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- [Radio Host 1] Spring is here!
And how do we know?
Well, the hummingbirds are starting to appear after
a winter down south.
And here to talk about that is my special guest...
[Radio Host 2] Good morning spring watchers!
Birders right across the Americas are in a twitch.
Our favorite teeny tiny fliers are travelling.
- That's right, the first sightings of hummingbirds!
- [Radio Host 3] Have you got your feeders out?
The Hummingbirds are coming your way!
- [Radio Host 4] I just love these birds, how can you not?
The smallest birds in the world.
[Radio Host 5] Mumma's are starting to nest
so what are you waiting for?
Bird lovers; get your feeders up!
♪ Got on board a westbound ♪ seven forty-seven ♪
♪ Didn't think before ♪ deciding what to do ♪
♪ Oh, that talk ♪ of opportunities ♪
♪ TV breaks and movies ♪
♪ Rang true, sure rang true ♪
- This is Beverly Hills, Wasabi.
See that park?
See all these trees and flowers?
Someday this will all be yours.
That's right, Wasabi.
You were born lucky.
- I'm going to own all this,
and I don't even have any money.
♪ It never rains ♪ in California ♪
♪ But girl, don't ♪ they warn ya ♪
♪ It pours ♪
- Someone says "Get off my property."
You can just give them the bird.
It won't be long, girl.
Another month and you'll be out here,
and you can have it all because
it's yours.
♪ I'm underfed ♪
♪ I want to go home ♪
♪ It never rains ♪ in California ♪
- [Radio Host 6] Alright it's
time to talk hummingbirds!
And where did you go on summer vacation?
Some travelers heading up from Mexico and Central America,
some moving all the way through to Canada!
Might be traveling through your yard
this very instant.
- [Radio Host 7] Hummingbirds can be
hurt by all manner of things.
Cats, tree trimmers, even windstorms.
And here to talk about that is Terry.
She runs a Hummingbird hotline.
[Radio Host 8] Since 2008
she's received more than 20,000 calls.
Life in Hollywood with a hummingbird rehabber
is absolutely fascinating.
(car whooshes by) (horn honking)
- [Terry] Did you see that guy? Jesus-
(car whooshes by) (horn honking)
Oh my God, stay on your own side of the road,
no need.
Oh, shit.
Wasabi, I'm sorry. What happened?
Oh, shit.
I'm sorry, Wasabi. That was awful.
Here sweetie, come on down.
Here, baby, come on. It's okay.
You're good.
You're safe.
You're totally safe.
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- [Radio Host 8] It's delicate and emotional work,
you've got to be calm and steady.
and it requires a good deal of comfort with
failure and loss.
But if you do it right, it flies away at the end.
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- [Caller 1] I actually found an injured hummingbird
this morning while I was going for a walk,
and I picked it up and it cannot fly.
- [Terry] And are they awake?
- [Caller 2] One of them is, but one of them is
still sleeping, but it's waking up.
- [Terry] Sleeping is not sleeping.
Sleeping is unconscious, okay?
So try to get them here as soon as you can,
and that one has to eat.
Hi, this is Terry calling you about the hummingbird.
- [Caller 3] Sorry for bothering you on Mother's Day.
- Oh no, no worries.
I'm without children.
Well, I guess I shouldn't say that.
I have hummingbirds, so.
- [Caller 3] Wonderful. (laughs)
- [Terry] Well, basically, Alex, yeah,
we need to fix this or he's not going to survive.
[Caller 3] Yeah.
[Terry] And you probably sense that, right?
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- [Caller 4] Do you think it was a baby?
- [Terry] Yes. - [Caller 4] Oh, okay.
It's like baby season or something?
- [Terry] It sure is.
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- [Caller 4] His eyes stay closed a lot.
- [Terry] And have you seen the mother today?
- [Caller 4] Yeah, I have.
- Okay, let's try the shoebox remedy then.
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Hi, guys.
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It was an honour to make the crochet nests.
I saw this quote and thought you might like it.
"Volunteers are unpaid
not because they are worthless,
but because they are priceless."
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Oh, I like this one. This is good.
These will be very useful when more nestlings come in.
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(birds chirping)
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They kind of taunt you
and they'll hover and look right at you,
and you think,
"Why is he looking at me?"
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And you wonder why? Why do they do that?
Why are they attracted to us?
And then they're-
boom, they're gone.
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(birds chirping)
When you see how vulnerable
and helpless they are,
you wonder how any of them make it.
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Their lives depend on me.
(birds chirping)
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When they come in,
they're damaged, they're injured.
If I don't do everything right, they die.
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Okay guys, let's go.
(birds chirping)
Oh, there you go.
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(birds chirping)
Sidney, you made it.
She made it.
(birds chirping)
Hi, Sidney. How are you?
- Hi. It's so nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Thank you for bringing-
- Oh, of course. - We got to get them inside
right away in there. - Okay.
- Come on in.
Come on in, Sidney, and bring your treasure.
- I was thinking of what to name them
when I was up here. - Well, that's up to you.
We can call them the Sidney twins.
Cute things. - [Sidney] I know,
they're so adorable. - [Terry] Come on, baby, open.
- [Sidney] How old do you think they are?
Because I know they've been in my-
- [Terry] They're about two-and-a-half weeks.
- [Sidney] Oh, really?
- [Terry] Yeah, and their mother,
obviously, has not been there all day today.
So she probably got killed last night.
This is the peak season, April through July,
so it just starts coming rapid fire.
So how long have you been doing this for?
- Oh, don't ask.
- Oh, okay. (laughs) - No, 15 years.
18 years, actually. 18 years. - {Sidney] Oh, wow.
- See now, look, this is fascinating.
Look at this.
There are human hairs in this nest.
- [Sidney] Really?
- And it's a blonde.
- [Sidney] It must be me. (laughs)
- This was in your yard?
