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- Paul Kemp Administrator created a new photo album Post Images
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Paul Kemp Administrator added a video Goose Flight Upclose
- Paul Kemp Administrator added a video Close Encounter with a Canadian Moose
- Mother Earth added a video A drowning dog's desperate wish comes true
- Mother Earth created a page Creatures because we and they share life
- Paul Kemp Administrator uploaded the file Crow and the Truck Driver
- Paul Kemp Administrator added a video God's Cricket Choir
- Mother Earth added a video Banker Saves a Dozen Ducklings From Ledge
- Paul Kemp Administrator commented on the blog A Charm of Hummingbirds
- Paul Kemp Administrator published a blog post A Charm of Hummingbirds
Woman Develops Bond With Over 200 Hummingbirds, Now They Complain If She’s Late To Feed Them
Meet Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher in the UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Science program, who is also known as the ‘hummingbird whisperer’. She built a community of 200 hummingbirds who live outside her office and come to complain if she’s late to serve their dinner.
Barboni has always been a bit obsessed with hummingbirds – even when she was a child in Switzerland, a country with an almost non-existant population of this species. “My dearest dream as a child was to see hummingbirds. Imagine my joy when I found out that my next job assignment would bring me to Los Angeles, where hummingbirds live year-round,” says Barboni.
The woman adds: “I cannot go to a place where they are not there… This is cheesy, but I have seen them help people. They make my life happy. Having a crappy day? Who cares — there are hummingbirds around… Having a good day? Hummingbirds make it better…”
More info: UCLA (h/t: laughingsquid)
Meet Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher, who is also known as the ‘hummingbird whisperer’
She built a community of 200 hummingbirds who live outside her office.
They come to complain if she’s late to serve their dinner
“My dearest dream as a child was to see hummingbirds”
“Imagine my joy when I found out that my next job… would bring me… where hummingbirds live”
“I cannot go to a place where they are not there… I have seen them help people”
“They make my life happy. Having a crappy day? Who cares — there are hummingbirds around…”
Woman Develops Bond With Over 200 Hummingbirds, Now They Complain If She’s Late To Feed Them
byIlona Baliūnaitė
Meet Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher in the UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Science program, who is also known as the ‘hummingbird whisperer’. She built a community of 200 hummingbirds who live outside her office and come to complain if she’s late to serve their dinner.
Barboni has always been a bit obsessed with hummingbirds – even when she was a child in Switzerland, a country with an almost non-existant population of this species. “My dearest dream as a child was to see hummingbirds. Imagine my joy when I found out that my next job assignment would bring me to Los Angeles, where hummingbirds live year-round,” says Barboni.
The woman adds: “I cannot go to a place where they are not there… This is cheesy, but I have seen them help people. They make my life happy. Having a crappy day? Who cares — there are hummingbirds around… Having a good day? Hummingbirds make it better…”
More info: UCLA (h/t: laughingsquid)
Meet Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher, who is also known as the ‘hummingbird whisperer’
She built a community of 200 hummingbirds who live outside her office.
They come to complain if she’s late to serve their dinner
“My dearest dream as a child was to see hummingbirds”
“Imagine my joy when I found out that my next job… would bring me… where hummingbirds live”
“I cannot go to a place where they are not there… I have seen them help people”
“They make my life happy. Having a crappy day? Who cares — there are hummingbirds around…”