![]() ![]() ![]() Just as we were preparing to shut down for the night we looked out the window above our computer desk in the old farmhouse and saw a large-ish dark bird flapping about in the bag of a nearby net. We did manage to trap what are likely our last two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds of 2013 while netting two migrant thrush and seven warbler species, but perhaps the most interesting bird of the week showed up at sunset on 10 October. All this means we probably missed some Neotropical migrants moving past the Center to date we've had one of our slowest autumns ever as far as banding is concerned. On two of the days we WERE at Hilton Pond Center it rained or was too windy, leaving the first and the tenth of October as the only times we could deploy mist nets. This week we were in Fayette County, West Virginia for a big chunk of time at the annual "Hawk Gawk & Warbler Walk" offered through New River Birding & Nature Center. Thanks for your support, and thanks for letting me share my love of nature with you!Īll contributions are tax-deductible on your (We'll count anything received within 30 days of 15 September toward the "Birthday Cause" drive.) The goal was to have $3,500 by 30 September and generous contributors have donated $2,187 to date. If you find "This Week at Hilton Pond" to be informative or fun to read, or if you've learned something about hummers through Operation RubyThroat, please consider granting my "Birthday Cause" wish by making a tax-deductible donation via PayPal or Network for Good (links are below), or by check ( 1432 DeVinney Road, York SC 29745). Thus, I'm still designating Hilton Pond Center as my "Birthday Cause" for 2013. It was an effective way to raise funds for Hilton Pond Center & Operation RubyThroat, but even though FB canceled the program we need operating funds. Facebook used to host "Birthday Causes" through which friends could donate to the celebrant's favorite charity. ĪUTHOR'S PREFACE: Septemmarked my 67th birthday. M ore excursions for 2014-15 will be announced in coming months. We'll see & photograph lots of other birds and a variety of tropical flora & fauna.Ĭlick on image of Canivet's Emerald or Pink Orchid for itineraries & trip details In WeatherSnoop 2.x, make sure that you have HTTP enabled under the Sharing tab on the Weather Agent configuration window.Expeditions to observe & band hummingbirds in So be careful about using those fields in conditions unless you're positive that they will always be available OR that triggers/schedules that depend on them firing actions won't if the data becomes unavailable. If no rain data is ever received, they will all continue to be 0.Īnd, while we're on the topic, any value set to “- data unavailable -” that's used in a numeric device state condition (say, a temperature sensor that isn't working), will always return False thus aborting your trigger/schedule. ![]() Then based on what rain information we get, they will be set/calculated appropriately. Here's how they work - when a weather station device is first created, these fields will be set to 0. There are some exceptions to this rule: specifically, the rain* fields will always be numeric (so that can be safely used in calculations, conditions, etc.). This means that some information may not be available for any given station - if the data isn't available from WeatherSnoop, the value of that particular state will be “- data unavailable -”. For WeatherSnoop 2, we attempted to create a common set of data for all supported weather stations and weather underground. ![]()
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