Tia Pinney explains how things we do may help or hinder migrating birds

(NECN) – On the Secret Life of Animals, Vicki Croke turns now to a bird that recently made headlines for its rare appearance in Massachusetts.

Video of a beautiful allen’s humming bird, a native species of California, was caught just a few weeks ago in snowy Harwich-Port on Cape Cod.

For a while, the bird was constantly sipping sugar-water from one woman’s feeder, trying to stay fueled to fight off the cold.

But eventually, the hummingbird ended up in the snow and needing help from a wildlife rehabilitator.

It died on January 19th.

The story led at least one of our viewers to ask: Did the bird stay here and get into trouble because someone was feeding it?

Here to answer that question and explain how the things we do might help or hinder migrating birds is Tia Pinney of Mass Audubon.

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