After our photo essay last week about possible diminished migration in eastern House Finch populations, we got some great questions and comments from visitors to our Web site. As a result, "This Week at Hilton Pond" we're revisiting the finch topic with some follow-up information about conjunctivitis, banding effort, foreign recaptures, and our sure-fire method for differentiating Purple Finches from House Finches. To view the latest installment for 22-28 December 2010, please see http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek101222.html
While there don't forget to scroll down for our usual list of birds banded and recaptured, a couple of miscellaneous notes about still-frigid weather, an obligatory photo of Christmas snow at Hilton Pond, and a shout out to some folks who made tax-deductible contributions this week in support of our education, research, and conservation activities--including on-line publication of "This Week at Hilton Pond." Happy (End of Year) 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 office & cell (803) 684-5852 fax (803) 684-0255 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 ==================
