[Pollinator] Buttonbush Pollinators

[Research (Hilton Pond)]

This year the last week of June was designated by the U.S. Senate as 
"National Pollinator Week," so we went out to see some pollination in 
action. We came across a stand of Buttonbushes, so that shrub and its 
pollinators are the topics for "This Week at Hilton Pond."

For some revealing close-ups of Buttonbush's intricate flowers and 
the insects that make them work, please visit our photo essay for 
22-30 June 2007 at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek070622.html

As always there's a list of birds banded and recaptured, along with 
miscellaneous nature notes. The latter includes links to our 
cumulative 26-year bird banding data for June 1982 through June 2007.

Our first "Hummingbird Mornings" event of 2007 will be in High Point 
NC on 27-28 July. Details are linked from the photo essay.

Happy Nature Watching!

BILL
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RESEARCH PROGRAM
c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
research at hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845

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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