongst the foliage for small insects, its favorite being those in the jumping plant lice family (psyllids).
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Yokai Cats Vol. 1 by Pandania - **** - 9/9/2023 - 136 Pages - Colorful Cover
Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7) by Ann M. Martin - ***** - 9/18/2023 - 144 Pages - Colorful Cover
Braver and Boulder by John Patrick Green - ***** - 10/2/2023 - 208 Pages - Colorful Cover



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Welcome Suzeanne

Fly Away Little Bird
September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

0 of 21+ Complete

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE

A little late, but I'm in.

Fly Away Little Bird

Level: Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Completed 37/21+

TASKS (Use the tasks as often as you need)

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
✔️character petite - Served Cold by Marie Harte - 24/09/2023
✔️author - Served Hot by Marie Harte - 24/09/2023
✔️author - Served Sweet by Marie Harte - 25/09/2023

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
✔️location Russia - Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh - 16/09/2023
✔️location Alaska - Been There Dragon That by Krystal Shannan - 20/09/2023
✔️location Salvation - Wolf in the Woods by N.J. Walters - 26/09/2023
✔️location Salvation - Wolf in the Night by N.J. Walters - 30/09/2023

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
✔️author - Special Monsters Unit by Eve Langlais - 14/09/2023
✔️author - How to Con a Crime Boss by Cynthia Eden - 23/09/2023
✔️author - Kodiak's Claim by Eve Langlais - 05/10/2023
✔️author - Outfoxed by Love by Eve Langlais - 07/10/2023
✔️author - Polar Bared by Eve Langlais - 11/10/2023


4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
✔️set in USA - Hidden Monster Ruins by Eve Langlais - 15/09/2023
✔️author - How to Honeymoon Alone by Olivia Hayle - 19/09/2023
✔️purple cover - Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch - 22/09/2023
✔️author - Hungry Like the Wolf by Paige Tyler - 01/10/2023
✔️author - Wolf Trouble by Paige Tyler - 03/10/2023
✔️author - In the Company of Wolves by Paige Tyler - 05/10/2023
✔️author - To Love a Wolf by Paige Tyler - 08/10/2023
✔️author - Wolf Unleashed by Paige Tyler - 10/10/2023
✔️author - Wolf Hunt by Paige Tyler - 12/10/2023
✔️author - Wolf Hunger by Paige Tyler - 13/10/2023

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
✔️beneficial relationship - Hit Me With Your Best Scot by Suzanne Enoch - 13/09/2023
✔️title - Lion Conquers All by Krystal Shannan - 19/09/2023
✔️flower on cover - It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 21/09/2023
✔️flower on cover - It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 21/09/2023
✔️title - The Love Plot by Samantha Young - 24/09/2023
✔️title - Officer off Limits by Tessa Bailey - 28/09/2023
✔️title - Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey - 03/10/2023

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
✔️location Lake Tahoe - The Sweetheart List by Jill Shalvis - 12/09/2023
✔️location London - A Beginner's Guide to Rakes by Suzanne Enoch - 27/09/2023

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
✔️orange cover - Knockout by Sarah MacLean - 14/09/2023
✔️someone is pregnant - Wolf At The Door by Krystal Shannan - 16/09/2023

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
✔️Europe - It's Getting Scot in Here by Suzanne Enoch - 08/09/2023
✔️author - Scot Under the Covers by Suzanne Enoch - 11/09/2023
✔️fire in text - “To be clear, I would not come to you again unless my world was on fire.” p.16
How to Heal a Heartbreak by Cynthia Eden - 22/09/2023

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED
✔️headache - All's Were That Ends Were by Krystal Shannan - 17/09/2023

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Challenge Rules

*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

Fly Away Little Bird - FINISHED
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

Completed: 22/21+

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD. Her Deadly Game - Robert Dugoni 9/28/23; The Golden Braid - Melanie Dickerson 10/8/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast A Walk Along the Beach - Debbie Macomber 10/6/23 or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR. M is for Malice - Sue Grafton 9/17/23 (set in Santa Teresa, California)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny 1/10/24 or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER. The Strawberry Hearts Diner - Carolyn Brown 10/16/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico Until She Comes Home - Lori Roy 10/29/23 (set in Detroit, Michigan) or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) The Starfish Sisters - Barbara O'Neal 10/7/23 or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP. Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover 11/11/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) Winter Cottage 1/5/24 or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje 12/20/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia Black River - Matthew Spencer 1/31/24 or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL The Beautiful Little Things - Melissa Hill 11/13/23 (set in Ireland)