- Yeah, so I- - This is your hair.
- I don't know how they got my hair.
- [Terry] It is. It's long blonde hair.
That's what- - There's no one else blonde.
- [Terry] No, they would get it out of-
That's your hair.
They would get it off of the dryer vent.
- Oh, really? Oh.
- Mm-hmm, that's your hair.
- [Sidney] Wow.
- [Terry] So the mother was mining your hair for her-
- [Sidney] Oh my gosh.
- [Terry] nest.
They're looking for spiderwebs, too.
You saved them yeah.
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- [Terry] All good babies.
- [Sidney] Oh, I'm so happy that
they're both going to be okay.
- [Terry] They will.
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- [Sidney] Yay. - There's no doubt in my mind
that they'll make it.
- [Sidney] Oh, awesome.
- Thanks to you.
Without you, no.
- Without you. (laughs)
- Without us.
(Sidney laughs)
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It's so tiny.
You think, "Wow,
that nest will never accommodate grown birds."
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But that nest expands with the growing birds.
It's pretty amazing, and then, of course,
they decorate the outside with paint chips.
So I always know what colour people's houses are.
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(bird chirping)
Okay, Jimmy, let's just get calm here.
You've had too hard of a day, haven't you?
Look at you, you're just a mess.
(wings whirring)
So Jimmy was found under a tree,
and he fell out of his nest.
There you go.
Now here, here, come on.
That's right.
He's still a baby.
Most likely his mother was killed.
Because I'm the surrogate now
he will wait for this syringe.
He's dependent.
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His wiring tells him to remain dependent
for another week or so.
(wings whirring)
(bird chirping)
Mm-hmm, we hear that.
He's not happy being alone,
and you can tell because he cries.
(bird chirping)
Hi, Jimmy.
Hello.
He just went like...
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Right now he looks sweet, he looks innocent.
But Jimmy eats aggressively, and he wants a lot of insects.
He has potential to be a real tyrant.
(bird chirping)
I believe that Jimmy will grow up
to be a very successful hummingbird.
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- [Caller 5] We just put him in a shoebox.
We thought we were going to transport him.
- [Terry] He'll be DOA if we transport him now.
What we can try to do is revive him with sugar water,
and if you can get him stabilised,
then I'll take him. - [Caller 5] Okay.
- [Terry] But I think we should try-
obviously, his mother's not feeding him.
- [Caller 5] Oh, gosh. Okay.
- Go ahead and do that
and I'll call you right back, okay?
- [Caller 5] Okay. Thank you.
- Thank you.
Nick, what's up?
- [Caller 6] The hurt one on the
windowsill opened its mouth- - Okay, okay. Oh, he-
so, Nick, he's not hurt.
He's just young.
(phone pings)
- [Caller 7] Hold on, I've just got some guys here.
Guys, let's all listen to what we have to do.
I'm trying to do the sugar water to see if he can see it
and see if he can fly to it. - No, no, she won't come down.
This is a female, by the way.
- [Caller 7] How do you know?
- Because the females are the only ones
that come into the houses to get spiderwebs
for their nests.
And they just want to go up, up, up or into the light
and they can't find their way out again.
- [Caller 7] Okay.
If we don't do something,
she will sit up there and die up there.
I've seen it a hundred times.
- [Alejandro] Can I speak? - [Caller 7] Yeah.
My friend here, Alejandro is here
and he can speak with you.
- [Alejandro] I have a question, Terry.
I was listening to you talk about the paper bag.
- [Terry] Yes.
- [Alejandro] The goal is to try to capture it
within the bag and- - Right.
In a sense, we have to, you know,
agitate her out of that skylight.
What you do is you very slowly move the bag
around the skylight behind the bird
and no fast motions- - [Alejandro] Got it.
but you very slowly move it around
and try to get the bird to go into the bag.
Nothing fast or quick, because then she'll get damaged.
- [Caller 7] Yep. - [Alejandro] Okay.
(phone pings)
- Unfortunately, all of these birds are nesting females
and they have babies.
So that you're saving three birds instead of one.
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- You could hear the thumping,
you could hear the wings slap up against it.
I saw the bird, frantically, just going from side to side
and it just kept hitting itself.
(wings whirring)
I put this little net over the bird,
and then whenever it decided it had enough energy,
it would start flying again.
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And eventually it flew in
and just like you heard the tiniest little thump.
It went (imitates bump noise)
onto the paper.
And I was terrified.
I thought maybe I'd killed it or injured it.
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Terry told us to take it into the sunlight.
And of course, like any great film,
we went out and as soon as the sun touched it,
its little eyes opened up, and I had the opportunity
to observe this little creature breathing in
and breathing out the same way that I do.
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She tilted her head, and took off so fast.
(wings whirring)
(birds chirping)
And it's so full of
life force.
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(wind chimes ringing)
(child panting)
(child laughs)
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- When you get a wounded
or a hurt hummingbird, a downed hummingbird,
it's too much for people.
They just feel like I'd be a monster not
to help this creature.
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I use the term co-parenting
because then they feel an investment.
- He laid on the bed with us
for a couple of hours this morning.
It was really cute.
I'm going to miss him.
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Seriously, I'm going to miss him.
- Me too.
- [Megan] Hey, now you have lots of friends.
Aw. (laughs)
He looks so cute.
- [Terry] Maybe Charlie's going to be a miracle.
Look at you little guys winger-sizing.
He's trying.
- [Megan] Yeah, he is tough.
- Look how this one's mock-feeding the other baby.
- [Megan] Oh.
- [Terry] It's such maternal behaviour.
Isn't that amazing?
- [Megan] Wow.
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- [Terry] You're witnessing something that's super rare.
She's just a baby herself.
She doesn't have any food, but she's practising.
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- Yeah, I was reading that female hummingbirds are some
of the best mother birds on earth.
- They are very, very loyal, very strong.
