Black witch, rufous hummingbird, Douglas County

[John Ealy]

I saw a black witch moth around 11 am today but couldn't photograph it because it was flying -- or rather floating.

Then, at 8:15 pm, I saw it flying again, not 20 feet from the earlier sighting in my backyard. This time, it landed long enough on a branch for me to get a pic. It was about 5 inches across.
It was a first for me.

And speaking of firsts, we had our first confirmed rufous hummingbird of the year this evening at our feeders.

John Ealy

Roxborough Park, Douglas County, CO

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[David Gulbenkian]

My neighborhood social medium (Nextdoor) had 4 reports of Black Witch last week.  

It's a perhaps 6 or 8 square mile area east of Golden and west of Denver.  Also, many reports of

Blinded Sphinx and a couple of Achemon Sphinx.