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Hilton Pond 08/08/03 (Albino Hummingbird)
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CarolinaBirds)
- Subject: Hilton Pond 08/08/03 (Albino Hummingbird)
- From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 06:49:32 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
After some delay--due to travel, failure in a cable line leading to
York, and problems related to power outages in the Northeastern
U.S.--we are finally able to post our account of last week's banding
of an albino Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Chapel Hill NC.
For a photo essay on this very unusual bird, please visit "This Week
at Hilton Pond" for the week of 8-14 August 2003 at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030808.html . Be sure to look for
the photo of the albino's foot. :-)
Please be patient if the page is a little slow to load. There are
lots of photos, and things like computer worms and server problems
around the country may be affecting Internet speed.
Included as always is info about all birds banded and any recaptures
during the period at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
near York SC.
If you're in the Charlotte NC area, we're holding our final scheduled
"Hummingbird Mornings" presentations at McDowell Nature Preserve on
the morning of 16 August. Details are at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/HummingbirdMornings03Main.html
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.