With the arrival of 2009, we begin our tenth year of "This Week at
Hilton Pond" photo essays that describe natural happenings in the
Carolina Piedmont and beyond. We hope these musings--of which there
are now 423--have provided information and enjoyment for our Web site
visitors.
Our first installment of the year deals with something we've been
hearing a lot about lately--an irruption of Pine Siskins that have
been mostly absent from the Carolinas for a decade or more. To view
the 1-7 January 2009 edition, please visit
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090101.html
As always we include a tally of birds banded or recaptured during the
period--including a mug shot of a bright yellow species one might not
expect to find in a trap baited with sunflower seeds.
Happy (New Year) 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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