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) Call the Canaries Home - Laura Barrow 9/22/23 (pg. 42 - “Charlie was the one who helped her build a nest for it and showed her the best places to find night crawlers to feed it.”) or set in Africa. Afterlives - Abdulrazak Gurnah 1/2/24 (set in Tanzania)

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) When It Falls Apart - Catherine Bybee 11/10/23 or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant. Empire of Pain - J.L. Beck 1/21/24

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding 9/20/23 (set in London, England) or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST. The Lost Girls of Penzance - Sally Rigby 12/10/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) The Cherry Cola Book Club - Ashton Lee 2/4/24 or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE. The Princess Spy - Melanie Dickerson 9/19/23; Olga Dies Dreaming - Xóchitl González 9/23/23

Genevieve, one of the options in task #8 is to read a book with a king in the story. Would you accept a character whose last name is King? It's ok if you say no, just figured it couldn't hurt to ask :)

Barb wrote: "Genevieve, one of the options in task #8 is to read a book with a king in the story. Would you accept a character whose last name is King? It's ok if you say no, just figured it couldn't hurt to as..."

On that one I have to say no.

Welcome Olivermagnus, •*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*•. Christine .•*¨`*•✿ ✿•*¨`*• (don't forget you can go back to the start of September), and Caraina

Genevieve wrote: "Barb wrote: "Genevieve, one of the options in task #8 is to read a book with a king in the story. Would you accept a character whose last name is King?"

On that one I have to say no."

Understood, thanks.

FINISHED!!! Fly Away Little Bird

Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024 (09/10/23)

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21+
(2+ each)

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS: 22/21+

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm. (2)

☑️ 🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover)

X or read a book where a character is called petite
The Girls in the Garden Lisa Jewell (Clare is quite small) 09/07/23

X or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Cress (Lunar Chronicles 3) Marissa Meyer 09/07/23

☑️ 2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm (2)

X 🪶 Read a book set by the coast
Lucy by the Sea (Amgash 4) Elizabeth Strout 09/04/23

or set in Ecuador

X or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady 1) Helene Tursten (Sweden) 09/03/23

☑️ 3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g (2)

🪶 Read a book set in Canada

X or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice
Mary Jane Jessica Anya Blau (Mary Jane and Sasha have beautiful voices) 09/02/23

X or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Too Hot to Handle (The Clarksons 1) Tessa Bailey 09/03/23

☑️ 4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g (3)

X 🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
A Cup of Jo (Maggy Thorsen Mystery 6) Sandra Balzo (Wisconsin) 09/08/23

X or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover)
Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove 1) Lana Harper 09/05/23

X or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
One Guy I'd Never Date (Never Say Never 2) Remi Carrington 09/02/23

☑️ 5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g (3)

X 🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover)
Tom Lake Ann Patchett 09/01/23

X or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation)
Moonflowers: Book IV of the Moon Mystery Series (Moon Mystery 4) Helen Haught Fanick (Andrea and Kathleen have a mutually beneficial relationship with a police officer) 09/10/23

X or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Family Lore Elizabeth Acevedo 09/05/23

☑️ 6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g (2)

X 🪶Read a book set in Australia
The Soulmate Sally Hepworth 09/10/23

or where the MC flies somewhere

X or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery 1) Tirzah Price (London) 09/06/23

☑️ 7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where a character is a thief
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Elderly Lady 2) Helene Tursten (Maud “helps” herself to things fairly often) 09/04/23

X or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Cast Away (Cara Mia Delgatto 3) Joanna Campbell Slan (p. 23 “. . . turtle made each particular nest . . .”) 09/11/23

☑️ 8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g (2)

X 🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover)

or with a king in the story
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles 2) Marissa Meyer (Kai) 09/01/23

X or where someone is pregnant.
Inspired by Mindy (Stargazer Springs Ranch 4) Remi Carrington (surprise pregnancy at the end of the book) 09/06/23

☑️ 9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text(Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
Captivated by Steph (Stargazer Springs Ranch 5) Remi Carrington 09/07/23 (p. 201 “. . . ‘I like to stoke that fire . . .’”)

X or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Three Things I'd Never Do (Never Say Never 1) Remi Carrington 09/01/23

☑️ 10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g (2)

X 🪶Read a book where a character has a headache
Two Words I'd Never Say Again (Never Say Never 3) Remi Carrington 09/06/23 (p. 73 “. . . just a bad headache . . .”)

