found: Gardner, J. C. The king of the hummingbirds ... 1977.
found: Internet movie database, Oct. 20, 2003(Michael Sporn; b. Apr. 23, 1946, New York, N.Y.; producer, director, writer, animator, 1980s-2000s)
found: Los Angeles times WWW site, Jan. 22, 2014(animation director Michael Sporn; b. Apr. 23, 1946, New York; d. there Sunday [Jan. 19, 2014] at 67)
found: Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. WWW site, Jan. 22, 2014:bios (Michael Sporn, director) filmography (titles in English) splog (in posting dated 20 Jan 2014: Michael passed away yesterday, Jan. 19th; in posting dated 13 Apr 2007: I had illustrated a book by John Gardner, Gudgekin the Thistle Girl)
