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Started by JMalin, April 24, 2017, 10:02:03 PM
Quote from: JMalin on April 29, 2017, 11:26:28 AMQuote from: GobbleNut on April 29, 2017, 11:18:00 AMQuote from: JMalin on April 29, 2017, 10:16:59 AMThe bird was taken in the upper canyon of Rio Ruidoso, only a couple miles from the cabin I'm staying at. Gave it the old college try this morning, but the snow, cold temps, and lack of birds gobbling after 7:00 AM drove me back to the cabin.Pretty assuredly a pure Merriams then. How much snow did you get up there? I'm headed up to the Capitan area on Monday.Maybe an inch or so at around 7000'. Above 7500' closer to three inches.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 29, 2017, 11:18:00 AMQuote from: JMalin on April 29, 2017, 10:16:59 AMThe bird was taken in the upper canyon of Rio Ruidoso, only a couple miles from the cabin I'm staying at. Gave it the old college try this morning, but the snow, cold temps, and lack of birds gobbling after 7:00 AM drove me back to the cabin.Pretty assuredly a pure Merriams then. How much snow did you get up there? I'm headed up to the Capitan area on Monday.
Quote from: JMalin on April 29, 2017, 10:16:59 AMThe bird was taken in the upper canyon of Rio Ruidoso, only a couple miles from the cabin I'm staying at. Gave it the old college try this morning, but the snow, cold temps, and lack of birds gobbling after 7:00 AM drove me back to the cabin.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 30, 2017, 10:48:50 AMGood work, man! You got 'er done! As for the hybridization question, both birds are most likely all Merriams. Our birds have always had a tendency to have the buff feathers rather than the lighter coloration found in the birds further north. It is interesting to note that those northern populations (Montana, Wyoming, etc.) that have much lighter coloration were introduced from birds translocated from some of these southern locations. Population genetics can do some weird stuff when limited numbers of individual birds (often from the same "family groups") are moved around.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 29, 2017, 09:02:54 AMAlso, I know Sam (Gooserbat) and Kyle (VATurkeyStomper) are up there hunting, as well. It will be interesting to hear their reports. Hitting the kind of weather we have had the last week up there really complicates things.