Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:05:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Paul Woodward Subject: Re: waterthrushes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a couple more points about the two waterthrushes:(1) for the most part their breeding ranges don't overlap so the chances for hybridization are slim (2) if I remember correctly the variation in color of Northern Waterthrushes is geographical- some of the western populations are whitish instead of yellow, and (3) remember that one of the old names for the northern is Small-billed Waterthrush. Paul Woodward Fairfax City, VA 22032 grackling@worldnet.att.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================