Hummingbirds must like it hot, for there were tons of them in sweltering 90-degree-plus weather at Land Between the Lakes this week when we went out for annual Hummingbird Festival at Woodlands Nature Station in Kentucky. We did see lots of hummers--including one with an interesting foot problem--but also encountered plenty of other birds, mammals, and insects worth showing to Ernesto Carman Jr., our Costa Rican guide who's been visiting "This Week at Hilton Pond."
For a look at what Ernesto saw (plus one of his tropical hummer images), please visit our photo essay for 1-10 August 2010 at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100801.html . Don't forget to scroll down for a list of birds banded or recaptured at Hilton Pond during the period. There's also a nature note and acknowledgement for our most recent contributors. Happy (Hot) 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 office & cell (803) 684-5852 fax (803) 684-0255 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 ==================
