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

[Thumtak <ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Correction -  "the only BROWN birds I am calling males are the ones I
have observed singing". 
 
 Ian

--- Thumtak <ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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