[Maine-birds] Hoary or not a Hoary? Maybe that is not the question.

Hi all,

I read this post about the validity of Hoary Redpoll as a species with interest on the ABA Blog, and noticed it is making the rounds of the listserves.  I thought folks on ME-Birds might be interested in reading it as well:

http://blog.aba.org/2013/01/open-mic-redpolls.html

 

From Northwestern Crows to "Newfoundland" Robins, our attempt to compartmentalize nature and draw black-and-white lines about species, subspecies, and even "distinct population segments" isn't always as clear as we would like. 

 

-Derek 

 

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