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Look at that. Isn't that amazing?
- [Megan] Wow.
- [Terry] She is so maternal.
I'm shocked.
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(kid shouts playfully)
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(wings rustling)
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(light switch clicks)
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(birds chirping)
There you go, girl.
Good.
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(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
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Come on. Come on.
Come on.
(wings whirring)
(birds chirping)
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(water splashing)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
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Here, Cactus, come on.
Here you go.
Usually, wing injuries don't improve.
But yeah, Cactus has strong spirit.
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(birds chirping)
She had hit something and then fallen onto her back
onto a cactus, and got thorns stuck in her back.
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- My family calls them spinas.
These spinas like sticking out of its back.
I came across a man who had his hands kind of cupped.
And I just instinctively was like,
"What, you know, what do you have?"
And I looked and there was a little hummingbird
in his hands.
So I was like, "I can take the bird."
And he was like, "Yes, like here,
I just found it in the dirt."
Terry asked if
I would be comfortable taking the little spinas out.
Just give it a little pull.
And I did.
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Knowing that you have this other little creature
to take care of was like, okay, wait,
there's actually like a little life here
that needs you so that it can survive.
- That tickles.
(birds chirping)
This is where you get attached to birds like this.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
But she's got multiple injuries.
It's pretty grim. Her wing is hurt.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Can you go over to the feeder?
Can you get in my palm?
She's done with me.
I'm just going to let you rest for a little while-
have some food.
You need lots of rest time
before you get too ambitious,
'cause you can re-hurt yourself.
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(birds chirping)
(horse hooves clomping)
My dreams were very prosaic, and they were very American.
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(sheep bleating)
There were about 20 kids in my class
because it was a small rural elementary school,
and our teacher asked us to draw a picture
of what we wanted to be when we grew up.
So all the girls drew nurses and moms,
and the boys drew firefighters
and farmers and basketball coaches.
Terry (laughs) drew
a person with a beret,
like a French beret,
and then the teacher came by
and she said, "What's this?"
And I said, "Well, I-
it's like an artist," and she said,
"Oh, you mean like a painter?"
And I said, "No, not exactly.
I'm not sure."
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My parents did not encourage any artistic endeavours
because that's just so uncertain.
You know, you'll be broke.
You could be homeless.
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My parents had nothing.
(wheels rumbling)
In Southern Wisconsin,
it's mostly just hard work.
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(birds chirping)
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(insects buzzing)
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(insects buzzing)
(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
Hello.
You're sticky?
I'm going to wash you.
(wings whirring)
That's good.
You're doing the right thing.
(wings whirring)
She probably would've been okay
if they hadn't dumped sugar water all over her.
But now, I don't know.
I can't be sure
whether she'll recover. I don't know.
Because sugar water strips feathers,
and they've gotten it all over her wings.
(soft music) (birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
I know, baby.
I'm sorry about what happened to you,
it wasn't fair.
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(wings whirring)
Damn it. People.
(wings whirring)
They call me and say, "Oh no,
now what do we do?"
Well, now that they've possibly ruined her,
but they had to let their kids play
with her all weekend.
So this is what you get with self-centered people.
It's okay.
I mean, these people,
I know exactly what they did.
She has holes in her wings
where the sugar water desiccated the feathers.
When I touched them, they felt like-
they felt crispy.
So she wasn't like that when they found her.
The wing feathers are destroyed.
Now, if you think a hummingbird
can fly without wings, good luck to you.
Do you think people are honest with us
when they want us to take a bird?
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It just is sad for her, you know?
She pays the price.
And here's the bottom line about this kind of thing.
It's not just this one bird,
because what this attitude shows about finders like this
is indicative of a whole way of viewing the world
that a lot of humans have.
The natural world is treated this way
writ large.
So it's not just this one bird.
This one bird is a mirror
of their attitude toward all of nature.
There's no respect for the wildlife here,
and I don't want her to suffer anymore.
She's already paid a heavy price
for falling into the wrong hands.
I'm not going to let these people off the hook by saying,
"Oh gosh, they really tried hard" because they didn't.
They lie.
But I was lied to in this situation more than once,
and nobody likes that.
But if they think-
if they think I'm that much of a fool.
It's an offence to be treated like that much of a fool
when they lie to me like that.
I'm not that stupid.
I know exactly what you did.
Why lie?
(birds chirping)
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I wasn't big on trust.
I was not raised in an environment
where you could trust anybody.
So you were on your own.
I call it my nail-biting childhood.
(sombre music continues)
I was a very perfect child
until I got into college.
I knew there was something wrong,
but I couldn't identify it.
I just felt it all the time, "There's something wrong.
You're not right. You're not okay."
(wind whooshing)
(sombre music continues)
I was lost,
and was very wild.
Yeah, just, you know, the usual
addictions and outlets.
(sombre music continues) (kite rustling)
There are certain chemicals
that reveal things to you.
You know what I mean?
(wind chimes ringing)
They opened up a new world to me
that made me realise how narrow and
defined and
colourless my world growing up was.
(sombre music continues) (train clacking on rails)
I understand why my parents
wanted me to have a secure job.
I'm not going to say which one's the best choice,
but I couldn't put the yoke on and go that way.
(pensive music) (engine roars)
You know, people think that staying on course is scary.
Try having the whole world
and infinite possibility in front of you.
It's terrifying.
(pensive music continues) (engine roars)
I'd never been to a city like Los Angeles.
This was like going to another planet for me.
(crowd chatters)
Suddenly, there are no rules.
There are no boundaries.
(crowd claps)
(crowd cheers)
(pensive music continues)
Hummingbirds live in the moment.
They just live for now.
And that's perhaps the greatest lesson
that a human could learn from any wild animal.
(car whooshes by)
I wrote a book about the hummingbirds.
It was wonderful.
(staple gun noise)
Yeah, that's the ticket, baby.