X or with a colorful cover (Show cover)
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lovers Mystery 1) Jenn McKinlay 09/04/23

or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

Completed

Level: Cape Penduline Tit
Read: 21/21+

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmon | 9/10 - petite, p12
Tulips for Augusta, Betty Neels | 9/18 - BN

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt | 9/4 - Set in Sowell Bay, Washington
Clean Sweep, Ilona Andrews | 9/6 - Set in Texas
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Stephen King | 9/16 - Set in Shawshank Prison
Lily's Crossing, Patricia Reilly Giff | 9/18 - set along the coast in New York State

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
The Midnight Rose, Lucinda Riley | 9/8 - LR
Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs | 9/9 - ERB

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP
Silverweed: A Supernatural Fairy Tale, Dorlana Vann | 9/5 - Set in Indiana
Midnight at the Electric, Jodi Lynn Anderson | 9/17 - set in OK and KS

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
American Prince, Sierra Simone | 9/9 - AP
Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells | 9/15 - RP

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough | 9/1 - set in Australia
All In, Raine Miller | 9/14 - location London
It Must Be Love, Rachel Gibson | 9/23 - location Boise, Idaho

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.
Thankless in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/11 - p11 ...watched a quick-fingered street thief make hay with a gaggle...
Breathe, Kristen Ashley | 9/22 - p299
"I got a small nest egg that I do what I can to make bigger just because I've lived...

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.
State of Denial, Marie Force | 9/13 - Shelby is pregnant

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text
The Vanishings: Four Kids Face Earth's Last Days Together, Jerry B. Jenkins | 9/7 - p95 She stepped off the road as a fire truck left the area...
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell, Robert Dugoni | 9/11 - p3 ...a particularly hairy patient caught fire during the cauterization, and the doctor immedicately...
or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Jean Kerr | 9/15 - PDETD

Good job Melissa A and Tammie

Completed

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024
Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Tasks: 22
Use the tasks as often as you need.

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🐤Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or
🐤 read a book where a character is called petite - MC is petite
A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman 4/9 3.5★
🐤 read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland 17/9 3.5★

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🐤 Read a book set by the coast
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon 25/9 4★
🐤 set in Ecuador or
🐤 where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR - Ottawa
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore 1/9 3★

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🐤 Read a book set in Canada
Savage Drift by Emmy Laybourne 14/9 3★
🐤 read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
🐤 read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Last Chance Cafe by Liz Byrski 6/9 4★

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🐤Read a book set in the United States or Mexico
The Unexpected Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/9 4★
🐤 read a book with a purple cover
by Karen Herbert 20/9 3★
🐤 where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 24/9 3★

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🐤Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or
🐤 where two people have a beneficial relationship
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 7/9 4★
🐤where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh 2/9 3.5★

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🐤Read a book set in Australia or
🐤 where the MC flies somewhere
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 9/9 4.5★
🐤where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL - Las Vegas
High Stakes by Erin McCarthy 12/9 2★

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🐤Read a book where a character is a thief
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 17/9 4★
🐤 where the word nest can be found in the text - on his return to the marital nest p.10
Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett 5/9 3.5★
🐤 set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🐤 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover
by Katherine Center 25/9 2.5★
🐤 with a king in the story or
🐤 where someone is pregnant.
Sky on Fire by Emmy Laybourne 14/9 3★

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🐤Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text - before the fire department could get to it p.288
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 8/9 4★
🐤 set in Europe
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn 14/9 3★
🐤 where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🐤Read a book where a character has a headache
Sun, Surf and Murder by D.C. Pitt 3/9 3.5★
🐤 with a colorful cover
by D.E. Ireland 17/9 3.5★
🐤 where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 10/9 4★

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Cape penduline tit 21 or more
Use the tasks as often as you need.

21/21+ Completed
FINISHED
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TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.- The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil A Rún, Volume 4-Nagabe 9/15
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil A Rún, Volume 5-Nagabe 9/15
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 6-Nagabe 9/19
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Vol. 7-Nagabe 9/21
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 8-Nagabe 9/21


2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
🪶 Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR- 斉木楠雄のΨ難 11 Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 11 -麻生 周一 9/23 (Tokyo)

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER- Solo Leveling, Vol. 5-Chugong 9/4
Lucky Devil-Cullen Bunn 9/1

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP- Crazy Food Truck, Vol. 3-Rokurou Ogaki 9/23
Dark Dreams-Christina Sng 9/11
The Darkside of Eden-Christina Sng 9/11

