Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:13:15 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gerald & Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: waterthrush MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Let me just make an addendum to my question. I see the two species engage in interspecific territoriality on their wintering grounds (Birder's Handbook), but that shouldn't exclude possible hybrids when they come back 'home'. Also see that I stuck a comma in my email address. When I was younger, I could still tell the difference between them and dots. birdersforever@erols.com Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald & Laura Tarbell" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] waterthrush > A curiosity question for the experts among us: do the two waterthrush > species ever hybridize? I know that some references mention that the > northern can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from the Louisiana > because it can have the white eyestripe, etc. Could this > characteristic be due to hybridization or just color morphs? The > sources I have do not mention hybrids. The ranges of the two species > do overlap, although their habitat requirements seem to differ. One > likes running streams while the other prefers swamps. Just curious if > they have ever been caught trying to make something like a "Brewster's > Waterthrush" or if they totally leave each > other alone because of the habitat thing. > Answers can be made either on line to enlighten the other average > birders, or to me off line at birdersforever@erols,com > Jerry Tarbell > > ====================================================================== > = > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================