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Hilton Pond 09/15/03 (Strawberry-bush)
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CarolinaBirds)
- Subject: Hilton Pond 09/15/03 (Strawberry-bush)
- From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 14:41:02 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
In autumn many folks look toward the mountains as a destination to
see spectacular colors. In our judgment, we've got a much brighter
view right here at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History,
where the Strawberry-bush, Euonymus americanus, is showing off its
brilliant red berries.
For a photo essay about this colorful but often-overlooked native
plant, please visit "This Week at Hilton Pond" for 15-21 September
2003 at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030915.html
We include our usual weekly totals of birds recaptured and newly
banded, including some notes about a late rush of Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds. As a bonus, there's a mug shot of a migrant Swainson's
Thrush, looking rather elegant.
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.