(birds chirping)
Perfect.
It's a little hanging perch.
All the hummingbird requirements are included
in this structure.
(birds chirping)
This is a high-end condo,
that's what we're talking about here.
So this is
Mikhail and Alexa's new cage.
(lighthearted music)
Mikhail and Alexa are just happy together.
(birds chirping)
Alexa, she was hit by a car.
Mikhail, he was a little bit
sulky at first,
but then he met Alexa and he fell in love.
He taps her chest with his bill,
and he taps her toes with his bill,
and he snuggles up to her at night.
They're very close.
Not all birds like each other.
If hummingbirds don't like their immediate company,
they will kill them.
(dissonant music)
I have a picture of two dead hummingbirds,
and it's a male and a female.
I'm like, "Whoa.
That was a serious interaction,
even though they're different species."
I mean, they were all beat up.
You could tell they had done it to each other.
(lighthearted music)
He's been obsessed with Alexa
for the last week or so.
The chances of Mikhail succeeding
with Alexa are pretty low.
I don't know if Mikhail knows
that Alexa is a different species.
(birds chirping)
Alexa tolerates him.
So that's a love story we need to explore further.
(upbeat music) (birds chirping)
(wings rustling)
I went to school forever.
I have four graduate degrees.
It was almost an obsession
of always living in the future,
looking to the future.
But what changes you are the things
that come, that hit you
out of the blue and gobsmack you
when you're not expecting it.
(upbeat music continues)
It's like everyone says when they fall in love.
It's like I went home.
When I met him, I felt like I found my home.
That's the only way I can describe that.
In a lot of ways, we were just the same animal,
under the skin we were the same.
Frank, he was incredibly brilliant.
He was a rebel.
He was kind of a Renaissance man.
Frank would wake up in the morning
and say, "I'm going to start a dive business."
Two weeks later, he had a dive business.
And he'd write a book and he'd get nominated
for a Pulitzer Prize.
He was an extremely competent human being,
that was pretty attractive.
(upbeat music continues)
(birds chirping)
I mean, anybody you love changes you.
If you give yourself to someone emotionally,
they always change us.
They always alter the way we see the world.
I know I changed him.
(Terry laughs)
(upbeat music continues) (crowd chatters)
He was very supportive of the birds.
At first, he didn't get it,
but he was happy to let me do it.
You know, he had his own thing, and so
it worked out pretty well for us.
(birds chirping)
(tranquil music) (birds chirping)
Good girl.
You did it.
(birds chirping)
This is my little finger.
That's the size they are, that's my little finger.
Oh look, you're feeling it.
Feeling those bugs.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
The twins' enthusiasm is growing.
They are feeling it.
(birds chirping)
They're doing a lot of itching and scratching.
I'm thinking maybe they need some sunlight.
(birds chirping)
They get some nice vitamins.
This may help them to start flying.
(phone ringtone plays)
Hello?
- [Sidney] Hi Terry. This is Sidney.
I dropped off the two babies the other day.
- Yeah, they're doing great Sidney.
They're sunbathing right now.
- [Sidney] Aw.
- They're sitting out here in a little pile.
- [Sidney] They're having fun?
- [Terry] They're in with their new crew.
- [Sidney] Oh my gosh.
- Yeah, no, they're happy.
Hopefully, they'll start flying,
and then we can move them through.
- [Sidney] Are you going to
release them in Beverly Hills?
- [Terry] Yes.
Oh, they're at least a month from release.
- [Sidney] Awesome.
- [Terry] It takes a long time to bring them back.
- [Sidney] Well, 'til then they will just be living
in hummingbird paradise.
- Yeah, they're moving up.
(gentle music)
(wings rustling)
Hummingbirds seem to have an unusually magical,
sensational quality.
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
(birds chirping)
How can anything spin its wings 50 times per second
and not tap into some magical realism?
How can something fly vertical,
sideways, backwards,
and upside down
and not trigger those ideas,
those feelings in people?
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
There's nothing else like them.
(birds chirping)
Most birds are birds.
They flap their wings.
Hummingbirds, no.
Perhaps shouldn't even be birds per se.
(Terry laughs)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
(petals rustling)
(gentle music continues)
Okay.
Oh, wait a minute. Wait right there.
I'm going to check you and see what's going on
with your wings, okay?
It's okay. You're safe.
Can you sit up on here?
That's right. Hold on to that now.
Okay. Hold on.
Come on.
(wings whirring)
Yeah, that's right.
Do you feel that?
Come on.
(Terry laughs)
Come on.
(birds chirping)
Her wing rotation is extremely low.
(wings whirring)
She's only going halfway.
(soft music)
Cactus it's okay, baby.
Unfortunately, she's been here a week.
They start to age in the ICU,
and then you know you're in trouble.
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
What is it, Cactus?
Why don't you just go?
(wings whirring)
She can feel the falling,
but now she can feel the air,
the breeze moving her,
and she wants to take to the wind.
But this doesn't happen in an uninjured bird.
The wing will not settle in front of the perch.
She's too old to not be flying at this point.
She should have flown a week ago.
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
I'll be honest with you.
When a bird is...
when they don't have much hope, I try not to bond
because it's too painful.
I mean, I care about this bird a lot.
(birds chirping)
She's a nice little bird.
So I'm going to give her some more time.
I mean, she's not horrible.
I've seen much worse, but it's not promising either.
Cacti.
Who's a nice girl?
She'd fly away if she could.
Let's be clear.
(soft music) (birds chirping)
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
(call progress tones)
- [Caller 8] Hello?
- Hi, this is Terry returning your call
about the hummingbird.
- [Caller 8] Oh, yes, Terry.
So for the last couple of weeks,
I've been seeing this white hummingbird
from a distance.
Well, this morning I went out there to water,
and it came right up to me about maybe
two feet from my face.
And it's white with pink eyes.
