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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pete woodall" data-source="post: 260438" data-attributes="member: 4213">Hi WolfgangIt an interesting observation but .... first I must ask if you know what hawk moths look like?  They are quite different from other moths in their flight - they have rapidly beating wings and dart from place to place and feed from flowers much like a hummingbird.  There are quite a number of species in Australia in different sizes and colours but they are basically brown.  In poor light they could easily be mistaken for a bird.If you are sure that it is a hummingbird then you should try to photograph it - that is the only way you can get proof of its identity.  You shouldn't try to catch it - that could easily injure it and it may be illegal anyway.There are no accepted records of hummingbirds in Australia but about 5 years ago I was contacted by people who were sure they had seen a hummingbird in the Noosa/Cooloola area of southern Queensland, a few hundred kms to the north of you.  Again I suggested that they should try to photograph it but heard nothing more.Pete</blockquote>