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| I have 2 pairs of very, very small birds. I think they are birds because
they fly together as a pair. They are nectar feeders since they fly around
our petunia's about sunset. I saw them last year feeding on the mexican fire
bush. They are brown and black striped. They don't look anything like
pictures of hummingbirds but have the same fast angular flight pattern and
long beak. I would post a picture but I can't get enough contrast in the
dusk. Does anyone have an idea of what they might be?
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| Chuck wrote:
> I have 2 pairs of very, very small birds. I think they are birds because
> they fly together as a pair. They are nectar feeders since they fly around
> our petunia's about sunset. I saw them last year feeding on the mexican fire
> bush. They are brown and black striped. They don't look anything like
> pictures of hummingbirds but have the same fast angular flight pattern and
> long beak. I would post a picture but I can't get enough contrast in the
> dusk. Does anyone have an idea of what they might be?
Any chance they're large moths? http://snipurl.com/1kbte
You'd be surprised how big some of those things get.
DT
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| Gary Brady 2007-05-12, 5:25 pm |
| Chuck wrote:
> I have 2 pairs of very, very small birds. I think they are birds because
> they fly together as a pair. They are nectar feeders since they fly around
> our petunia's about sunset. I saw them last year feeding on the mexican fire
> bush. They are brown and black striped. They don't look anything like
> pictures of hummingbirds but have the same fast angular flight pattern and
> long beak. I would post a picture but I can't get enough contrast in the
> dusk. Does anyone have an idea of what they might be?
Hummingbird moths. I see them around my house occasionally.
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Gary Brady
Austin, TX
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| charliekilo 2007-05-14, 1:25 pm |
| "Gary Brady" <gourdhedd@REMOVECAPSearthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Chuck wrote:
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> Hummingbird moths. I see them around my house occasionally.
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Those come around my house pretty regularly and feed exactly like
hummingbirds -- I first thought they were hummingbirds but they weren't
afraid of humans.
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