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Hummingbird in Australia?

To: birding-aus <>, Colin Driscoll <>
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

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