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Category Archives: Ornithology
Can a Mandarin and a Mallard Find Happiness Together?
There was the usual assortment of wild and domestic mallard colorations, but nothing that would indicate a cross with anything as colorful as a Mandarin. It is claimed that Mandarins have produced hybrid offspring with mallards in captivity, but Mandarin hybrids in the wild are very rare. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond (27-30 Apr 2012)—“Barred Owl: Banded Species #126”
After 31 years of banding, it’s seldom we capture a new species but that’s just what happened “This Week at Hilton Pond” when an adult Barred Owl–species #126!–hit our mist nets and stayed there long enough for us to extract it. Continue reading
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Baby Herons and Hawks, Fresh From the Webcam
What we did not mention in our previous report on this web cam is that Cornell Labs has a second web cam trained on the nest of a red-tailed hawk with chicks. The link to this camera is here: Continue reading
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Citizen Science Tools for Community Engagement
Non-profit groups, educators and researchers can now create, manage and maintain citizen science wildlife surveys with multiple contributors at Wildlife Sightings. Continue reading
Posted in Amateur Science, Biology, Community, Entomology, Environment, Marine Biology, Ornithology, Projects, Wildlife
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“Reality TV” for Birds–in High Def
In a first for technology and for bird watching, thousands of people watched live this weekend as a tiny Great Blue Heron emerged from an egg in between its father’s gigantic feet. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond—“Hummingbird Flowers, Early Spring Edition”
We’re often asked what Ruby-throated Hummingbirds eat if they come back in early spring before there’s a noticeable flower bloom. Among other things they consume tree sap and tiny insects, but there may be more blossoms out there than you think. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond—“Signs Of Early Spring, 2012”
The month of March 2012 was incredibly warm in the Carolina Piedmont–both day and night–and Mother Nature seemed to respond. Plants and animals of various species showed activity ahead of what the calendar usually dictates, so there may be some long-term effects. Continue reading
This Week at Hilton Pond—“Hummingbird College: The ‘Keystone 12’ In Belize”
It takes a long time to put together each photo essay that summarizes an Operation RubyThroat hummingbird expedition to the Neotropics. Nonetheless, I’ve just completed the on-line write-up about our third trip to Crooked Tree in Belize and have posted it as our “This Week at Hilton Pond” installment for 10-18 March 2012. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond—“Costa Rica Portfolio 2012”
As promised, “This Week at Hilton Pond” we dispense with data and offer a portfolio of diverse Costa Rican images we hope will be pleasing to your eye. Continue reading
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This Week at Hilton Pond: “Savvy Seven-12’s In Costa Rica: There’s No Place Like Home”
We’re beginning to think it takes longer to write up results of our Neotropical hummingbird expeditions than it does to actually implement the trips. That’s why we’re just now posting a summary of our early February excursion to Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Continue reading