[va-bird] Re: Purple Finches - Ruth, VA

[Thumtak <ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx>]

I realize this, and the birds I am calling males are the ones I have
observed singing. While it is by no means a foolproof method for
determing the actual sex ratio of the flock, it's all I have to go on
in answering the question posed.

 Ian C. Topolsky
    Ruth, VA

--- Paul Woodward <grackling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just a reminder.  You can't sex female Purple Finches by sight alone.
>  Male 
> Purple Finches don't aquire their colorful plumage until their 2nd
> year. 
> Brown Purple Finches can be either male or female.
> 
> Paul Woodward
> Fairfax City, VA
> grackling@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thumtak" <ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Icepeep@xxxxxxx>; <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:05 PM
> Subject: [va-bird] Purple Finches - Ruth, VA
> 
> 
> > Bob, the sex ratio of my finch flock is usually 1-2 males for every
> 10
> > females actively feeding together at one time. With their
> gluttoness
> > dining habits and some help from the other usual suspects, they
> have
> > (on more than one occasion) gone through nearly 10lbs of seed in a
> > day...
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > --- Icepeep@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Hello list,
> >>    Ian:  what is the ratio, please, of males to females in your
> finch
> >> flock?
> >> I have been doing a little project with finch flocks lately and am
> >> curious to
> >> know. My biggest flock of Purple Finches yet is only fifteen
> >> (3males-12
> >> females), so I am keen to hear.
> >>
> >>
> >> Bob Abrams
> >> McLean, Virginia
> >>
> >
> >
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