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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wooza" data-source="post: 1742202" data-attributes="member: 83858">I saw one too!!!!!Hey all, this is my first forum but was so excited that I wasnt alone I had to add my bit! I am a tripper with Wolfgang cause yesterday I was on my balcony with my son and we saw exactly the same thing! We are on the Gold Coast and have a Jasmine out the front. We are used to seeing all kinds of bees, but the last thing we expected was what we actually saw!! It was about 3cm in length, wings going so fast we couldnt see them, and it was going around all my flowers and poking its long nose?beak?tongue? and getting the pollen! I asked my dad what it was and he said its a hummingbird! I was utterly shocked that they say there are none in Aus, cause I would bet my life on it. It definately wasnt a moth, it had no "antanne" or such on its head. It was actually quite pretty! My son says it was more purple than brown (he is 9) I on the other hand would call it a 'muddy brown colour'.  I am now going to scope my balcany with a camera as often as possible to try and take a photo!!!this is what i saw! <a href="http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/CAHUBethany02.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.hiltonpond.org/images/CAHUBethany02.jpg</a></blockquote>