Many of you got this right away. Click below for the full photo.
Birding ID quiz answer
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Bird ID quiz to kick off ‘summer’
Summer doesn’t officially start for about three more weeks, but it unofficially starts this weekend. What better way to kick off the summer than with a good, old-fashioned bird ID quiz from Birds of New England.com? I’m not giving you much to go on here, but it should be more than enough. A great summer bird for New England.
Comment below to answer, send your response to birdsofnewengland@gmail.com, or just play along in your head. Thanks for checking out http://www.birdsofnewengland.com
Bird ID quiz answer
A male northern shoveler seen at 14-Acre Pond in Norwalk, Conn., fall 2018.
Matt (and probably many others) got it right from the start: Northern shoveler.
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A northern shoveler seen at 14-Acre Pond in Norwalk, Conn., fall 2018.
Its shovel-like bill is its most distinguishing feature. Both males and females have that flattened bill, but only the male (drake) features this bright plumage. Females are mottled tan or brown, like many female ducks.
One last hint
One last hint photo before I reveal the answer. This photo hides this bird’s most distinguishing feature.
Bird ID quiz hint
I’ll answer the bird IQ quiz later today, but until then, here’s a bit more of the bird …
Another quick bird ID quiz
OK, what do we have here? Kind of a tough one. Answer coming in the next day or two.
Quick bird ID quiz
Here’s a quick birding quiz for your Tuesday. The answer will be revealed later today when I post the most recent For the Birds column. Hint: With winter approaching, people throughout New England are seeing different visitors at their feeders as birds “irrupt” from the north and west.
So what is this guy (or gal)?
For answer, click here.
End of winter birding quiz answer
At second look, maybe this one wasn’t so easy. The most popular answers — chickadee and titmouse — are indeed common backyard feeder birds, so they are good guesses. It also does look like a blue jay — the third-most common answer — as it’s hard to gauge how large the bird is in the photo.
Only 10 percent of participants got it right: white-breasted nuthatch. The giveaway is coloration (although it shares blue, black and white with blue jay), especially the rusty red feathers exposed as it flies. Of the options given, it is is only bird that features that rusty red.
The photo above was taken a few seconds before the one of the nuthatch flying off.
Take a look at the original photo again:
Thanks for playing along!
End of winter birding quiz
And the answer is …
Female bobolink
Many of you got this one right. I knew you could do it!!
Yes, it is a female bobolink. I had posted a photo of the male a few days ago, so I figured a lot of you would be on to me for this quiz.
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As a refresher, here’s the male again.
Photo by Chris Bosak
A male bobolink perches in a small tree and overlooks the fields at Happy Landings in Brookfield, CT.
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