Photo by Chris Bosak
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a birding quiz. So here’s another … what is this?
Big hint … it is NOT a bird or a part of bird!!! It is something that birders often come across when out in the woods, however. (That’s another hint.)
Answer coming soon at http://www.BirdsofNewEngland.com
Answer by leaving a comment, emailing me at bozclark@earthlink.net, or just make the guess in your head and wait for the answer.
Thanks for playing along.
Photo by Chris Bosak
Piping Plover at Coastal Center at Milford Point, Conn., April 2014.
My latest For the Birds Column focuses on the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds, or in other words, volunteering to monitor Piping Plovers, Least Terns, American Oystercatchers and other shorebirds. The program is important in order to help protect these threatened birds. (See the column here.)
To give you an idea of the challenges faced by volunteers in finding Piping Plovers, here’s a fun little quiz for everybody. When on the beach you really have to look for motion in order to find the birds most of the time as they blend in so terrifically with their beach surroundings. With that in mind … the task of the quiz is simple: find the Piping Plover in the above photo.
Let me know how you did. I’ll post the answer later this week for those who can’t find it.
Birds of New England.com 