Hummingbirds: Magical Fairies or Vicious Little Drones?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Caller Makaila needs to know about the hummingbirds that frequent her father’s feeders. Hummingbird expert Alejandro Rico-Guevara fills us in on their feeding, flying, and fighting feats. Photo credit: Kristiina Hurme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've reached the every little thing helpline.
0:04.6	Please leave your message after the tone.
0:07.0	Hey, EOT, this isn't clear and I had some questions about hummingbirds.
0:12.6	So my dad lives just north of Seattle, Washington and he has several hummingbird feeders and he
0:18.6	gets hummingbirds year round.
0:20.9	So my questions are how often do hummingbirds need to eat?
0:25.2	Do they eat in the winter and do hummingbirds become dependent to feeders?
0:30.2	Thank you.
0:32.2	Hello.
0:35.2	Hey, Jorge.
0:43.2	Will you come in?
0:45.2	Oh, sorry.
0:46.2	Are you there?
0:47.2	What song was that?
0:49.2	Yeah, Beatles song.
0:50.2	Hummingbird flag, you know it?
0:52.2	Oh, I do.
0:53.2	Yes, I should have got it.
0:54.2	That was a perfect condition.
1:01.2	All right, Michaela, how about we start over?
1:06.1	This is Jorge from every teeny tiny isn't that the cutest little thing.
1:11.6	A little birdie told me that you like hummingbirds?
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