Comments on: Relatives http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/ WinterWoman's Observations Sat, 26 May 2012 19:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Marg http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2417 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:18:41 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2417 Beautiful shots!

Oh I’m still getting the hang of songs-it be nice if they were all distinctively different!

]]> By: Photo Buffet http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2391 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:50:25 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2391 Jennifer, these images are absolutely stunning! I had a problem identifying goldfinches at first, because I didn’t realize there were so many different types.

Now, if you have any hints for driving scrub jays away, I’d like to hear them! They’ve raised babies in our photinia hedge out back and our goldfinches have left.

]]> By: Marty http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2390 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:08:38 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2390 I rarely have the opportunity to confuse them, simply because chestnut-sided warblers are such rarities around here. But hearing them back-to-back and I have to agree that I would probably mis-ID the CSW at first.

]]> By: Laura http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2388 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:17:10 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2388 (laugh) Had the exact same problem with the yellow warblers in North Dakota. I’d thought the chestnut-sideds had a funny accent, but no – they were yellows.

]]> By: Cestoady http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2387 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:07:01 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2387 Fascinating post. Dave raises an interesting point and makes me wonder about ducks — don’t many of them pretty much sound alike ?? If one considers that it is the song that initially attracts mates or species to each other, then with speciation one would think that there would be more relatedness with the song than the plumage. Does this make sense ?? I wonder — do the Yellow W and CNS Warbler ever hybridize ??

]]> By: mon@rch http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2386 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:07:11 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2386 You know we have even found a Yellow Warbler that was singing the Wilson’s Warbler song before . . . but was a YWAR!

]]> By: Dave http://winterwoman.net/2008/06/24/relatives/#comment-2384 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:07:24 +0000 http://winterwoman.wordpress.com/?p=432#comment-2384 It’s interesting that the song is a better index of relatedness than the plumage. I wonder if that’s true for other species as well?

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