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Purple Finch, at last




Yesterday (20 Jan 2003) I finally got the season's first Purple Finch--an after-second male with raspberry plumage--here at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History near York SC.


He was re-trapped this morning along with a brown Purple Finch of unknown sex that, based on fault bars in its tail feathers, is apparently a second-year bird.

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, 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 .


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