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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.

Copyright 2005 NPR
Julie Zickefoose
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