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SEPT. 20, 2010 - Two interesting things in our back yard: (a) a newly
gorgeous cock pheasant was with a female, who has been seen just the
last few days, and he was actively pursuing and courting her, just
like male pigeons do under the influence of testosterone -- she acted
totally disinterested and probably wanted to tell him something like,
"get lost, you idiot, it's not that time of year!!"; and (b) besides
a visit from a female hairy woodpecker, an orange-and-brown juvenile
male cardinal was at the feeders -- and now I think our yard area has
TWO different orange male cardinals, i.e. this one that shows a lot
of brown (roughly half bright orange and half brown, with a darkish
beak), vs. one that has much more orange, much less brown, and a
colourful pink/orange beak ("adult"). So now I wonder re cardinals
whether we have a single "brood" + parents of a male, female (one
extra adult female has been seen once), and 4 young-of-the-year (2
drab females + the 2 orange males)(but more probably, if those males
are juveniles of this year, one is from a somewhat earlier brood?).
And still I haven't tried to find an account of orange plumages in
the literature on cardinals.
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
Jim (James W.) Wolford
91 Wickwire Ave.
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
B4P 1W3
phone 902-542-9204
e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
"In wildness is the preservation of the world" -- Henry David Thoreau
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to
let alone" -- Henry David Thoreau
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2010</b> - Two interesting things in our back yard: (a) a newly gorgeous =
<b>cock pheasant was with a female</b>, who has been seen just the last =
few days, and he was actively pursuing and courting her, just like male =
pigeons do under the influence of testosterone -- she acted totally =
disinterested and probably wanted to tell him something like, "get lost, =
you idiot, it's not that time of year!!"; and (b) besides a visit from a =
female<b> hairy woodpecker</b>, an <b>orange-and-brown juvenile male =
cardinal</b> was at the feeders -- and now I think our yard area has TWO =
different orange male cardinals, i.e. this one that shows a lot of brown =
(roughly half bright orange and half brown, with a darkish beak), vs. =
one that has much more orange, much less brown, and a colourful =
pink/orange beak ("adult"). <b>So now I wonder re cardinals</b> =
whether we have a single "brood" + parents of a male, female (one extra =
adult female has been seen once), and 4 young-of-the-year (2 drab =
females + the 2 orange males)(but more probably, if those males are =
juveniles of this year, one is from a somewhat earlier brood?). =
And still I haven't tried to find an account of <b>orange plumages</b> =
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