hummingbird moth

[birdmove]

Yesterday I saw one of these for my first time. It was feeding from the blooms of a Firecracker bush. First I thought it might be a tiny hummingbird. But it looked like it had antennae. It flew just like a hummingbird and seemed to be taking in nectar through it's large proboscis. We later found it doing a Google search. My wife did the search and said she read they are found in the Pacific Northwest. I lived there for 58 years and never saw or heard of one.
Have others seen these here? I did a search here and one comment did say that these moths do pollinate plants.
Very interesting little moth.

Jon in Keaau/HPP