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My Hummingbird Summer

NPR

By Julie Zickefoose

Published April 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

After spending a few weeks intensively caring for four orphaned hummingbirds last summer, a wildlife rehabilitator is surprised to find that the birds have bonded to her, even after they are set free.

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Julie Zickefoose

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