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--0016367fb9b41f53950487fd0502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've been seeing a chickadee at my feeder which has a paler cap than a Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH), but not brown like the Boreal's (BOCH). The sides are buffy, and the face grayer, both like a BOCH. As luck would have it, two grad students from the lab of a colleague in Lethbridge were out catching chickadees, among other birds (they're currently in Newfoundland pursuing them there). We did manage to catch the potential hybrid, and took some pictures (no, I don't have them yet...patience please), and importantly, a few precious microlitres of blood. The blood sample will not only tell us if there is mixed parentage, but which parent was which species. However, those samples won't be run until later in the summer. So, no pictures, no molecular results, just a report. For now. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. --0016367fb9b41f53950487fd0502 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've been seeing a chickadee at my feeder which has a paler cap than a = Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH), but not brown like the Boreal's (BOCH). = The sides are buffy, and the face grayer, both like a BOCH.<br clear=3D"all= "> <br>As luck would have it, two grad students from the lab of a colleague in= Lethbridge were out catching chickadees, among other birds (they're cu= rrently in Newfoundland pursuing them there). We did manage to catch the po= tential hybrid, and took some pictures (no, I don't have them yet...pat= ience please), and importantly, a few precious microlitres of blood. The bl= ood sample will not only tell us if there is mixed parentage, but which par= ent was which species. However, those samples won't be run until later = in the summer.<div> <br></div><div>So, no pictures, no molecular results, just a report. For no= w.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>R= F Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> </div> --0016367fb9b41f53950487fd0502--
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