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le in just when the young <BR>& Wonderful anecdote, Wayne. Thanks for this. The pair which I saw singing in Barrington ( on more than one occassion) I also once saw mating (or appearing to be doing so). May have just been fun and games. Cheers, Joan Wayne P. Neily wrote: > Hello all. > > > It may be worth noting that it was a Nova Scotian who provided the > confirmation that female Purple Finches sing. I can remember (many > years ago) Robie Tufts telling me the story of how Harrison Lewis had > determined this. As in Pat's account, Lewis had been observing a nest > of the species, and had just finished checking its contents when a > female plumaged bird came in, sang and settled on the nest. Lewis > watched until it left, then checked the nest again and found one > additional egg! I do not know if Lewis ever published the observation > or not, but have no reason to doubt the validity of the story. > > ** > > Cheers, > > > Wayne Neily > > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:13:29 -0400 > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca > > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch? > > > > > > According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's > > website, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search : > > > > "Males sing three kinds of songs, all including the rich, slurred > > warbling characteristic of finch songs. There's the "warbling song," > > a fast, rising and falling string of 6-23 notes often sung while > > flocking. Males usually sing a "territory song" alone; it begins with > > a few notes on the same pitch before breaking into warbling and > > ending with a high, emphatic note. The third is an up-and-down > > cadence of 2-5 notes that sounds similar to a Red-eyed Vireo's > > whistled hear-me?-see-me?-here-i-am. Females sing their own songs, a > > long 1-2 minute warbling from the nest. " > > > > I remember reading that there was uncertainty for some time > > as to whether the females sang at all, since immature males can look > > just like them. Then someone who was keeping a breeding pair under > > observation, saw the female begin to incubate, and she sang while > > doing so! That clinched it ... > > > > Cheers, > > > > Patricia L. Chalmers > > Halifax > > > > > > > > At 11:40 AM 26/02/2010, 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? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Not using Hotmail on your phone? Why not? Get it now. > <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9708120>
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