Date: 6/26/26 9:43 am From: \<hilton...>\ (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Hilton Pond North (1-15 Jun 2026) Eastern Box Turtle: Mayapple's Designated Driver 🐦
Mayapple is a favorite native wildflower across the eastern U.S.; parts are highly toxic but its seeds are disseminated by box turtles. “This Week At Hilton Pond North” (Lansing NC) we discuss this complex relationship and talk about birds we’ve recently banded or recaptured, including Eastern Wood-Pewees and Gray Catbirds and returns of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Dr. BILL HILTON JR.
"Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project”
℅ Hilton Pond North: Blue Ridge Birds & Nature
2918 Silas Creek Road
Lansing NC 28643
(803)684-5852
The mission of Hilton Pond North is "to conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of the Blue Ridge Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages.
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to watch the sunset." BHjr.
