An Appreciation For Spiders

There aren't a lot of good spider field guides out there, but we came across one recently that helped us positively identify a giant spider crawling on the wall at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History.

For a photo essay about the spider--and what amounts to a review of the new book's usefulness--please visit the 15-21 September 2005 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" by clicking on the words "An Appreciation For Spiders" in the title above.

As always, we include a tally of birds banded or recaptured this week--including some surprising news about our on-going study of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.


Happy Nature Watching!

BILL