Fwd: Waxwings

[Tom Krakauer <tkrakauer@mindspring.com>]

If the tip color is a function of what the birds are eating at a particular 
stage of feather regrowth, then it is still possible to have the 
simultaneous feeding on particular fruit, but not have identical results in 
terms of feather-tip coloration.  Just speculation.

Tom



>From: "Wayne Forsythe" <wforsythe@a-o.com>
>To: "Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
>Subject: Waxwings
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:22:51 -0500
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>Folks,
>         I too, have seen orange tailed Waxwings, but they are not all that
>common.  The theory of diet is interesting, but doesn't seem all that valid
>to me. Considering that Waxwings usually travel in good size flocks, and
>generally feed together, it would seem to me that the percentage of
>orange-tailed Waxwings would and should be much higher based on the diet
>theory.
>                                                                     Merry
>Christmas
>                                                                     Wayne
>Wayne K. Forsythe
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