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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CB01AF.B0CADAE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Randy, I had the gals at our home here a couple of weeks ago. We = caught 30 birds and banded a number of Chickadees and Woodpeckers. It = was a great experience to see this done again and they were very = knowlegeable ladies. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Randy Lauff=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:31 PM Subject: [NatureNS] potential Black-capped/Boreal Hybrid 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. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CB01AF.B0CADAE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi Randy, I had the gals at our home = here a couple=20 of weeks ago. We caught 30 birds and banded a number of Chickadees and=20 Woodpeckers. It was a great experience to see this done again and they = were very=20 knowlegeable ladies.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Drandy.lauff@gmail.com = href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">Randy=20 Lauff</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 01, 2010 = 4:31=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] potential=20 Black-capped/Boreal Hybrid</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I've been seeing a chickadee at my feeder which has a = paler cap=20 than a Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH), but not brown like the Boreal's = (BOCH).=20 The sides are buffy, and the face grayer, both like a BOCH.<BR=20 clear=3Dall><BR>As luck would have it, two grad students from the lab = of a=20 colleague in Lethbridge were out catching chickadees, among other = birds=20 (they're currently in Newfoundland pursuing them there). We did manage = to=20 catch the potential hybrid, and took some pictures (no, I don't have = them=20 yet...patience please), and importantly, a few precious microlitres of = blood.=20 The blood sample will not only tell us if there is mixed parentage, = but which=20 parent was which species. However, those samples won't be run until = later in=20 the summer. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>So, no pictures, no molecular results, just a report. For = now.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Randy<BR>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>Way in = the=20 boonies of<BR>Antigonish County, = NS.<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CB01AF.B0CADAE0--
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