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Hummingbird

From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
Length: 28:54

This is a sweet segment on one of the smallest but best known little birds. Read the full description.

Img_5845_small 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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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.