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In the heart of Mexico City, 75-year-old Catia Lattouf has transformed her own bedroom into an extraordinary sanctuary, offering a second chance to hundreds of sick and injured hummingbirds each year.
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Catia Lattouf places an injured hummingbird on a branch at her apartment, where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. In 2009, Lattouf was grieving the death of her husband and had been diagnosed with cancer when she was asked to help care for an abandoned baby hummingbird. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Hummingbirds sit on a branch at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Catia Lattouf feeds an injured hummingbird that was brought her apartment, where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. Lattouf decided to open up her own sanctuary in 2012 and it now releases between 200 and 300 hummingbirds each year. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio feeds a hummingbird at Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Hummingbirds drink nectar from a feeder at CatiaLattouf's apartment where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Hummingbirds are pictured at Catia Lattouf's apartment where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio holds an injured hummingbird that was brought to be cared at Catia Lattouf's apartment where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio feeds a hummingbird at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
A hummingbird sits on a branch at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Catia Lattouf points at an injured hummingbird that was brought to her apartment, where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
A hummingbird sits on a branch at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Injured hummingbirds sit on a stick at Catia Lattouf's apartment where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio feeds an injured hummingbird at Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Catia Lattouf talks to hummingbirds at her apartment, where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Injured hummingbirds sit on a stick at Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Catia Lattouf and Lizbeth Ojeda, hug after watching the injured hummingbird found by Ojeda fly over Lattouf's apartment, where she holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio feeds an injured hummingbird that was brought to Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
A hummingbird sits on Cecilia Antonio shoulder while she feeds another hummingbird at Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab
Cecilia Antonio feeds a hummingbird at Catia Lattouf's apartment, where Catia holds a makeshift clinic to take care of hummingbirds in Mexico City, Mexico May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab