The BEST place to learn about
ALL the plants and animals of the Piedmont

-- MISSION STATEMENT --
The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is to "conserve
animals, plants, 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."

CONTENTS
General Info, Staff, Support, Site Map

RESEARCH
Plants, Animals, Birds, Ecology

EDUCATION
Programs, Field Trips, Consulting

MISCELLANY
NatureNet,
Catawba Indians

PUBLICATIONS
Photo Gallery, Articles, Whatizit?

HUMMINGBIRDS
Operation RubyThroat

Cedar Waxwing:
"Most Elegant" Bird
In North America
(11-17 November 2009)

Last Week's Installment:
Late Autumn Potpourri 2009

INDEX to all back installments of
"This Week at Hilton Pond"

On-Line
Search Engine for
Hilton Pond Center's
Web Site

Oct 15 to Mar 15:
Please report
your sightings of
Vagrant & Winter
Hummingbirds
(Immature male Rufous Hummingbird, above right)

Involve your students in an on-line
Nuts About Nature AV Discussion

Operation RubyThroat
T-shirts
now available.

Operation RubyThroat teams with EarthTrek so citizen scientists--like YOU--can contribute observations about hummingbird migration & nesting behavior
Hilton Pond Web site recognized for education excellence by:
Bill Hilton Jr. named as one of
50 Best Brains in Science
 by Discover magazine; also profiled in the alumni magazines of University of Minnesota and Winthrop University
On 27 July 2009, Bill Hilton Jr. marked 25 years of hummingbird banding and research at Hilton Pond; his paper
Confirming Fall Migration Routes for South Carolina Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (324 k PDF) has just been published in the Apr-Jun 2009 North American Bird Bander
FINAL DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER!
Our annual Neotropical Hummingbird Expeditions in 2010 will include Costa Rica and--for the first time--Guatemala & Belize!

Plain-capped Starthroat
If you think our organization's name is long in English,
here's what they call us in Germany:

Hilton Pond-Zentrum für die Naturgeschichte von Piedmont

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WE NEED YOUR HELP!

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depends entirely on outside funding to support its research, education, and conservation programs such as this Web site and
Operation RubyThroat:
The Hummingbird Project
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Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is a non-profit research & education organization in York, South Carolina USA; phone (803) 684-5852. Directed by Bill Hilton Jr., aka "The Piedmont Naturalist," it is the parent organization for Operation RubyThroat. Contents of this website--including articles and photos--may NOT be duplicated, modified, or used in any way except with the express written permission of Hilton Pond Center. All rights reserved worldwide. To obtain permission for use or for further assistance on accessing this website, contact the Webmaster.