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  • We got into his car and started driving to the studio where Wilco makes music we were listening to demos of the song “Humming-bird,” as I recall, and the demos were—oddly—on cassette.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • We got into his car and started driving to the studio where Wilco makes music we were listening to demos of the song “Humming-bird,” as I recall, and the demos were—oddly—on cassette.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • We got into his car and started driving to the studio where Wilco makes music we were listening to demos of the song “Humming-bird,” as I recall, and the demos were—oddly—on cassette.

    Chuck Klosterman on Pop Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • I also wrote my last post about moth – Humming-bird Hawk-moth – a curiosity in oland, that visited my garden.

    Skipping Through Life « Fairegarden 2008

  • We got into his car and started driving to the studio where Wilco makes music we were listening to demos of the song “Humming-bird,” as I recall, and the demos were—oddly—on cassette.

    The American Radiohead Chuck Klosterman 2007

  • Humming-bird hawk-moths, sleek and neat, whipped up and down the paths with a fussy efficiency, pausing occasionally on speed-misty wings to lower a long, slender proboscis into a bloom.

    My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956

  • Above her flies Dátĭlyĕ, the Humming-bird, who was sent as a messenger about the world to note how its creation progressed.

    The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

  • Nĭlchídĭlhkĭzn, the Wind, scratched his chest and rubbed his fingers together, when out from between them flew Dátĭlyĕ, the Humming-bird.

    The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

  • Tanagela, the Humming-bird, will be the judge of beauty, and the Bat will judge your skilful performance in the air.

    Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold Elaine Goodale Eastman 1908

  • "Ah, here is our little Humming-bird, always the first to raise the door-flap!" is the old teacher's pleasant greeting.

    Wigwam Evenings Sioux Folk Tales Retold Elaine Goodale Eastman 1908

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