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9th York/Rock Hill Christmas Bird Count



The ninth annual York/Rock Hill, South Carolina, Christmas Bird Count 
will be conducted on Saturday, 18 December 1999, under the auspices 
of the National Audubon Society. The count will begin promptly at 
6:15 a.m. from the Northwestern High School parking lot on S.C. 5 
just west of Rock Hill. This count was initiated in 1991 to help 
provide a more accurate census of the numbers and species of birds 
present in central York County during winter. On the first eight 
counts (1991-98), sightings were made of 66,105 birds from 94 
species, including Southern Bald Eagles.

Beginning before sunrise and finishing at dusk, participants will 
identify and tally birds seen and/or heard in an area inscribed by a 
circle 15 miles in diameter and centered where Tools Fork Creek flows 
beneath S.C. Hwy. 5 near Northwestern High. Participants will be 
assigned a section of the circle and are expected to spend the day 
covering the area by car and on foot-perhaps even by canoe and 
bicycle. The circle includes all of the city of Rock Hill, eastern 
third of York, southern end of Lake Wylie and Tega Cay, Catawba River 
from the dam to the I-77 bridge, and extends from Ogden in the south 
almost to Nanny's (Ferguson's) Mountain to the north. This circle's 
diverse habitats-including river bottomland, pine woods, thickets, 
hardwood stands, open fields, and  urbanized areas-will provide a 
variety of bird life and an enjoyable day in the field. Homebound 
persons may choose to conduct a feeder watch and count birds that 
come to their backyards during the count day.

Participants will reassemble at Northwestern at 5:30 p.m. and, if 
desired, will dine together at a local restaurant and tally the birds 
of the day. Persons interested in joining this year's count should 
contact the compiler below by Thursday, 16 December. A $5 fee helps 
defer the costs of publishing results in the Christmas Bird Count 
issue of National Audubon Society Field Notes. Happy Birding!

BILL

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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

e-mail: <hilton@rubythroat.org>

Voice & Fax: (803) 684-5852

Operation RubyThroat Website: <http://www.rubythroat.org>


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

						BHjr.

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