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Pirate name: Poncy Henry Goodfellow
Just a little something for the birders that are snowed-in.
1. Which breeder habitually incorporates shed snake skins into its nest?
2. Which of the following birds have been reliably recorded in every
month of the year in Ohio? Great egret, red-headed woodpecker,
eastern kingbird, yellow-rumped warbler, broad-winged hawk, dark-eyed
junco, dunlin, indigo bunting.
3. Name the tree-cavity nesters in the following list: winter wren,
ovenbird, great crested flycatcher, common goldeneye, Acadian
flycatcher, bufflehead, blue jay, Carolina parakeet, yellow-crowned
night-heron, gadwall.
4. Which of the following have no reliable June records in Ohio?
Snowy owl, pomarine jaeger, northern shrike, rough-legged hawk, glaucous
gull, curlew sandpiper, northern junco.
5. Which of the following chronically bob or pump their tails when
perched or on the ground? Palm warbler, song sparrow, tree swallow,
winter wren, northern mockingbird, horned lark, American pipit, Brewer's
blackbird, brown thrasher, spotted sandpiper, fox sparrow, Kirtland's
warbler.
6. Which of the following depend more or less completely on human
structures for nesting in Ohio? House finch, European starling,
eastern bluebird, prothonotary warbler, purple martin, peregrine falcon,
osprey, barn swallow, eastern phoebe, chimney swift, wood duck.
7. Which of the following show obvious white wing-stripes in flight?
Marbled godwit, sanderling, whimbrel, red phalarope, greater yellowlegs,
willet, Wilson's phalarope, buff-breasted sandpiper, killdeer, dunlin,
stilt sandpiper.
8. Which of the following species can occasionally be seen swimming?
American crow, American avocet, American woodcock, American bittern,
American white pelican, American pipit.
9. Which of the following will not normally nest in trees? Tree
swallow, solitary sandpiper, Bonaparte's gull, marbled godwit, American
pipit, bobolink, American tree sparrow, Nashville warbler, blackpoll
warbler, lark sparrow.
10. Which of the following normally show no reddish feathering in the
field as adults at any time of year in either sex? Dark-eyed junco,
gray catbird, western meadowlark, painted bunting, dickcissel, Lapland
longspur, yellow warbler, black-bellied plover, northern parula,
Cooper's hawk, surf scoter, stilt sandpiper.
11. It's mid-September. Someone reports to you seeing a shorebird on a
Lucas County mudflat from 300 yards, and felt sure of having seen
unmarked bright white underparts, long yellow legs and long dark bill.
Name the best choice among the following: stilt sandpiper, pectoral
sandpiper, Wilson's phalarope, lesser yellowlegs, long-billed dowitcher.
12. Identify the following superlatives among species on the Ohio
list: heaviest; longest wing-span; most numerous in Ohio; largest
number of feathers; longest tail feathers; most recently extinct.
13. Give the standard English versions of the following folk names:
dabchick, water turkey, specklebelly, butterball, pumpkin-blossom coot,
mudhen, high-hole, kent, shirt-tail bird, rice-bird. 10
14. Which of the following passerines are far more likely to walk than
to hop when on the ground? European starling, eastern meadowlark, snow
bunting, Baltimore oriole, Connecticut warbler, ovenbird, eastern
towhee, Carolina wren, savannah sparrow, brown-headed cowbird.
15. Which of the following have never been confirmed as breeding in
Ohio? Great black-backed gull, western kingbird, common snipe,
solitary sandpiper, Swainson's warbler, purple gallinule, Wilson's
phalarope, American pipit, alder flycatcher, glossy ibis. 10
16. With what species group is each of the following terms most often
associated? Cere, mantle, aigrette, polyandry, kettle, gorget,
recurved, booming, cock nest, eyrie.
17. Two ornithologists' names appear three times in the standard
English names of Ohio species, and four twice. Name them.
18. Of the following migrant pairs, which is seen earlier in Ohio in
spring, on average? Least flycatcher/eastern wood-pewee,
black-throated green warbler/magnolia warbler, red-shouldered
hawk/broad-winged hawk, chimney swift/common nighthawk, pectoral
sandpiper/spotted sandpiper, great egret/green heron, blue-winged
teal/ring-necked duck.
19. Of the following migrant pairs, which tends to leave Ohio later in
the fall on average? Short-billed dowitcher/long-billed dowitcher,
eastern kingbird/warbling vireo, yellow warbler/hooded warbler, snowy
egret/great egret, barn swallow/cliff swallow, common tern/Forster's
tern, American bittern/least bittern.
20. If the average temperature were to rise five degrees F, name the
three species in the following list most likely to be lost as known Ohio
nesters and the three most likely to be gained: orchard oriole,
yellow-headed blackbird, alder flycatcher, Nashville warbler,
Mississippi kite, Wilson's plover, fish crow, northern goshawk, western
meadowlark, northern shrike, tricolored heron, black-capped chickadee,
Wilson's snipe, house finch, golden-crowned kinglet, black-necked stilt,
hooded warbler, Brewer's blackbird, American bittern, king rail, marsh
wren, red-cockaded woodpecker.
21. Which of the following show obvious differences in bill and/or leg
colors as adults depending on the time of year? European starling,
Wilson's phalarope, black-crowned night-heron, snowy egret, laughing
gull, herring gull, blackpoll warbler, blue grosbeak, snow goose,
broad-winged hawk.
