Category: Hummingbirds
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When a hummingbird feels trapped, it tries to go up and out. Passionate little birds, they are not easily discouraged. They fling themselves against barriers again and again, nimbly avoiding any who try to capture them, heedless of hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, and heedless of people shouting, “Forget the skylight, dummy! Drop down a yard…
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The Brooks Park community garden sits on a knobby, windy hilltop with near views of San Francisco and Daly City, and a far view of the Pacific. With a plastic watering can left for the use of gardeners, I was dreamily watering lettuce seedlings in our nano-ranch when a high-energy individual sped up and gave…