Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:01:23 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "rick@blazie.net" Subject: Re: Black-capped Chickadees MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Absolutely not. Hybrids are identifiable with certainty only by genetic testing. For the most part they are not an issue. Hybrids arenot known to migrate or move, even in invasion years. The birds we get are pure Black-cappeds from Canada. Rick Eirik A.T. Blom 4318 Cowan Place Belcamp, Md 21017 410-575-6086 rick@blazie.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shireen Gonzaga" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Black-capped Chickadees > Are there any known characteristics we should be > looking for in hybrids of Black-capped x Carolina? > Anyone heard their song? > > Thanks, > shireen > > -- > Shireen Gonzaga > Baltimore, MD > whimbrel@home.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================