Re: Rescued/Released Baby Birds Learn Songs?

Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Mon, 01 Jun 1998 09:11:01 -0400


Ellen Paul wrote:
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I say this only because of your concern about the time and money going
to save these birds.  I was very interested in rehabbing at one point,
then realized that my time and money could be going to species survival,

rather than survival of individuals.  I don't mean to criticize those
who feel otherwise, but simply wanted to address your concern in the
context of the "bigger picture."

If you would like, I can provide a list of references on song learning.>

Ellen, Thanks for your informative response. Yes, I wold be interested
in the song learning references.  I`m going to ask some of  the higher
ups @ Tri-State what they know about released songbirds being able to
join breeding populations.  This is very interesting to me, and somewhat
discouraging too.
Thanks, Leslie Fisher