Numerous factors--both good and less pleasant--have slowed our
attempts to achieve regularity in posting "This Week at Hilton Pond,"
so right now we're playing catch-up. We apologize for the delay.
Our 1-14 December 2008 installment deals with a holiday-appropriate
topic: Red berries that contrast with evergreen foliage in winter and
that often attract birds and other animals. For a photo essay about
this phenomenon, please visit
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek081201.html
As always we include a list of all birds banded or recaptured during
the period, as well as a miscellaneous note about the near absence of
winter resident birds at Hilton Pond.
Happy (Holiday) Nature Watching!
BILL
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RESEARCH PROGRAM
c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
resea...@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net):
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org
"Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org
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