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Winter Hummingbird Alert
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CarolinaBirds)
- Subject: Winter Hummingbird Alert
- From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:22:10 -0500
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
After an incredibly mild autumn, most of the eastern U.S. is poised
to get its first taste of winter this weekend with a serious cold
snap in the forecast.
I suspect that many winter vagrant hummingbirds that have been
content to dine on still-flowering nectar plants and tiny free-flying
insects will be a bit more attentive to those feeders you've been
keeping fresh. Thus, I encourage folks to keep a close eye on their
feeders on these first cold days--particularly at first light when
hummers need to replenish their energy reserves--and to report any
winter hummingbird activity to mailto:research@hiltonpond.org
I'm especially interested in the possibility of banding and verifying
winter hummers in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge of South Carolina and
the western half of North Carolina and would appreciate reports of
hummingbirds in those areas. However, I'd also like to know about ANY
winter hummingbirds east of the Great Plains and will forward those
reports promptly to other banders who may be closer.
A summary of our vagrant hummingbird banding to date--along with
hints for feeding winter hummingbirds--is on the Web site for Hilton
Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ResearchHummerVagrantMain.html
Happy (Winter) Hummingbird 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.