BIRD HUGGER

Today we speak with Carole Turek, world-renowned hummingbird expert. She tells us about her travels to photograph and film all 371 species of hummingbird on the planet! She also discusses her projects with the American Bird Conservancy and her extremely popular YouTube site, The Hummingbird Spot, which contains live streams of hatching hummingbird babies. Hummingbird species mentioned on this show: Allen's; Anna's; Costa's; Rufous; Calliope; Broad-billed; Lucifer; Rivoli's; Blue-Throated Mountain Gem; and the Santa Marta Sabrewing. To see more information go to her website at hummingbirdspot.com. To see Carole's YouTube page go to https://tinyurl.com/4y59jw2w. For the Sedona Hummingbird Festival go to: sedonahummingbirdfestival.com. Join Catherine Greenleaf, a certified wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience rescuing and rehabilitating injured wildlife, for twice-monthly discussions about restoring native habitat and helping the birds in your backyard. Access the BIRD HUGGER Newsletter here: www.birdhuggerpodcast.com. Send your questions about birds and native gardening to birdhuggerpodcast@gmail.com. (PG-13) St. Dymphna Press, LLC.