"jmcquown" wrote in
:

If the weather is too chilly, hummingbirds go into a sort of stasis,
called 'torper'; they appear to be dead or sleeping until the warmth
of hands or a the sun warms them back up again. Then they buzz around
being buzzy busy little birds again.


That's good to know, I'll tell him. He thought it must have banged its
head or something.

Chak

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