Really big hummingbirds, treetop monkeys, colorful flowers and fruits, lizards and snakes, and even a unusual Costa Rican election strategy. All this (and more) makes up Part Two of the report on our 2010 Operation RubyThroat hummingbird banding expedition to Guanacaste Province CR. To view our latest photo essay about all these tropical wonders, please visit the 15-21 February 2010 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100215.html . (NOTE: There are LOTS of images--46 to be exact--so the page may take a while to load!)
While on-site, don't forget to scroll down to see what birds we banded or recaptured this week closer to home--you may be as amazed as we were by the age of one returning Chipping Sparrow--and to read some miscellaneous nature notes. Happy (Tropical) 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 ==================
