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Size of Hummers

14 years ago

I have photographed humming bird in North Carolina, but it seems that the hummers in my back yard are a lot smaller than most. I swear I have dragon flies that are bigger. Why do these birds seem smaller and when do the breed in the Tampa area of Florida?

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hummersteve
14 years ago
When do you photograph? If you do so at night or very early morning they could be hummer moths. Hummer moths have no beak.
penny1947
14 years ago
Dave,
I don't know for sure but I don't know if any hummers actually breed in your area of Florida. Check out the Florida Hummingbird website. Steve has created this site just for Floridians.

Penny
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