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Hello all.
It may be worth noting that it was a Nova Scotian who provided the confirma=
tion that female Purple Finches sing. I can remember (many years ago) Robi=
e Tufts telling me the story of how Harrison Lewis had determined this. As=
in Pat's account=2C Lewis had been observing a nest of the species=2C and =
had just finished checking its contents when a female plumaged bird came in=
=2C sang and settled on the nest. Lewis watched until it left=2C then chec=
ked the nest again and found one additional egg! I do not know if Lewis ev=
er published the observation or not=2C but have no reason to doubt the vali=
dity of the story.
Cheers=2C
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Wayne Neily
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> Date: Fri=2C 26 Feb 2010 12:13:29 -0400
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch?
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> According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's=20
> website=2C http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search :
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> "Males sing three kinds of songs=2C all including the rich=2C slurred=20
> warbling characteristic of finch songs. There's the "warbling song=2C"=20
> a fast=2C rising and falling string of 6-23 notes often sung while=20
> flocking. Males usually sing a "territory song" alone=3B it begins with=20
> a few notes on the same pitch before breaking into warbling and=20
> ending with a high=2C emphatic note. The third is an up-and-down=20
> cadence of 2-5 notes that sounds similar to a Red-eyed Vireo's=20
> whistled hear-me?-see-me?-here-i-am. Females sing their own songs=2C a=20
> long 1-2 minute warbling from the nest. "
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> I remember reading that there was uncertainty for some time=20
> as to whether the females sang at all=2C since immature males can look=20
> just like them. Then someone who was keeping a breeding pair under=20
> observation=2C saw the female begin to incubate=2C and she sang while=20
> doing so! That clinched it ...
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> Cheers=2C
>=20
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
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> At 11:40 AM 26/02/2010=2C Jim Wolford wrote:
> > >does anyone know whether both sexes sing in purple finches?
> > >Purple finches are notoriously variable in just when the young=20
> > males begin to take on the
> > >raspberry-coloured features. -- I invite comments or corrections? Lanc=
e?
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Hello all.
<P><BR>It may be worth noting that it was a Nova Scotian =3Bwho provide=
d the confirmation that female Purple Finches sing. =3B I can remember =
(many years ago) Robie Tufts telling me the story of how Harrison Lewis had=
determined this. =3B As in =3BPat's account=2C Lewis had been obse=
rving a nest of the species=2C and had just finished checking its contents =
when a female plumaged bird came in=2C sang and settled on the nest. =
=3B Lewis watched until it left=2C then checked the nest again and found on=
e additional egg! =3B I do not know if Lewis ever published the observa=
tion or not=2C but have no reason to doubt the validity of the story.<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> =3BCheers=2C</DIV>
<DIV> =3B</DIV>
<BR>Wayne Neily<BR><BR><BR> =3B
<BR>>=3B Date: Fri=2C 26 Feb 2010 12:13:29 -0400<BR>>=3B To: naturens@c=
hebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>>=3B Subject:=
Re: [NatureNS] RE: "female" purple finch?<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B =
According to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's <BR>>=3B website=2C =
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search :<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B "Males sin=
g three kinds of songs=2C all including the rich=2C slurred <BR>>=3B warb=
ling characteristic of finch songs. There's the "warbling song=2C" <BR>>=
=3B a fast=2C rising and falling string of 6-23 notes often sung while <BR>=
>=3B flocking. Males usually sing a "territory song" alone=3B it begins w=
ith <BR>>=3B a few notes on the same pitch before breaking into warbling =
and <BR>>=3B ending with a high=2C emphatic note. The third is an up-and-=
down <BR>>=3B cadence of 2-5 notes that sounds similar to a Red-eyed Vire=
o's <BR>>=3B whistled hear-me?-see-me?-here-i-am. Females sing their own =
songs=2C a <BR>>=3B long 1-2 minute warbling from the nest. "<BR>>=3B <=
BR>>=3B I remember reading that there was uncertainty for some time <BR>&=
gt=3B as to whether the females sang at all=2C since immature males can loo=
k <BR>>=3B just like them. Then someone who was keeping a breeding pair u=
nder <BR>>=3B observation=2C saw the female begin to incubate=2C and she =
sang while <BR>>=3B doing so! That clinched it ...<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B C=
heers=2C<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B Patricia L. Chalmers<BR>>=3B Halifax<BR>>=
=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B At 11:40 AM 26/02/2010=2C Jim Wolford =
wrote:<BR>>=3B >=3B >=3Bdoes anyone know whether both sexes sing in p=
urple finches?<BR>>=3B >=3B >=3BPurple finches are notoriously variab=
le in just when the young <BR>&