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Listen this week to the sound of summer in the North as Hummingbirds whizz past host Richard Nelson. Learn everything you wanted to know about this famously busy bird.
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Piece Description
Listen this week to the sound of summer in the North as Hummingbirds whizz past host Richard Nelson. Learn everything you wanted to know about this famously busy bird.




