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Hilton Pond 07/01/03 (Bird Mites)




About this time each year, we start getting phone calls and e-mails about strange mutant birds with lots of missing feathers. This week a "lizard-head" Northern Cardinal even showed up at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History.

This bird is apparently suffering from head mites, as described in the 1-7 July 2003 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond." To view the current photo essay on this mite-infested bird, please visit http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030701.html .

As always, there's also are lists of new birds banded and the few recaptures made during the period.


Happy Nature Watching!

BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
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

The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").

"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.