Ahhh quiz time!

[photo_luver]

Okay well there are a bunch and you have to name them in order and get them all right!

For some of you thisll be really easy for others it may be difficult so go crazy!

[photo_luver]

Heres one more!

[Geoff Pain]

1.Feeder
2.Telegraph pole
3.Bush
4.Guttering
5.Sky
6.Tree
;)
Oh! :eek!: you mean the birds,not sure really

[Andrew Rowlands]

Gee thanks Garrett,

1, Goldfinch?
2, Yellow Warbler?
3, ???
4, Nighthawk?
5, ???
6, ???

Just wild guesses ;)!

Andy.

[photo_luver]

WOW two are correct...

[MSA]

1. American Goldfinch
2. (Scarlet?) Tanager
3. Evening Grosbeak
4. Common Nighthawk
5. Herring Gull
6. Red-breasted Nuthatch (or a bright leaf? Not sure I've even seen a bird!).

Have mercy, I've only been across the pond a couple of times 8-)

[Michael W]

1. American Goldfinch
2. Wilson's Warbler
3. Evening Grosbeak female
4. Common Nighthawk
5. Ring-billed Gull
6. ????????? Western Tanager???

YIKES!!! :D

[photo_luver]

Okay im going to tell you which are correct but im not going to tell them in order!

American goldfinch
Evening grosbeak
Yellow Warbler
Herring gull

LOL this is hard i will point out the birds in the other photos that you cant see

Thanks...

[photo_luver]

The red is the bird and i threw in one more just for the hell of it!

[MSA]

Try again -
1. Am Goldfinch
2. Yellow Warbler
3. Evening Grosbeak
4. Black-shouldered Kite
5. Herring Gull

as for 6. even with the extra pic - no idea! Looks like a Goldfinch/Siskin/Redpoll-type but can't think of one that fits that face pattern with dark wings and rearparts. I'll be happy if others are OK!

[photo_luver]

everything right but 4 :D ... its a really common bird!!!

[photo_luver]

hmm and a hint for the 6th bird... its turned around and is in groups and stays in the north and is one of the other birds on the quiz but this is a male!!!! lol is that enough help?

[MSA]

4. Am Kestrel (not that common in England!)
6. Am Goldfinch

[Michael W]

6 must be a male Evening Grosbeak then! That was my first thought, but I thought it looked too small.

How about Killdeer for #3?

7 is another American Goldfinch, I think

Tricky!

[photo_luver]

good job EVGR it is good job on #6...

7 is not an AMGO ... but looks very similar and has been mentioned here but it wasnt the right pic...

MSA both are wrong but your very close on AMGO but its an EVGR

okay the bird flying is a water bird adn loves to sing in the middle of the night and is found all over the place!

Hopefully that helps you guys out!

[MSA]

I assumed 6 and 7 were the same - if different, my am goldfinch is for 7 not 6.

Please put us out of our misery! It's well after midnight here!!

Edit-crossed with above post, I'll look again!

[MSA]

Red-throated Diver (or loon as you call it) - assuming what I thought was the other wing is actually a head and neck!!

[photo_luver]

k lol... ill wait... okay well the bird in question for number 7 is a bird that has been mentioned by Micheal W...

[photo_luver]

hmmmm could you be more specific... there is a red throated loon in canada and that is not what it is sorry... lol...

[MSA]

Just looked in Nat Geo guide - Common Loon?

...or am I totally off-beam?

[photo_luver]

you are correct!!!! common loon...

[Michael W]

Okay, how about Common Redpoll for #7? I've gotta be right this time!

[photo_luver]

and your not lol ive never seen a yellow redpoll... lol check out the cap and yellow on the bird...

[oldsquaw]

1 AmGol 2 YelWa 3. Lawrences Goldfinch 4 Loon (you said so) 5 Laughing gulls 6 Eastern Screech Owl 7 Am Gol again

[Thayeri]

you are correct!!!! common loon...

Wow! Now that was a good mystery bird!

You know the interesting part is by coincidence I had a common loon fly right over me yesterday morning, though I didn't have a camera handy. Cool bird in flight too, as you know, with that big strong fat 9 lb. body, and those stubby triangular wings that are light colored underneath, and at around 20-21" each, aren't nearly as long as that 32" body...

You ARE having a good time with this thread, aren't you, photo_luver? ;) ;) ;)

[photo_luver]

im having a great time! :D

LOL okay now to put them in order read the whole thread and put them in order... i said which are right and wrong!

These are the ones that are correct and put them in order....

Loon
American Goldfinch
Herring Gull
Evening Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Yellow Warbler

Now the last pic hasnt been identified but was talked about in post #7...

Thanks...

Garrett

[MSA]

so 7 is an Evening Grosbeak. Have I got them all now? At this rate I'll do OK next time I go stateside!
Back to "proper" birding tomorrow AM - autumn migration's just starting to pick up, so it's back to the dawn starts.

[photo_luver]

Nope not an evening grosbeak...

OKAY ITS A WARBLER!!! lol...

[MSA]

1. Am Goldfinch
2. Yellow Warb
3. E Grosbeak
4. C Loon
5. H Gull
6. E Grosbeak
7. Wilsons Warbler

Can I hear a fat lady singing?

[photo_luver]

Yeah i ure cdan hear a fat OLD ladyt singin!!!

Great job and never quitting MSA!!!!