bird ID quiz

tags: American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, photographed in Minnehaha County, near Wall lake, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 10 November 2008 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 40D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Great Egret, Casmerodius albus, photographed on High Island, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: This is a big, lanky, long-legged bird with a pointed bill and a…
tags: Great-Tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Great-Tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2 January 2006 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2006:01:02 15:42:48 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 10.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Start at the reeeaaarrr--among the blackish birds of North…
tags: Northern Parula, Parula americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Northern Parula, Parula americana, photographed at Quintana and Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1250s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: It's easy to be distracted by color in a bird as…
tags: White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 23 December 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:12:23 09:04:20 Exposure Time: 1/350 F-Number: 10.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Quick: what's the most abundant…
tags: Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis, photographed at San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 8 April 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: I can't see the toes to know whether they're webbed…
tags: Lesser Goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Lesser Goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 15 May 2008 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2008:05:15 08:07:26 Exposure Time: 1/45 F-Number: 5.60 ISO: 500 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: Now comes a teeny, short-tailed, yellowish bird from Arizona. The short tail…
tags: Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, photographed at Paul Rushing Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 28 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: There's really nothing else that looks like a…
tags: Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 16 March 2005 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2005:03:16 10:19:09 Exposure Time: 1/60 F-Number: 16.00 ISO: 200 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: "Start at the rear," indeed! As if this beautiful and humorous image left us any…
tags: Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, photographed at San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/320s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, author of Aimophila Adventures and Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: A couple of years ago I was leading a…
tags: Hoopoe, Epupa epops, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Hoopoe, Epupa epops, feeding its chick [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Orphaned -- contact me for attribution [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Can you tell me where this bird species is endemic? Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] White Ibis, Eudocimus albus, photographed at the San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 1 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/640s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Jamaican Euphonia, Euphonia jamaica, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Jamaican Euphonia, Euphonia jamaica, photographed in Jamaica [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Paul Jones [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 21 June 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:06:21 08:39:09 Exposure Time: 1/40 F-Number: 5.60 ISO: 800 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia, photographed in Quintana and Beach, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/350s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 12 November 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:11:12 09:10:55 Exposure Time: 1/124 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris, photographed in Paul Rushing Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 3 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/200s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Blue Mountain Vireo, Vireo osburni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Blue Mountain Vireo, Vireo osburni, photographed at Portland Gap, Blue Mountains, Jamaica. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Paul Jones, 18 March 2009 [larger view]. Canon 30-D, 300f4 lens, 1/250 at f4, 320 ISO. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea (Ajaia) ajaj, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaj, photographed at Tom Bass Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 20 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: leucistic Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] leucistic Red-Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 18 January 2009 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2009:01:18 08:46:49 Exposure Time: 1/750 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 320 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.