I've never seen anything like this in my life.
Absolutely beautiful.
- [Terry] Yeah, they are.
They're incredibly rare.
Like, they're like unicorns.
(graceful music)
- [Caller 8] Even if it's flapping its wings,
it's completely white.
- Yeah, I believe you.
They're remarkable creatures.
(wings rustling)
(graceful music continues)
(birds chirping)
Raisin is a very handsome bird.
When I got him, it didn't seem
that Raisin would make it.
He has a head trauma.
Most rehab centres would not keep a bird like Raisin.
But Raisin flew a little bit yesterday.
He flew out the ICU door
and flew about six feet,
but not vertical.
Vertical flight is extremely difficult.
So right now, Raisin's on the lower perch.
Our goal is to get him to fly to the higher perches.
(birds chirping)
Whether he can do it or not remains to be seen.
(upbeat music)
They're going against gravity,
which requires vertical flight.
Most birds can't do that at all.
(upbeat music continues) (wings rustling)
He wants to fly very badly,
and I hope that he will.
I mean, he's not defeated.
I've seen birds who were defeated.
He doesn't have that look of defeat on his face.
(birds chirping)
When you open the window,
they can hear and feel the wild.
See, immediately, he responds
to the air and the sounds.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
It gives him a sensation that he's in the wild,
that he needs to fly.
(gentle music)
And that's why the best rehab is in outdoor cages.
(birds chirping)
Every step that advances them is good.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
It's so great to see them in here.
(water burbling)
Oh my God, this is like paradise for a hummingbird.
It's insane how perfect it is.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music continues) (water burbling)
Rehab birds need time
in the aviary for training and to grow up
just to mature.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
They need to learn to sleep outside.
And so some of the perches simulate real-world branches.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
They have an array of flowers,
and more space to fly in so
that they build up more strength
and more muscle,
and learn how to fight with each other.
Because that's an important
part of hummingbird experience.
How to defend themselves.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music continues)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
You have to really ensure that they're ready.
(birds chirping) (insects buzzing)
You've got to break that dependency
before you let them go into the wild.
No one else will protect you in the hummingbird world.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
Yeah. Did you do a 360?
Can you do a 360?
Can you?
(wings whirring)
He said, "I was born to be on film."
(wings whirring)
That was a 180, that's not bad.
But that's not a 360.
(wings whirring)
He is really becoming a bird now.
He's really showing off.
He is preening for us now,
so he can look good for the camera.
Jimmy is a character, actually.
(birds singing and chirping)
(wings whirring) (Terry laughs)
That was good.
See, if we did that,
we'd go down to the ground and fall
on our heads, on our backs.
But he was able to catch himself
because he can spin his wings that way.
(birds chirping)
Jimmy will double his weight in rehab.
So he's probably about two grammes now.
He should be four by the time he leaves.
This is Club Med.
(Terry laughs)
And when we let him go,
they're going out into combat,
you know, into a war zone.
(tense music) (wings whirring)
There are no rules-
you know, for saving creatures
and wildlife out in the natural world.
The natural world is a combat zone.
(tense music continues) (wings whirring)
There's no hope if you're not aggressive
because it's everybody for himself or herself.
(crickets chirruping)
And when they see weakness, that's a target.
(dissonant music)
(wings rustling)
(tense music)
It's their instinct to eliminate
the competition at all costs.
(dissonant music) (wings rustling)
(phone pings)
(birds chirping)
- [Mike] When I first got him,
he was awake-
- [Terry] He's hurt, yeah. - [Mike] and he was flapping
around a lot and I didn't want to leave him.
- [Terry] Did you see him-?
You've never seen him fly.
- [Mike] He hasn't flown, no, not at all.
- [Terry] No, he's not going to.
- [Mike] Oh, he's not? - For now, for now.
His back is hunched,
that's swelling from a spinal injury, so.
He's not going anywhere.
- It's weird to know that
teenage birds are the same as teenage humans.
- [Terry] Humans, yeah, no, they are. (Mike laughs)
Not only are they out flying around
without a lot of experience,
but they got a target on their back.
You know, the adult males are after the young females
and he's competition,
so they're going to batter him and get rid of him.
He's the equivalent of a coma,
you know, he's not waking up and he's not-
- He likes to eat though.
I mean, he ate lot.
- He's in and out of
consciousness, I hate that because-
- He was licking it off my finger yesterday,
that was a whole new experience for me.
The little tiny thing coming out.
- His tongue, yeah.
I mean, he will eat,
but he's not conscious, if that makes sense?
- [Mike] Yeah.
- [Terry] He's eating kind of unconsciously,
he can't open his eyes.
- [Mike] Yeah, poor buddy.
- [Terry] Yeah, so.
- Come on, Larry Bird, pull through, buddy.
- He's just going to need some-
at least today,
I'm not going to do anything
but feed him and leave him alone,
and we'll see.
(birds chirping)
I never tell the finders,
"No, he's not going to make it,"
unless it's a broken wing that's hanging off
and it's obvious.
You can see that finders resist.
Most finders can't handle the truth about nature
and the harshness of
what we consider the brutality of nature.
(soft music)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Taking out the weaker ones
and preserving the strongest birds.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(soft music continues)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(birds singing)
About 10 years ago, I had a dream.
I dreamt that I was walking up this spiral staircase
that was marble limestone,
and it was all white
and a very elegant staircase,
but a big house that was past its prime.
Kind of run down, falling apart.
But Frank wasn't there in the dream.
When I woke up, I told him about this dream,
and he said, "Well, I don't think we're moving again."
(Terry laughs)
And I said, "I don't think so either.
It was just a weird dream."
But I didn't forget about it
because it was such a vivid, powerful dream.
(soft music continues) (wings whirring)
(birds chirping)
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
Raisin,
he's got a very serious injury.
