Using Mac OS 1.4.9, I need to generate for a technical publication
some simple black-and-white country- and state-outline maps overlaid
with lines that represent migratory routes of birds. In the old days
I used MapMaker (later Atlas MapMaker) to produce these, but it ran
slowly even on Classic
Like many locales in the Carolinas, Hilton Pond Center awoke to a
very hard freeze on Easter morning, which caused environmental
problems we first detected with our sense of smell.
The newspapers have been full of articles about how the cold will
hurt this year's peach harvest, but what about d
JONATHAN . . .
Could it have been a Ribbon Worm (Phylum Nemertea or Nemertini)?
See http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/nemertini/nemertini.html
Cheers,
BILL
>Recently on fieldwork in lowland Malaysia I saw a very strange snake-like or
>worm-like animal about 45cm long without any obvious e
ALAN . . .
See the student section of the Web site for Holbrook Travel at
http://www.holbrooktravel.com/pages/educationExpeditions/students.aspx
Cheers,
BILL
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>We are looking for summer field biology or ecology research
>opportunities for high school students this summer, either in
Drink coffee? Even if you don't, have you ever wondered how coffee
growing in Central America might affect birdwatching in your own
backyard in the U.S. or Canada? Do you know what folks mean when they
talk about "shade-grown" vs. "sun-grown" coffee?
Coffee--and birds and orchids and butterflie
Most nature lovers who have heard of John Bachman know him only
because two birds--Bachman's Warbler and Bachman's Sparrow--are named
for him. However, he was a very important Carolina Lowcountry
naturalist for more than 50 years and deserves NOT to dwell in the
shadow of his friend and colleag
There does indeed seem to be an epidemic of Bird Ticks this winter in
the Carolina Piedmont, and it's right on schedule.
For some super-close-up photos and intriguing information about these
pesky ectoparasites, please visit the 15-21 January 2006 installment
of "This Week at Hilton Pond," keep
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>On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:57 PM, RESEARCH Hilton Pond wrote:
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>>I've just discarded (i.e., placed in a compost pile) several
>>Poinsettias left over from the holidays. All these came
U.S. and British instructors recently collaborated with ProAves, a
Colombian conservation organization, during an intensive two-week
workshop on San Andres Island, a Colombian province in the western
Caribbean. The instructors worked with 60-plus Colombian nationals,
teaching them techniques fo
Although we tend to think of backyard birds in the U.S. and Canada as
"ours," many local species depart for the tropics each fall to spend
the winter in Central or South America. Recently we were privileged
to work with 60-plus Colombian conservationists on San Andres Island
in the Caribbean, h
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