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--Boundary_(ID_ATLC1nvnRyHKZXKSdGfWCg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jim Wolford wrote: >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. -- I invite comments or corrections? Lance? As Andy has already addressed the singing female Purple Finch aspect of Jim's question, I'll stick to the plumage part. Unless the brownish plumage of the Purple Finch in question has a reddish wash, it is not possible to reliably determine whether the bird is a male or female. Young, male Purple Finches may not start to attain their colourful definitive alternate plumage until the June/July timeframe, though they may start to show some colour as early as April. All the best, Lance ________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jeannie Shermerhorn Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 7:59 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re "female" purple finch? I've heard the female sing and I agree with the quote Andy. Jeannie --Boundary_(ID_ATLC1nvnRyHKZXKSdGfWCg) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Jim Wolford wrote:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">>does anyone know whether both sexes sing in purple finches?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">>Purple finches are notoriously variable in just when the young males begin to take on the </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">>raspberry-coloured features. -- I invite comments or corrections? Lance?</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>As Andy has already addressed the singing female Purple Finch aspect of Jim's question, I'll stick to the plumage part. Unless the brownish plumage of the Purple Finch in question has a reddish wash, it is not possible to reliably determine whether the bird is a male or female. Young, male Purple Finches may not start to attain their colourful definitive alternate plumage until the June/July timeframe, though they may start to show some colour as early as April.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>All the best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=907562215-26022010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Lance</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeannie Shermerhorn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 26, 2010 7:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] re "female" purple finch?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've heard the female sing and I agree with the quote Andy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jeannie</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_ATLC1nvnRyHKZXKSdGfWCg)--
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