(wings whirring)
And he quivers and when they quiver,
that's pain or that's stress.
(birds chirping)
He has always looked perfect on the outside,
but the internal injuries are evident in his droppings.
(soft music) (birds chirping)
Raisin
has been falling a lot.
And that's essentially a decline.
That's sad.
(tranquil music)
(wind chimes ringing)
(birds chirping)
(tranquil music continues) (birds chirping)
(wind chimes ringing)
He had a
long cognitive decline.
(wind chimes ringing)
(birds chirping)
We were together for 33 years.
When we met, he was the
stronger force and he was the rock
and in the end, I stepped into that role
to care for him.
(wind chimes ringing) (birds chirping)
It's one of the hardest things
that a caregiver will have to do,
especially when it's someone you love.
They come and they go, but
when you refuse to lock them away, they know.
(wind chimes ringing) (birds chirping)
(rasping noise) (wind chimes ringing)
That's nice and soft.
(wind chimes ringing)
(birds chirping)
When I said goodbye, he let go
in the middle of the night.
He heard everything I said.
(wind chimes ringing) (birds chirping)
(wind whooshing) (leaves rustling)
(soft music)
When you bury them,
because their bones are so light,
they disintegrate within a couple of days
like they weren't even here to begin with.
(wind chimes ringing) (leaves rustling)
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(light switch clicks)
(trickling water sound)
(light switch clicks)
She says, "I don't know about this.
I didn't sign up for this."
Come on.
Put you in here. There we go, baby.
(soft music continues) (birds chirping)
Okay, Sugar. You ready?
You ready? Come on.
There we go.
(bird chirping)
Okay.
(wings whirring) You just relax.
Yeah, that's good.
That's good, sweetie.
Okay.
(wings whirring)
Let me get you cleaned up here.
It's okay.
(wings whirring) No, that's good.
You've got to get wet.
Look at all these feathers coming off,
it's not going to itch anymore.
You won't look all punked out.
(Terry laughs)
Look at you, your little punk cut's gone.
Are you ready now?
We're going to put you back in your cage.
Back down here.
(wings whirring)
You sit right there until you dry, okay?
(wings whirring)
She was just a sticky
ball of dried, crusty sugar water.
So she has bounced back brilliantly
from the abuse that she suffered.
By the time she hits the aviary,
you won't be able to
distinguish her from the others.
(soft music continues)
(birds chirping)
(phone pings)
- [Cyndee] Hi Terry. This is Cyndee calling.
I would love to connect with you.
Hope to hear from you soon. Bye.
(soft music continues)
(birds singing) (wings whirring)
The ones that were in there when she came
all went into the aviary.
- [Cyndee] Okay.
They've all moved on to the next stage.
- She's past the age, yeah.
- She's passed the age when she should be flying.
- She should basically be in a
large flight cage at her age.
So I'm not sure. - [Cyndee] Oh...
- [Terry] Unfortunately, she's not making progress.
- [Cyndee] How is her head injury?
- [Terry] She doesn't have a head injury now.
- [Cyndee] She didn't. - It's her right wing.
So if there is some kind of fracture or injury
in the shoulder joint, the wing...
we don't understand how to fix those.
We don't even understand how the wing works yet,
let alone how to fix it.
- [Cyndee] Oh my gosh.
- [Terry] Yeah, she's just borderline.
- [Cyndee] She's going to make it?
- [Terry] I hope so, I'm working with her.
(birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
- That's all we need, incremental.
Yeah, look at that.
Yes, you can.
Aw, that's so sweet.
- [Terry] She's a sweetie.
- [Cyndee] She's just such a sweetheart.
- [Terry] She's really nice.
- [Cyndee] Yeah.
(birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
(crickets chirruping)
- You have feelings for these birds
after you've had them for a long time.
There's a certain pressure from the finders too,
texting and asking, "How's it doing?"
They want it to work so bad,
and that's not always easy.
In your mind's eye,
you always rate every bird when they come in.
You just don't tell anybody.
It's a rehabber's secret,
because nobody wants to hear the truth when it's bad news.
So,
Cactus?
(crickets chirruping)
(owl hooting)
10, 20%,
between 10 and 20% chance of making it, maybe.
(restless music) (wings whirring)
(birds chirping)
(light switch clicks)
(foot steps tapping)
(restless music continues)
(Terry sighs)
Oh...
Sugar Baby.
So sad.
Yeah, she's gone.
(moves to dreary music)
(birds chirping)
(dreary music continues)
(birds chirping) (rasping noise)
I think she was just weak.
(birds chirping) (rasping noise)
(footsteps crunching)
You can't address a trauma until you know what it was.
(soft music)
If I start talking about
it, I'm just going to evaporate.
(Terry laughs)
But yeah, I was,
you know, I was badly abused
and put in the hospital as a child, and nearly died
from that experience.
(soft music continues)
Yeah, it was terrible.
That is the worst thing that could happen
to a child, really.
(soft music continues)
(rain thrumming)
(door creaking) (door clicking noise)
(soft music continues) (rain thrumming)
(birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
What are you doing?
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Maybe that's the reason that I came to the hummingbirds.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(soft music continues)
You come ready-made with the empathy.
You don't need to develop it.
It's already there because of your own struggles.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Those kinds of experiences,
you take those to your grave.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
It's so dark
and it's so painful
even now.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
My mother was a very damaged
human being and unfortunately,
she passed that damage on.
I was angry at her for a long time,
but in the end, you're like,
"She had her demons and..."
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music)
We're too quick to dismiss the powers
that other creatures have.
(birds chirping) (wings rustling)
We have science, we have
technology, we have literacy, but
a hummingbird's brilliance is really...
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
it surpasses
language.
(wind chimes ringing) (wings rustling)
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
(footsteps tapping)
Cactus,
I have a new plan for you.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
Alright, now, Cactus,
how would you like to do a little flight training?
