[obol] Re: Western Wood-Starling
- From: "judy" <jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 13:47:56 -0800
Well, perhaps it is just an upswing in hormones as spring approaches and they
are singing everything in their repertoire and for them they aren’t copying
another bird, they are just full of song of every type they have mastered.
Perhaps. How long is the average life span of a Euro Starling? My ancient
Teres encyclopedia cites references of Starlings living 9 to 20 years. Plenty
of spring seasons to practice every song. Judy, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
From: David Irons
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:22 PM
To: tc@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 5hats@xxxxxxxx ; obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Joel Geier
Subject: [obol] Re: Western Wood-Starling
Tom,
This is one of the natural world's great mysteries. I've always wondered what
triggers starlings to start doing early spring imitations of species that they
won't hear for two months and haven't heard in about 6-7 months.
Dave Irons
Portland, OR
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On Feb 3, 2015, at 8:47 AM, "Tom Crabtree" <tc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And a question I will add is how do they know to do Western Wood Pewee calls
in March?
Tom
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