Another Mystery Bird

Today we're pleased to post the 300th installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond," our on-going series of photo essays about natural history in the Carolina Piedmont--and beyond.

This week we describe a very unusual bird captured for banding at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History near York SC. For a mini-quiz on this "Mystery Bird," please visit our 8-14 January 2006 installment by clicking on the title above.

As always we provide a tally of birds banded during the week, plus a few miscellaneous nature observations.

Happy Nature Watching!

BILL