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Witness one woman’s fight to save California’s hummingbirds in “Hummingbirds of Hollywood” on NATURE – August 17 at 8 pm
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“Hummingbirds of Hollywood”
Sunday, August 17th at 8:00 pm
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in profound acts of kindness.
Meet Terry Masear, a retired UCLA professor who rescues the hummingbirds that descend on Los Angeles every spring in a seasonal frenzy of breeding. Wounded hummingbirds find their way to Masear as her mobile hotline rings off the hook from callers who find them and require her expertise. Among Masear’s diminutive patients are Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Alexa, and Mikhail, whose lives are brought into sharp focus through breathtaking, beautifully detailed photography. The compassion and empathy that Masear shows her Lilliputian charges serves as a lesson to us all — the delicate beauty in profound acts of kindness.
“There has never been a more urgent time to lift people’s hearts,” said producer Bettina Dalton. “Terry and the magical birds in her world show us that every little act of compassion, no matter how small, can make a huge difference.”