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Hummingbird in Australia?

To: "'michael norris'" <>, "'Dave Torr'" <>
Subject: Hummingbird in Australia?
From: "Colin Driscoll" <>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 12:12:56 +1000
Well after a bit of more careful Googling I guess my daughter's hummingbird was indeed the moth! And apparently a few of the hawk moth end up in UK resulting in a few hummingbird sightings.
 
Cheers
 
Colin
 


From: [ On Behalf Of michael norris
Sent: Saturday, 3 September 2005 10:55 AM
To: Dave Torr; Colin Driscoll
Cc: Birding-aus
Subject: Re: [BIRDING-AUS] Hummingbird in Australia?

Hmmm.  I've seen hummingbirds in England, but only in the zoo where I am fairly sure they said they are found naturally only in the Americas,.
 
But the Hummingbird Hawk-moth is quite common in the Mediterranean!
 
They really deserve the name as the fly in the day and like the other hawk-moths hover and suddenly dart from one flower to another.  Wingspan is a couple of inches.
 
Michael Norris
 
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