Hi Mona, Being conservative about that assumption is probably wise. It is worth noting that in eBird, the breeding code "S" has been changed to "Singing bird" to reflect our changing understanding of this behavior. If you're not seeing that, you may need to update your app.
Cheers, Jay On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:14 AM Mona Bearor <conservebi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am wondering if there is a definitive list of North American bird > species that have singing females. If I can identify a singing bird by > the song but don't see it I tend to think it is a male and in the past have > reported it as such to eBird, with the exception of Northern Cardinal, I > know the females cardinals will sing. I have seen the spreadsheet found at > http://femalebirdsong.org/ but would be happy to find a list that did not > require searching through almost 1200 species. Anyone know of such a > list? For now I am going to stop reporting any singing birds as male > unless I see them sing and can positively ID sex of the bird. I suspect > others are having this problem as well and it does affect the reporting of > breeding codes as all singing birds would have to be seen and sexed to > report “singing male.” Any thoughts? > > > > Mona Bearor > > Stuart’s Draft Hwy, Staunton, Virginia > > > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
