tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post247512690915821156..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: HBP Presents: Hybrid Theory RevisitedSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-83710648325107288942016-04-04T19:37:17.988-07:002016-04-04T19:37:17.988-07:00I'm with you! That melanistic Song Sparrow is ...I'm with you! That melanistic Song Sparrow is a dazzler! one of manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198559963417444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-32923650206410413092016-04-04T19:37:00.741-07:002016-04-04T19:37:00.741-07:00I'm with you! That melanistic Song Sparrow is ...I'm with you! That melanistic Song Sparrow is a dazzler! one of manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198559963417444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-51268824064631393722016-03-29T19:57:23.977-07:002016-03-29T19:57:23.977-07:00word.
word.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008969928739551439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-27516306273359552922016-03-27T15:23:24.629-07:002016-03-27T15:23:24.629-07:00Wow, I think you're on to something. Like the ...Wow, I think you're on to something. Like the proverbial frog in the slowly warming pot, I hadn't really noticed this. Why is the trend happening? Perhaps it's just easier to go the sexual deviation route than to put the time into the arcane and occult study of molt and variation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297018967534592264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-54975177120151542222016-03-27T10:25:47.272-07:002016-03-27T10:25:47.272-07:00Yes! Made it through guilt free!
I have a hard tim...Yes! Made it through guilt free!<br />I have a hard time sympathizing with hybrid theorists because, in the first place, simple aberrations from a common genetic line seem much more common than the successful crossing of two different genetic lines, especially with most passerines. <br />Secondly, hybrid birds are not countable birds, so why would one even WANT it to be a hybrid? Because it's not disprovable, so it is safe. <br /><br />I postulate that many of the weaker proponents of widespread or default hybrid theory are, in fact, compensating for a lack of real ID skill (and as someone who lacks real ID skill, I can say this with some confidence). Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.com