Nature: Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History (York, South Carolina USA)

- Established 1982 -

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, etc.	EDUCATION Programs, Field Trips, Consulting
MISCELLANY NatureNet, Catawba Indians, etc.	PUBLICATIONS Photo Gallery, Articles, Whatizit?	HUMMINGBIRDS Operation RubyThroat
CONTACT INFO Phone: (803) 684-5852 (9 a.m.-6 p.m. ET) Hilton Pond Center is open ONLY by appointment via EDUCATION
Current Installment #533 Bat In The Bathroom, NOT In The Belfry (17-25 January 2012) Last Week's Installment: Winter Hummingbirds In The U.S. (Ruby-throats & Global Warming) INDEX to all 500-plus installments of "This Week at Hilton Pond" Click on image at right for live Web cam of Hilton Pond, plus daily weather summary		On-Line Search Engine for Hilton Pond Center's Web Site If you have a Twitter account you can recommend "This Week at Hilton Pond" to your followers by clicking on the Tweet button. Tweet Follow us: @hiltonpond
The Piedmont Naturalist, Volume 1 (1986)--long out-of-print--has been republished by author Bill Hilton Jr. as an e-book downloadable to read on your iPad, iPhone, Nook, Kindle, or desktop computer. Click on the image at left for information about ordering. All proceeds benefit education, research, and conservation work of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History.
Oct 15 to Mar 15: Please report your sightings of Vagrant & Winter Hummingbirds (immature male Rufous Hummingbird above)		ENJOYING NATURE: Winter migrant birds are here. Time to invest in new feeders and lots of sunflower seeds & suet.
	Hilton Pond Center reaches milestone of 57,000 birds banded since 1982
Operation RubyThroat T-shirts still available.	Now scheduling Guided Field Trips for students & adults at Hilton Pond Center
Hilton Pond Web site recognized for education excellence:	Bill Hilton Jr. named as one of 50 Best Brains in Science by *Discover* magazine.
This Week at Hilton Pond is part of the Nature Blog Network	Operation RubyThroat's Neotropical hummingbird research featured in Texas Bird Annual 2011 (1.1 Mb download)
JOIN OPERATION RUBYTHROAT FOR 2012 HUMMINGBIRD EXPEDITIONS TO THE NEOTROPICS 2012 EXPEDITIONS COSTA RICA (west) (2-10 Feb 2012; Guanacaste) BELIZE (11-19 Mar 2012; Crooked Tree; TRIP FULL) COSTA RICA (east) (10-18 Nov 2012, Ujarrás) Multi-trip discounts available as we move northward in Central America, following Ruby-throated Hummingbirds while they prepare for and embark on spring migration. Information, maps, pricing, and day-by-day itineraries linked from: Follow The Hummingbirds North.

TO DO GOOD WORK, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History depends entirely on outside funding to support its research, education, and conservation programs such as this Web site and Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project PLEASE SUPPORT OUR WORK BY CLICKING ON A LOGO AT RIGHT	Use Network for Good to make an on-line credit card gift to Hilton Pond Center!
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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.