Specifically the comments of Dave Kidwell & Mark Hoffman --- well said.
>
> This is a 'species' that somewhere along the lines of either one
> species splitting into two or is already further along that path.
> Studies like this will further our knowledge of Sycamore and
> Yellow-throated Warblers and enable us to work to both.  I had an
> electronic conversation with Bailey McKay yesterday, discussing his
> work and work in 'a long time ago in a galaxy far away' past at
> William & Mary.  This is important work and cannot wait to read the
> papers that will come out of this.  I am sure everyone on Osprey will
> be also anxious to read them also.

All,
    Mr. Mckay also said:
    This research is also important in a conservation
> context because it will help us uncover genetically distinct
> populations of this bird which is essential for managing its
> genetic diversity.

I know this may sound a bit dumb, but I've never shied away from being, how
should we say, deliberately naive. I would like McKay or someone else to
explain just how studying genetic diversity helps us to know anything but
what the species is. I have always thought that we benefit species by
preserving habitat. The bird either has a place to live or it doesn't.
    On the heels of an apparent success near Blackwater of stemming the tide
of development, it seems to me that habitat preservation is still the key
and will always be the key to preserving species. Studying their genes in
labs tells us little about preserving habitat. It only tells us that this
species could be split or lumped. Naming species seems entirely a separate
thing from knowing what its habitat requirements are and how to fight off
development to preserve it.
    Could some of you brilliant scientists enlighten the rest of us to how
taking blood from this turnip and "removing" some of the breeding males will
tell us how to preserve it?
    Jerry
Carroll County