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶Read a book with flowers on the cover- Broken Flowers (Robert M. Drake/Vintage Wild)-Robert M. Drake 9/1
The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night-Marjorie M. Liu 9/20

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book where the MC flies somewhere- Solo-Kwame Alexander 9/17
Custodians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 2-Jordan Gould 9/24

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book with a king in the story- The Beginning After the End, Vol. 1-TurtleMe 9/14
The Beginning After the End, Vol. 2-TurtleMe 9/14
The Beginning After the End, Vol. 3-TurtleMe 9/17


9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)- I Swear Somewhere This Works: Selected Poems 2013-2023-Trista Mateer 9/9 “we lose ourselves in the fire” pg. 78

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE- The Last Siege-Landry Q. Walker 9/1
Emmy in the Key of Code-Aimee Lucido 9/19

Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1, 2023 - February 29, 2024

Hummingbird 5-10 Tasks
Goldcrest 11- 20
Cape penduline tit 21 or more

Use the tasks as often as you need.

TASKS

1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or read a book where a character is called petite or read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi) – 6.4cm
Read a book set by the coast or set in Ecuador or where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
Read a book with flowers on the cover (Show cover) or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
Read a book set in Australia or where the MC flies somewhere or where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
Read a book where a character is a thief or where the word nest can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Africa.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or where someone is pregnant.

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) or set in Europe or where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
Read a book where a character has a headache or with a colorful cover (Show cover) or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.

FINISHED
Fly Away Little Bird
Duration: September 1-29, 2023
Goldcrest: 11- 20
Read: 19

TASKS
1. Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) – 5.5cm -6.1cm.
🪶Read a book with a bee on the cover (Show cover) or

Read a book where a character is called petite.
Must Love Flowers Debbie Macomber 9/9/23

Read a book where the author's initials can be found in HUMMINGBIRD.
Talulah's Back in Town Brenda Novak 9/19/23

2. Esmeraldas Woodstar
🪶 Read a book set by the coast.
Autumn by the Sea Melissa Tagg 9/3/23

Read a book where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in WOODSTAR.
Teaberry Island The Forever Farmhouse Lee Tobin McClain 9/9/23

3. Calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) – 7cm/2g
🪶 Read a book set in Canada or read a book with a character who has a beautiful voice or
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in BIC LIGHTER.
Wisteria Island Rachel Hanna 9/20/23

4. Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae) – 7.6 cm/3.05g
🪶Read a book set in the United States or Mexico, or read a book with a purple cover (Show cover) or

Read a book where the authors initials can be found in COURTSHIP.
Black Dawn Rachel Caine 9/17/23

5. Pale-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos) – 8 cm/4g
🪶 Read a book with flowers on the cover.
Wisteria Winds Rachel Hanna 9/21/23

or where two people have a beneficial relationship. (Your interpretation) or

Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in DENDROPHTHOE FALCATA.
Out of Nowhere Sandra Brown 9/5/23

6. Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris) – 8cm/6g
🪶Read a book set in Australia or
Read a book where the MC flies somewhere.
Unforgettable Melanie Harlow 9/17/23
Read a book where the location starts with a letter in WEEBILL.
Blue Harbor Second Chance Summer Olivia Miles 9/18/23

7. Cape penduline tit (Anthoscopus minutus) – 8cm/8g
🪶 Read a book where a character is a thief.
Finding Us Heather B. Moore 9/25/23
Read a book where the word nest can be found in the text.
Corn-Farm Boy Lois Lenski 9/13/23 p 28 It was a yellow-breasted flycatcher’s nest.

8. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) – 9cm/5.7g
🪶 Read a book that has either an orange or yellow cover (Show cover) or with a king in the story or

Read a book where someone is pregnant.
All the Dead Shall Weep Charlaine Harris 9/11/23

9. Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) – 9.3cm/5.5g
🪶 Read a book where the word fire can be found in the text.
Kiss and Tell Melanie Jacobson 9/14/23 p 20 And there’s the old fire ring where the counselors spent the...
Read a book set in Europe.
Scotland Tavish Jane Stain 9/15/23
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in FIRECREST.
Two Hearts Surrendered Tamara Ferguson 9/2/23

10. Spotted pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) – 9.5 cm/6g
🪶 Read a book where a character has a headache.
The Valley of Lost Children David Barbur 9/4/23
Read a book with a colorful cover.
The River We Remember William Kent Krueger 9/29/23
Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in SPOTTED PARDALOTE.
The Playboy's Proposal Ashlee Mallory 9/16/23

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