Lots of things about fledgling birds make them look their age, even
when they don't particularly look like their parents. For a photo
essay about what characteristics make young birds look young, please
visit the 1-7 June 2009 edition of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek090601.html
After viewing the installment--which includes a quickie quiz on a
Mystery Fledgling--don't forget to scroll down for a list of all
birds banded or recaptured during the period. We also provide a few
miscellaneous nature notes, including one about our first banded
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds of the season.
Enrollment is now open for all of our 2010 hummingbird expeditions to
Central America: Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Belize. (Just one slot
left for the latter!) For more information or to sign up, see the
link from the current installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond."
Happy 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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