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To: | birding-aus <>, Colin Driscoll <> |
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Subject: | Hummingbird in Australia? |
From: | Sav Saville <> |
Date: | Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:20:11 +1200 |
As Michael Norris noted, what your daughter saw was surely a Hummingbird Hawk-moth. They do look quite like hummers, and there just aren't any in Europe - though watch out for the massive twitch when a Ruby-throated turns up in Britain.... Sav Saville Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ 23 Duke St Feilding New Zealand +64 6 323 1441 www.wrybill-tours.com |
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