There are at least 4 Hummingbird Clearwings and 2 Snowberry Clearwings visiting the hummingbird bush in the front yard this morning. Pretty busy out there!

For eastern birders the Hummingbird Clearwing moth and the Ruby-throated Hummingbird offer a fantastic illustration of the biological concept of "convergent evolution" for those people who have an interest in those things. Yesterday in my garden  my resident Hummingbirds were fighting with the Hummingbird Clearwings over the Bee Balm blossom turf.    Bill Yule "For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms." ________________________________ From: Dave Provencher <hikerbirder@gmail.com> To: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:11 AM Subject: [CT Birds] OT Clearwings There are at least 4 Hummingbird Clearwings and 2 Snowberry Clearwings visiting the hummingbird bush in the front yard this morning. Pretty busy out there! _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org