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At first when I saw these I thought they were moths.
Next to a ginko tree in our yard. I noticed an odd looking bee. It was only about 2 feet away from me and completely ignoring me.
It was a hummingbird. Right up in my face genuine bird. It was a little smaller than a carpenter bee. I thought wasp? No? Double take. Triple take. It was about 1 1/2 inches long or a little smaller. Brown plumage, nothing fancy.
Then it parked for a brief moment. Definitely a bird.
Now checking on hummingbirds they are new world birds and nothing is listed in Thailand. Weirder yet, the supposed worlds smallest, the Bee Hummingbird, is around 2 inches long. Quite a bit larger than these.
So far I've seen 3. They move at Hummingbird speed, feed like they do, act like they do. But in miniature.
Anyone heard of them? Know anything?
Next to a ginko tree in our yard. I noticed an odd looking bee. It was only about 2 feet away from me and completely ignoring me.
It was a hummingbird. Right up in my face genuine bird. It was a little smaller than a carpenter bee. I thought wasp? No? Double take. Triple take. It was about 1 1/2 inches long or a little smaller. Brown plumage, nothing fancy.
Then it parked for a brief moment. Definitely a bird.
Now checking on hummingbirds they are new world birds and nothing is listed in Thailand. Weirder yet, the supposed worlds smallest, the Bee Hummingbird, is around 2 inches long. Quite a bit larger than these.
So far I've seen 3. They move at Hummingbird speed, feed like they do, act like they do. But in miniature.
Anyone heard of them? Know anything?