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--Boundary_(ID_LtDa4RJ7W78fG4GUukK5Iw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jeannie, your "female" purple finch might well turn out to be a young male in later spring, when it's not uncommon for brown-plumaged "females" to be discovered to be singing -- does anyone know whether both sexes sing in purple finches? Purple finches are notoriously variable in just when the young males begin to take on the raspberry- coloured features. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville -- I invite comments or corrections? Lance? Begin forwarded message: > From: Jeannie Shermerhorn <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: February 25, 2010 10:20:14 AM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] And then there were finches... > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I have 4 purple finch at my feeders in Cape George,CB.Three male > and one female,also have 1 pine siskin ,1 red-breasted nuthatch, 3 > gray jays,9 mourning doves,about a dozen black-capped > chickadees,along with blue jays ,a downy woodpecker and I didn't > count, but ,at least 100 American goldfinches. > Jeannie Shermerhorn --Boundary_(ID_LtDa4RJ7W78fG4GUukK5Iw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Jeannie, your "female" purple finch might well turn out to be a young = male in later spring, when it's not uncommon for brown-plumaged = "females" to be discovered to be singing -- does anyone know whether = both sexes sing in purple finches? Purple finches are notoriously = variable in just when the young males begin to take on the = raspberry-coloured features. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville -- I = invite comments or corrections? Lance?<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Jeannie Shermerhorn <<a = href=3D"mailto:jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca">jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca</a>><= /font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 25, 2010 10:20:14 AM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] And then there were = finches...</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I have 4 purple finch at my feeders in Cape = George,CB.Three male and one female,also have 1 pine siskin ,1 = red-breasted nuthatch, 3 gray jays,9 mourning doves,about a dozen = black-capped chickadees,along with blue jays ,a downy woodpecker and I = didn't count, but ,at least 100 American goldfinches.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie Shermerhorn<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_LtDa4RJ7W78fG4GUukK5Iw)--
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