[NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch?

Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:40:55 -0400
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le in just when the young &lt;BR&gt;&amp;
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?
> >
>
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