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Hilton Pond 09/08/03 (Shagbark Hickory)
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CarolinaBirds)
- Subject: Hilton Pond 09/08/03 (Shagbark Hickory)
- From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 01:04:28 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
It's been dangerous lately to run mist nets at Hilton Pond Center for
Piedmont Natural History because of a barrage of nuts falling from a
towering Shagbark Hickory.
For a photo essay about this magnificent tree--and what's causing the
fruit to fall--please visit "This Week at Hilton Pond" for 8-14
September 2003 at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030908.html
As always we include a tally of birds banded--it was our best week of
2003 for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds--as well as a list of significant
recaptures. The avian mug shot of the week is a young migrant
Chestnut-sided Warbler.
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.