The current lack or rain has us thinking a lot about the importance of water for birds and other wildlife, as well as the human penchant for wasting this valuable natural resource.
For a photo essay on the effects of drought in the Carolinas and beyond, please visit the 22-30 November installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek071122.html As always we include a tally of all birds banded and recaptured during the period, a few miscellaneous nature notes, and a reminder about the York/Rock Hill Christmas Bird Count coming up on 22 December 2007. Happy Nature Watching! BILL -- RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED], (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org **********
