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--Boundary_(ID_pindqWi7RjSpPMbWyQMJjw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thanks, Martin, for your note. Concerning ravens and sexes, long ago Cyril Coldwell could not separate males from females by any physical feature, including size; but Cyril's banding records showed lots of incidences of clearly paired ravens he had banded being trapped together over long periods of time. The interpretation of this was of mated pairs staying together perhaps "for life". Nowadays of course a drop of blood and DNA makes sexing easy. Cheers from Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: Martin Thomas <harthomas@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: February 14, 2011 5:43:07 PM AST > To: "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Hoary Redpoll > > Dear Jim: > Last Friday we had a single Hoary Redpoll at our feeders. > We have had several Common Redpolls before and after the Hoary. The > Hoary was very white with no streaking on the rump and the whole > center of the breast a gleaming white. The beak was smaller than in > the commons and the head seemed more domed. One of the commons was > a male with the breast a very bright pink. > We also have a pair of inseparable Ravens coming to the feeding > area every day. One is distinctly lager than the other but I can't > find any information on whether this is a sexual difference. At any > rate the larger one often stands on guard while the smaller one > feeds. Although they try to use hanging feeders they are too big by > far and mostly feed on seeds scattered on the ground. > We have 12 Pheasants almost every day, they come right up to > the house and one female even comes on to the back porch. > > Cheers, Martin. --Boundary_(ID_pindqWi7RjSpPMbWyQMJjw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks, Martin, for your note. Concerning ravens and sexes, long = ago Cyril Coldwell could not separate males from females by any physical = feature, including size; but Cyril's banding records showed lots of = incidences of clearly paired ravens he had banded being trapped together = over long periods of time. The interpretation of this was of mated = pairs staying together perhaps "for life". Nowadays of course a = drop of blood and DNA makes sexing easy. Cheers from = Jim<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Martin Thomas <<a = href=3D"mailto:harthomas@ns.sympatico.ca">harthomas@ns.sympatico.ca</a>>= ;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 14, 2011 5:43:07 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"'James W. Wolford'" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Hoary Redpoll</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><span = class=3D"411113321-14022011"><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"> Dear Jim:</font></span></div> = <div><span = class=3D"411113321-14022011"> = <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Last Friday we had a single Hoary = Redpoll at our feeders. We have had several Common Redpolls before and = after the Hoary. The Hoary was very white with no streaking on the rump = and the whole center of the breast a gleaming white. The beak was = smaller than in the commons and the head seemed more domed. One of the = commons was a male with the breast a very bright = pink.</font></span></div> <div><span = class=3D"411113321-14022011"> <font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">We also have a pair of inseparable Ravens coming to the = feeding area every day. One is distinctly lager than the other but I = can't find any information on whether this is a sexual difference. At = any rate the larger one often stands on guard while the smaller one = feeds. Although they try to use hanging feeders they are too big by far = and mostly feed on seeds scattered on the ground.</font></span></div> = <div><span class=3D"411113321-14022011"> <font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">We have 12 Pheasants almost every day, they = come right up to the house and one female even comes on to the back = porch.</font></span></div> <div><span = class=3D"411113321-14022011"> &nb= sp;  = ; &= nbsp; &nb= sp;  = ; <font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">Cheers, = Martin.</font></span></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_pindqWi7RjSpPMbWyQMJjw)--
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