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Oldest Hummingbird Comes Home After 10-Year Absense

By: By WARREN E. LEARY, AP Science Writer Dateline: WASHINGTON
Date: September 13, 1986
GothicRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryMexicoNorth AmericaSelasphorus platycercusBranta canadensis

Summary

Little X-18025 has come home.To the surprise and delight of scientists, the grand old lady of hummingbirds showed up in Gothic, Colo., last month after a decade's absence. The tiny speedster, as feisty as ever when shoving her way to a nectar feeder, arrived to claim the title of oldest known hummin