As a person who used to raise hawkmoths in a lab, I can attest that they can be as big, or bigger, than hummers. But they don't see red at all; we would use a red light to check the colony without disturbing it. They are much more attracted to white for nectar sources. Rob Thorn -----Original Message----- >From: Allen Chartier <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Sep 9, 2007 8:45 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Possible Hummingbird Movement During the Twilight Hours > >Gary, > >While nothing is impossible, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are not known to >migrate at night, nor to be active in the evening or dark. There are some >pretty big hawk moths out there at that hour, some may even appear bigger >than a hummer. > >Allen Chartier >[log in to unmask] >1442 West River Park Drive >Inkster, MI 48141 >Website: http://www.amazilia.net >Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet >=============================================== >Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. >You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. >It just eats another hummingbird. >---Steven Wright > >----- 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. >> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. >> Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at >> www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. >> >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] >> > >______________________________________________________________________ > >Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. >Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. >Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > >You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]