Subject: [Tweeters] Sexy Barn Swallow tails
Date: Dec 2 21:25:13 2004
From: Ian Paulsen - birdbooker at zipcon.net
HI:
This is from the New York Times:
Sexier Posterior Evolves Almost Overnight
November 30, 2004
By CARL ZIMMER
Male barn swallows with long tail feathers attract females,
and researchers have observed that those feathers have
become much longer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/science/30bird.html?ex=1103050569&ei=1&en=851dd6c44bbec82d
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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way!"