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--=====================_315796843==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 09:41 PM 27/11/2010, Annabelle Thiebaux wrote: >Can one tell the difference between the red breasted & white >breasted calls? Since there are both here this isn't a casual question! Yes, indeed you can. While they both give a call that is characterized as "yenk", the White-breasted is less nasal than Red-breasted, and the calls are a bit longer. They are also usually faster and higher. But it helps to hear them to get an idea. You can hear them on the internet. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-breasted_Nuthatch/id http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/id These two pages are from the Cornell Web site, and are very useful. I hope this helps. Good birding, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_315796843==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> At 09:41 PM 27/11/2010, Annabelle Thiebaux wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Can one tell the difference between the red breasted & white breasted calls? Since there are both here this isn't a casual question!</blockquote><br> Yes, indeed you can. While they both give a call that is characterized as "yenk", the White-breasted is less nasal than Red-breasted, and the calls are a bit longer. They are also usually faster and higher. But it helps to hear them to get an idea. You can hear them on the internet. <br><br> <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-breasted_Nuthatch/id" eudora="autourl"> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-breasted_Nuthatch/id</a><br><br> <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/id" eudora="autourl"> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/id</a><br><br> These two pages are from the Cornell Web site, and are very useful.<br><br> I hope this helps.<br><br> Good birding,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> 902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_315796843==.ALT--
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