BIRDCHAT for Saturday, March 20, 2010

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Subject: Hilton Pond 02/22/10 (Costa Rica Pollinators)
From: "Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" <research(AT)hiltonpond.org>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 5:47am

Although some folks seem to think all pollination is conducted by Honey Bees,
many other organisms from butterflies to bats play a role in carrying pollen
from one flower to the next. As part of our study of Ruby-throated Hummingbird
behavior in Central America, we're interested in whether this migratory species
that spends half its life in the Neotropics is as important a pollinator "down
there" as it is "up here" on breeding grounds in the U.S. and Canada.

The current installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" includes some of our most
recent discoveries about plants visited—and likely pollinated—by RTHU here and
abroad. To view the 22-28 February 2010 photo essay with lots of Costa Rica
flower pictures, please visit http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100222.html .

While there, be sure to scroll down for an account of birds banded or recaptured
 at Hilton Pond during the current period; there's also a personal note about
the passing of a patriarch.

Happy Nature Watching!

BILL

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Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
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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

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Subject: BirdNote, last week, and the week of March 21, 2010
From: Ellen Blackstone <ellen(AT)123imagine.net>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 8:32am

Hello, BirdChatters!

Last week, BirdNote aired:
* Northern Flicker - A Most Unlikely Woodpecker
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1044
* Those Raucous Jays - Blue Jay, east, Steller's, west
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1723
* Tree Swallows March North
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1450
* Green Birds on St. Patrick's Day
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1720
* House Finches - Red and Yellow
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=629
* Walking on Eggshells
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1448
* Secretive Varied Thrush
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=613
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Check out the photos accompanying next week's shows:
http://bit.ly/ctF05V
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Ellen Blackstone
http://www.birdnote.org
Seattle, Washington

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