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Wood Ducklings
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CAROLINA BIRDS)
- Subject: Wood Ducklings
- From: BILL HILTON JR Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:02:31 -0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
HI . . .
I was surprised today (30 March) to see a Wood Duck hen paddling
across Hilton Pond with 13 ducklings in tow.
This is two weeks earlier than my previous early date.
Other nestboxes are still occupied by incubating hens.
Happy Spring!
--
BILL HILTON JR., "The Piedmont Naturalist"
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
Please visit our web sites at http://www.hiltonpond.org and
http://www.rubythroat.org
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.