As the holiday season arrives, we're always involved in compiling results of the York/Rock Hill Christmas Bird Count, so that's the topic of the 22-28 December 2009 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond." Our final numbers weren't all that great, but we did manage to get a few photos of birds we observed--including a close image of an adult Red-shouldered Hawk. To view the photo essay, please visit http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091222.html and then scroll down for our usual list of banded birds and miscellaneous notes about bird scarcity and torrential rains.
Happy (Holiday) Nature Watching! BILL ========= RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA (803) 684-5852 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 ==================