(birds chirping)
This is a magic wand.
This wand was this little stick I got 15 years ago.
I've even cut it off and filed the ends.
Every bird I've ever given flight training
or physical therapy to inside a cage was done
with this magic wand.
And it's like a wizard's wand.
It works.
(bird chirping) I know.
Alright, Cactus, this is
what we call physical therapy flight training, okay?
I want you to step on the stick.
Good girl.
Now, we're going to raise and lower you,
maybe try doing it on this perch, okay?
When I lower this, I want you
to jump over there.
(Terry laughs)
Can you jump over here?
(tranquil music) (bird chirping)
(wings whirring)
See, that's what we're going to try to do now, okay?
Okay. So step up, sweetie.
Step up. Good girl.
(tranquil music continues)
(bird chirping)
Can you get on there? Can you jump?
(bird chirping) (wings whirring)
Come on, come on, to here.
You're really gripping that.
You're just not ready, are you?
(tranquil music continues) (bird chirping)
Come on, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, come on.
Over onto there, onto here.
(tranquil music continues) (bird chirping)
Good girl.
(wings whirring)
She's afraid to let go.
(wings whirring)
She knows.
You know what I want you to do.
Come on.
(tranquil music continues) (wings whirring)
She is almost letting go.
You're almost letting go, you're almost doing it.
You know you can.
(tranquil music continues) (wings whirring)
(bird chirping) (wings whirring)
Oh yes.
She did it. You did it.
Very good.
Very good-
yes, you should get a reward.
Here. That was good.
Okay, we're not going to try it anymore,
'cause I see that your wing is quivering
and I don't want to push it.
We're going to take a little time off now.
You did it once, that's good.
And then you can go back and sit for a while.
Okay?
You just stay there.
She did it.
(bird chirping) (wings whirring)
(bird chirping)
I mean, she made a one-inch flight,
if you can call it that.
But that's all that she needs to do today.
(bird chirping)
I'm just proud of you, Cactus.
(enchanting music)
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Now, if Einstein said that,
you know there's something there.
(enchanting music continues)
(wings rustling) (wind chimes ringing)
(loud splashing noise)
(enchanting music continues)
I don't think we give other species nearly enough credit
for the things that they understand
and the things that they can do that we can't do.
(enchanting music continues) (wind chimes ringing)
Humans always see themselves as superior
because we have the higher brain.
Things are not what they seem.
(wings rustling)
You know, they can see a flower from miles away.
When they're flying over a canyon,
they can see a flower from a mile away.
So they have these perceptions we don't have.
So why are we so superior again?
I want to know.
(enchanting music continues) (birds chirping)
(soft music) (birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
Jimmy is exactly what he should be,
which is a maniac
and a relentless flier.
(soft music)
(wings whirring)
We don't want him to be completely antisocial,
because sometimes that happens when they grow up alone.
(bird chirping)
I want to see him with some other birds.
So he's going into the cage with the Wild Boys.
(soft music continues)
He should fit right in with them
because they just never quit flying.
Come on, it's okay.
(birds chirping)
It's okay, guy, come on.
The less I handle these guys, the better.
Are you ready, Jimmy?
This isn't going to be super easy.
So...
(wings whirring)
Jimmy, come on. Sit.
Why don't you land, huh?
Come on. Come on, it's okay.
It's okay.
Come on, we're going to move you into a new house.
Come on, Jimmy.
(restless music) (wings whirring)
Come on.
Come on, Jimmy, come on. Land.
He's like, "Mm-mm, you're not getting close to me."
(restless music) (wings whirring)
Come on, Jimmy. Come on, come on.
I got you.
I got you, okay.
Oh shit.
Oh no.
Oh.
I don't have a net.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Oh crap.
Oh shit. Jimmy, come on down buddy.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
At some point, he is going to tucker out.
(restless music continues) (wings whirring)
He is good, boy.
Dammit.
You stay away from the vent, buddy.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Yeah, that's right.
But he's not as strong as an adult.
(restless music continues) (wings whirring)
He's got a lot of energy.
He's going after the flowers on the wall.
Come on, sweetie, just land.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
He's running out of steam.
(restless music continues) (wings whirring)
(bird chirping)
Oof. (sighs)
Oh.
Phew.
Done.
Done, done, done.
He's exhausted now, but he's still flying.
Jimmy, that was really evil.
(Terry laughs)
I got to get a net.
(gentle music) (birds chirping)
(wind whistling) (leaves rustling)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
(trickling water sound)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(door creaking)
Every step toward the wild is scary.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Alexa and Mikhail are doing beautiful.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
Alexa looks so good.
Oh my God, she's beautiful.
She's very independent now.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Okay guys, come on, let's go.
Here we go.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
That's Mikhail.
(Terry laughs)
That's Alexa.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
I'm not lonely.
Everybody thinks that when someone dies,
they leave you. But they don't.
If you allow them to stay,
their presence is with you.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
Frank...
he's still around.
I feel that presence, you know?
It's never gone.
(pensive music) (wings rustling)
Life is a series of metaphors stacked up
on top of each other.
In my mind, all the things you see
with these little birds,
it's all stuff that we've gone through.
You know, their struggles,
their deaths, their successes.
(birds chirping) (insect buzzing)
(wings whirring)
Good morning, Cactus. You made it.
You made it through the night.
Are you going to fly?
(birds chirping)
(door slams shut)
(footsteps tapping)
(soft music)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Good girl.
Yeah, can you do it again?
Can you?
Can you show me what you can do?
Can you do it? Can you do that?
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Did you do that? Can you show me?
Can you show me what you did?
Come on, show me what you did.
(wings whirring)
Pretty amazing.
(birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
(Terry laughs)
Come here, baby. Let's try.
You almost turned.
You almost did a spin.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
I did not expect this.
Can you show me?
Can you go to the other side?
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
You got it made, baby.
