[EBB Sightings] Varied thrush photo ops?

[EBB Sightings] Varied thrush photo ops?

Rusty Scalf
Sat Jan 06 11:23:34 PST 2007
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    Sometimes word meaning can shift between disciplines. A biologist once
    pointed out to me that birders (and perhaps ornithologists, I can't
    recall him saying so) use the word 'dimorphic' incorrectly. We
    routinely say that Williamson's Sapsucker is sexually dimorphic, when
    in fact the species sexually dichromic. Sage Grouse is sexually
    dimorphic.
    
    Sometimes usage is driven by tradition.
    
        -Rusty
    
    
    


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