2-3 years after we had moved out to our Licking County home I decided to
check out the butterfly/hummingbird garden  at 11 p.m. There I saw a big
moth! I ran back to the garage to get a flashlight & net to catch & id it.
Thank goodness I realized that it was a hummingbird before I attempted to
net it. I called Tom Thompson the following day & after some pondering Tom
suggested that the mercury lights coupled with the blooming of the nicotiana
was too tempting  for the hummer to pass up.

I've also had a hummer come to within 3-4 inches of me once when I was
wearing a bright pink shirt. That bird must have been thinking that that was
one big flower!

                                                Manon VanSchoyck
                                                Ohio Nature Education


----- Original Message -----
From: "gary moon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Possible Hummingbird Movement During the Twilight
Hours


> Hello everyone,
>
>     I was returning home to Columbus from Marysville about 3AM this past
> Thursday,when refueling my vehicle. I was wearing a solid red t-shirt and
> jeans,then had a weak tug on my left shoulder that felt like a small bird
> grasping at my shirt. I looked just in time to see a blurry object flying
> away.    For birders with more experience w/hummingbirds than myself,
> could
> this have been a hummingbird at this hour?
>
>
> Gary Moon
> Cols.,OH
>
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