You don't need my help anymore.
It's a done deal.
Are you going to fly?
Can you fly?
Come on. That's right.
That's a turn.
(Terry laughs)
Punctuation mark, noted.
(birds chirping)
I'm impressed.
(wings whirring)
That's huge, Cactus. You go, girl.
(bird chirping)
(graceful music) (wind chimes ringing)
Who else is a hero?
Wasabi, we're going to move you into a cage with Cactus,
and I hope you guys get along.
I think you will 'cause she's really nice.
She'll be a good mentor for you
because I know you want to fly.
(wings whirring)
Okay, Wasabi, you and Cactus are cage mates now.
I expect you to learn from each other.
(birds chirping)
Cactus is such a benevolent spirit.
There will be no trouble.
(wings whirring)
Oh.
Oh my gosh.
Wasabi, you can't be the aggressor.
She wants to be near her.
That's her first vertical flight.
That's pretty cool.
(spirited music) (birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
Cactus, congratulations.
You're a miracle. It's certifiable.
(wings whirring)
- Sweet little thing,
I hope she can eventually make her way
to the aviary to be released back into
Los Angeles.
(spirited music continues)
And to think like they're going to travel so far.
They'll catch on with the other hummingbirds hopefully
and figure out what they're doing out in the wild
and come on back and bring
their little journeys with them.
(spirited music continues) (birds chirping)
I hope she has a beautiful future in front of her.
Our curse as humans is
we need to know that we matter.
That the things we do matter.
I always tell people
I never measure a rescue by the outcome,
only by the compassion that went into saving the bird.
That's what matters.
(birds chirping) (door creaking)
(birds chirping)
(wings whirring)
(birds chirping) (water burbling)
(wings whirring)
I think they're ready, and I know I am.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(water splashing)
They all look terrific.
I know I did my job.
Transitions are always tense.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
They know something's up.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music)
Jimmy is ready.
They love you and they love you when they're young.
And then when they get older and independent,
they hate you. (laughs)
That's what we aim for.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Jimmy is pretty wild.
He's not interested in human relationships anymore.
He's brilliant.
Oh, good catch.
That was very good.
(Terry laughs)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
It's bittersweet because I
feel pretty close to this group.
(birds chirping)
Alexa is telling Mikhail,
"When we get out of college,
get in touch.
Don't forget about me. Here's my number.
I expect to hear from you."
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
I'm guessing that three or four will stay.
Maybe little Charlie will stay.
(gentle music continues) (birds singing)
If they decide that they don't want to leave,
I never force anybody.
(insect buzzing) (wings rustling)
They'll be totally fearful at first.
They'll be uncertain because in nature,
just like with humans, damaged birds,
they carry a kind of caution
about everything.
They know life is hard.
(birds singing) (wings whirring)
Hey, Cactus.
Hello.
Hello there, I see you.
Hi. Are you ready to go?
You know we healed you.
You're perfect now.
(Terry laughs)
(birds chirping)
Yeah, no, it's...
she's ready.
I want her to go out.
Yeah, I will worry about her, but I want her to go.
(gentle music) (birds chirping)
(door creaking)
This is always a scary moment for me,
and I know it's over.
(birds chirping) (water burbling)
And it'll take them a minute to recognise
that they're allowed.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Are you guys going to come out?
You can come out.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
This is a very obedient crew, so maybe we don't-
Oh, there you go.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
There we go.
(Terry imitates flying noise)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Jimmy,
his first flight out, he looks great.
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Oh.
He just shot about a hundred feet into the air.
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
People see hummingbirds,
and the first thing they say is how sweet they are.
But they shed that skin and they become warriors.
(gentle music continues) (wings rustling)
Come on, guys.
Come on.
Come on out.
Come on you guys. You're free.
They're all shooting out.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
That's Alexa.
Oh.
Good job.
That's Charlie. (laughs)
(birds chirping) (wings whirring)
Look at him now.
He's free.
He looks pretty adept, too.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
(Terry laughs)
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
He's fighting with somebody.
Okay. Come on, guys.
Let's go. Come on.
(birds chirping)
Come on, Cactus. Come on, sweetie.
Come on, come on, come on.
Yeah, you can do it.
Come on. Come on, Cactus.
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
(gentle music continues) (birds chirping)
She's out and she's up. She's gone.
(birds chirping) (wings rustling)
(moves to spirited music) (wings rustling)
I like to tell people the truth.
And the truth is when you show compassion
and you show love for something
that you don't have to,
it's an act of greatness.
(gentle music) (wings rustling)
(uplifting music)
♪ Don't worry ♪
♪ About a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little thing ♪ is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Singing, Don't ♪ worry about a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Rise up this morning, ♪ smiled with the rising sun ♪
♪ Three little birds ♪ pitch by my doorstep ♪
♪ Singing sweet songs ♪ of melodies pure and true ♪
♪ Saying, This is my ♪ message to you ♪
♪ Singing, Don't worry ♪ about a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Singing, Don't worry ♪ about a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Rise up this morning, ♪ smiled with the rising sun ♪
♪ Three little birds ♪ pitch by my doorstep ♪
♪ Singing sweet songs ♪ of melodies pure and true ♪
♪ Saying, This is ♪ my message to you ♪
♪ Singing, Don't ♪ worry about a thing ♪
♪ Worry about ♪ a thing, oh ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Don't worry ♪
♪ Singing, Don't worry ♪ about a thing ♪
♪ I won't worry ♪
♪ 'Cause every little thing ♪ is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Singing, Don't worry ♪ about a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ I won't worry ♪
♪ Singing, Don't worry ♪ about a thing ♪
♪ 'Cause every little ♪ thing is gonna be alright ♪
♪ Singing, Don't ♪ worry about a thing ♪
♪ Worry about a ♪ thing, oh ♪
♪ 'Cause every ♪ little thing ♪