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tags: Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, photographed at Anahuac Refuge, Texas. Are they all the same species? [I will identify these birds for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 1 May 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. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Streaked-Back Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Streaked-Back Oriole, Icterus pustulatus microstictus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 21 October 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:10:21 07:34:06 Exposure Time: 1/400 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 800 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] female Northern Harrier, Circus cyaneus, photographed on the Fort Pierre National Grasslands in South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 26 November 2008 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, photographed near Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, 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 1/1500s 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: Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes townsendi, photographed in Clallam County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Marv Breece, 23 May 2009 [larger view]. Canon EOS 350D 1/2000s f/7.1 at 300.0mm iso400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis, photographed at Corpus Christi, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Dan Logen, 2 May 2009 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis, photographed in Denmark. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Roger Tidman/ RSPB. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, 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 1/500s 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: Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, photographed at Lake Thompson in Kingsbury County, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 2 May 2009 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Tri-Colored Heron, Egretta tricolor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Tri-Colored Heron, Egretta tricolor, photographed at Quintana, 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 1/250s 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: Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 30 January 2005. Date Time Original: 2005:01:30 07:51:30 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 400 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Thayer's Gull, Larus thayeri, photographed on the Pacific coastline of San Francisco, California. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 18 December 2008 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, photographed in San Bernard Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 March 2009 [larger view]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/400s 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: Greylag Goose, Anser anser, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Greylag Goose, Anser anser, photographed at an RSPB reserve in Strumpshaw, Norfolk, UK. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Brian McFarlane, 2009. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Here's a bit of a change of pace: The ID of this bird is easy, but can you tell me the proper term for what it is doing and explain why it is doing this? This bird is whiffling; flipping upside down to dump airspeed so it can land [read more about it]. Review all mystery…
tags: Tufted Titmouse, Parus bicolor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Tufted Titmouse, Parus bicolor, photographed in Manhattan, Kansas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Dave Rintoul, 11 April 2009 [larger view]. 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: We find ourselves looking up at a gray bird. The tail is moderately long and somewhat disheveled; the body plumage is lax and fluffy. This one's a poser. When we can…
tags: Inca Dove, Columbina inca, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Inca Dove, Columbina inca, 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 1/320s 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: The gentle, big-eyed, small-headed look of this bird should send us in…
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, 13 October 2007 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2007:10:13 08:34:51 Exposure Time: 1/639 F-Number: 8.00 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: Here's a tiny, acrobatic bird with a short, deeply notched tail. Even…
tags: Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura, photographed at Tom Bass Park, 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 1/250s 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-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Polioptila caerulea, photographed in Manhattan, Kansas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Dave Rintoul, 11 April 2009 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata, photographed at the Big Sioux Recreation Area near Brandon, South Dakota. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Terry Sohl, 10 May 2009 [larger view] Photo taken with a Canon 50D, 400 5.6L. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.