Hilton Pond 03/01/03 (Grass Carp)

[BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>]

On 7 March the Environmental Education Association of South Carolina 
visited Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History and helped 
discover some interesting new information about a school of giant 
fish that have been living in the pond for the past decade of so.

For a photo essay about Grass Carp--and the ecological pros and cons 
of introducing them into Piedmont ponds--please visit "This Week at 
Hilton Pond" for the week of 1-7 March 2003 at 
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek030301.html .

As always, there's a tally of birds banded during the period, as well 
as a list of recaptures from previous years.


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.