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Hummingbird Mornings 2001



Please mark your calendar and plan to attend.  :-)

BILL

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"HUMMINGBIRD MORNINGS 2001"

Hummingbird enthusiasts in the Carolinas are in for a  rare treat 
this summer when they get "up close and personal" with some of the 
smallest birds in the world.

In July and August 2001, educator/naturalist Bill Hilton Jr. will 
present his ever-popular "Hummingbird Mornings," bird banding 
demonstrations guaranteed to delight everyone from pre-schoolers to 
senior citizens. All presentations in 2001 will be fund-raisers for 
non-profits or schools in the Carolinas, including Allison Woods 
Foundation (Statesville), Nursery Road Elementary School (Columbia), 
RibbonWalk--Charlotte's Botanical Forest (Charlotte), and Audubon 
Society of Forsyth County (Winston-Salem).

Hilton, executive director of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural 
History in York SC, is one of only about 60 researchers authorized by 
the federal government to band hummingbirds. During each 
presentation, Hilton will capture local Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 
that abound at various Carolinas sites, band and release them 
unharmed, and respond to audience questions about hummingbird 
behavior and how to attract these tiny feathered jewels to your own 
backyard.

At his primary study site at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural 
History near York SC, Hilton has banded nearly 2,400 hummingbirds 
since 1984. Many have returned in later years and two were recaptured 
and released near Atlanta and in Mobile AL. Details about Hilton's 
hummingbird research are on the Web site for "Operation RubyThroat: 
The Hummingbird Project" at: http://www.rubythroat.org.

Here's the schedule for "Hummingbird Mornings 2001"

28-29 July--Allison Woods Foundation (Statesville)
11 August--Nursery Road Elementary School (Columbia)
17--RibbonWalk, Charlotte's Botanical Forest (Charlotte)
25-26--Audubon Society of Forsyth County (Historic Bethabara Park, 
Winston-Salem)

All presentations are at 8:30 and 10:30 am with a $5 admission 
charge. Door prizes will be awarded at most sites. Directions and 
other information are available at www.rubythroat.org. Bring your 
camera for what is sure to be a memorable experience for everyone who 
attends.

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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.