Bill Hilton Jr., executive director of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, is one of only about 100 active scientists in the world authorized to capture and band Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Each summer, his famous Hummingbird Mornings presentations delight thousands of hummingbird enthusiasts around the country.

Find out how to attract these amazing feathered dynamos to your yard and then get up close and personal with hummers as Bill captures and bands them. You don't want to miss this chance to learn from a nationally known expert and exceptionally entertaining and informative lecturer. Satisfaction guaranteed!

In the words of one audience member who saw Bill's 2003 presentation in Virginia, "I cannot remember the last time I so thoroughly enjoyed a seminar as yours today in Fredericksburg."

Hummingbird Mornings weekends may include banding demonstrations, slide lectures, teacher workshops, student programs, activities for senior citizens, or any combination therof--including training in the exciting new GLOBE/Operation RubyThroat hummingbird observation protocols Admission fees vary with the site and door prizes may be awarded. All proceeds go to support the work of Hilton Pond Center and other non-profit organizations hosting the events.

Free admission to programs; advance registration requested. Participants are invited to visit the store before or after.

Refreshments for sale benefit local Boy Scouts.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $15

DIRECTIONS TO STORE & PRESENTATIONS:
From I-95 take exit 130B West. Immediately at the first stop light turn right into the shopping center called Central Park (there is a huge sign). You will now be on Carl D. Silver Parkway. To get to the "Hummingbird Morning" presentations you will pass Wild Bird Center and many, many stores. Look for a Cracker Barrel restaurant on a corner and turn right onto Fall Hill Avenue at the light just past it. (There is a Sheetz gas station on the other side.) Stay on Fall Hill Avenue, which goes back over I-95 down a long hill. At the bottom of the hill the Rappahannock River is on the left. Make the first left turn onto Caroline Street. Follow Caroline Street until you see "Old Mill Park" on the left.

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Free admission to the nature preserve if you mention you're attending "Hummingbird Mornings"; participants an invited to visit the Chirp n' Chatter store following either program.

Operation RubyThroat T-shirts will be available for $15

DIRECTIONS TO McDOWELL PARK:
From Charlotte, take I-77 south and take Exit 90 (west), turning right onto Carowinds Boulevard. After about three miles, turn left on N.C. 49 (York Road) and continue four about four miles. Look for signs to the nature preserve on the right. Tell the person at the Guard Shack that you are there for "Hummingbird Mornings" and follow the signs to the Picnic Shelter. (If traveling from the south, the park is about two miles north of Buster Boyd Bridge.)

DIRECTIONS TO CHIRP N' CHATTER STORE:
From I-77 (either north or south) take Exit 85, turning west onto SC 160 (Steele Creek Road). After about three miles on SC 160, look for Crossroads Plaza shopping center on the right.

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