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Re: Black-chinned Hummer in Lexington SC



Congrats, Bill!

;-)
gary

Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
Sunset Zone 31
walela@sccoast.net
"...where is the person, I ask, who, on observing this glittering fragment
of the rainbow, would not pause, admire, and turn his mind with
reverence..." (J. J. Audubon)

-----Original Message-----
From: BILL HILTON JR Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
To: CAROLINA BIRDS <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:44 PM
Subject: Black-chinned Hummer in Lexington SC


>
>HI . . .
>
>The "Winter Hummingbird Research" link from the Great Backyard Bird
>Count Web site finally paid off this week with the report of a
>Black-chinned Hummingbird in Lexington, South Carolina. We were, of
>course, eager to trap and band this rare visitor to the Piedmont, and
>did so.
>
>For photos and details on this late winter vagrant hummer, check out
>"This Week at Hilton Pond" for the week of 1-7 March 2002. It's on
>the Web site for Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at
>http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek020301.html .
>
>As always, we've listed our weekly bird banding totals, including
>recaptures of a passel of old Chipping Sparrows and Purple Finches
>You may also wish to check out banding results for 22-28 February, a
>very long week in a very short month; it's at
>http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek020222.html. (Due to work and
>travel obligations here's no essay for that week, but we did post a
>picture of some nice Jonquils.)
>
>Please don't forget to forward this message to folks who share our
>interest in nature.  :-)
>
>
>Happy Nature Watching!
>
>BILL
>--
>
>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 (courtesy of Comporium.net) 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.
>