Mark Szantyr kindly provided some pictures of the Snowberry Clearwing Moth, which I added to last night's blog post. You can now see both the tiny hummingbird look-alike and the fake Bumblebee here: http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2011/07/tiny-hummingbirdmoth.html ======= Twan Leenders Conservation Biologist Connecticut Audubon Society 2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT 06824 Tel. (203) 259 6305 ext. 114 Email: tleenders@ctaudubon.org<mailto:tleenders@ctaudubon.org> www.ctaudubon.org<http://www.ctaudubon.org/>

Both the species mentioned are currently visiting the ornamental plantings where I live. This is an annual occurrence here at this time of year, and interestingly both species tend to show up in pairs more often than singly. The Hummingbird Clearwings also tend to alight on the flowers more often than the Snowberrys do. Dave Dave Provencher Naturally New England http://naturallynewengland.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of twan leenders Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 10:36 AM To: CT BIRDS list serve (ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org) Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Tiny Hummingbird - one last time Mark Szantyr kindly provided some pictures of the Snowberry Clearwing Moth, which I added to last night's blog post. You can now see both the tiny hummingbird look-alike and the fake Bumblebee here: http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2011/07/tiny-hummingbirdmoth.html ======= Twan Leenders Conservation Biologist Connecticut Audubon Society 2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT 06824 Tel. (203) 259 6305 ext. 114 Email: tleenders@ctaudubon.org<mailto:tleenders@ctaudubon.org> www.ctaudubon.org<http://www.ctaudubon.org/> _______________________________________________ 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