22. A friend calls you on the phone in January. She's in Cleveland,
looking at a gull floating on the water. It shows no black on the upper
sides of the folded wings. Which of the following on the Ohio list might
it be, based on this characteristic alone? Little gull, Bonaparte's
gull, glaucous gull, Franklin's gull, black-legged kittiwake, ivory
gull, Thayer's gull, Ross's gull, Iceland gull, Sabine's gull.
23. Which of the following species are known to have been far more
common in Ohio a hundred years ago than today? Barn owl, Eskimo
curlew, gray partridge, ivory-billed woodpecker, eastern meadowlark,
yellow warbler, spotted sandpiper, common raven, bobolink, ring-billed
gull.
24. Which of the following species are generally estimated to have been
far more common in Ohio two hundred years ago than a hundred years ago?
Barn owl, eastern meadowlark, common raven, snow goose, brown-headed
cowbird, passenger pigeon, mute swan, gray partridge, greater
prairie-chicken, swallow-tailed kite.
25. More than one published work has borne the title "The Birds of
Ohio"; name the authors.
1. Which breeder habitually incorporates shed snake skins into its nest?
2. Which of the following birds have been reliably recorded in every
month of the year in Ohio? Great egret, red-headed woodpecker,
eastern kingbird, yellow-rumped warbler, broad-winged hawk, dark-eyed
junco, dunlin, indigo bunting.
3. Name the tree-cavity nesters in the following list: winter wren,
ovenbird, great crested flycatcher, common goldeneye, Acadian
flycatcher, bufflehead, blue jay, Carolina parakeet, yellow-crowned
night-heron, gadwall.
4. Which of the following have no reliable June records in Ohio?
Snowy owl, pomarine jaeger, northern shrike, rough-legged hawk, glaucous
gull, curlew sandpiper, northern junco.
5. Which of the following chronically bob or pump their tails when
perched or on the ground? Palm warbler, song sparrow, tree swallow,
winter wren, northern mockingbird, horned lark, American pipit, Brewer's
blackbird, brown thrasher, spotted sandpiper, fox sparrow, Kirtland's
warbler.
6. Which of the following depend more or less completely on human
structures for nesting in Ohio? House finch, European starling,
eastern bluebird, prothonotary warbler, purple martin, peregrine falcon,
osprey, barn swallow, eastern phoebe, chimney swift, wood duck.
7. Which of the following show obvious white wing-stripes in flight?
Marbled godwit, sanderling, whimbrel, red phalarope, greater yellowlegs,
willet, Wilson's phalarope, buff-breasted sandpiper, killdeer, dunlin,
stilt sandpiper.
8. Which of the following species can occasionally be seen swimming?
American crow, American avocet, American woodcock, American bittern,
American white pelican, American pipit.
9. Which of the following will not normally nest in trees? Tree
swallow, solitary sandpiper, Bonaparte's gull, marbled godwit, American
pipit, bobolink, American tree sparrow, Nashville warbler, blackpoll
warbler, lark sparrow.
10. Which of the following normally show no reddish feathering in the
field as adults at any time of year in either sex? Dark-eyed junco,
gray catbird, western meadowlark, painted bunting, dickcissel, Lapland
longspur, yellow warbler, black-bellied plover, northern parula,
Cooper's hawk, surf scoter, stilt sandpiper.
11. It's mid-September. Someone reports to you seeing a shorebird on a
Lucas County mudflat from 300 yards, and felt sure of having seen
unmarked bright white underparts, long yellow legs and long dark bill.
Name the best choice among the following: stilt sandpiper, pectoral
sandpiper, Wilson's phalarope, lesser yellowlegs, long-billed dowitcher.
12. Identify the following superlatives among species on the Ohio
list: heaviest; longest wing-span; most numerous in Ohio; largest
number of feathers; longest tail feathers; most recently extinct.
13. Give the standard English versions of the following folk names:
dabchick, water turkey, specklebelly, butterball, pumpkin-blossom coot,
mudhen, high-hole, kent, shirt-tail bird, rice-bird. 10
14. Which of the following passerines are far more likely to walk than
to hop when on the ground? European starling, eastern meadowlark, snow
bunting, Baltimore oriole, Connecticut warbler, ovenbird, eastern
towhee, Carolina wren, savannah sparrow, brown-headed cowbird.
15. Which of the following have never been confirmed as breeding in
Ohio? Great black-backed gull, western kingbird, common snipe,
solitary sandpiper, Swainson's warbler, purple gallinule, Wilson's
phalarope, American pipit, alder flycatcher, glossy ibis. 10
16. With what species group is each of the following terms most often
associated? Cere, mantle, aigrette, polyandry, kettle, gorget,
recurved, booming, cock nest, eyrie.
17. Two ornithologists' names appear three times in the standard
English names of Ohio species, and four twice. Name them.
18. Of the following migrant pairs, which is seen earlier in Ohio in
spring, on average? Least flycatcher/eastern wood-pewee,
black-throated green warbler/magnolia warbler, red-shouldered
hawk/broad-winged hawk, chimney swift/common nighthawk, pectoral
sandpiper/spotted sandpiper, great egret/green heron, blue-winged
teal/ring-necked duck.
19. Of the following migrant pairs, which tends to leave Ohio later in
the fall on average? Short-billed dowitcher/long-billed dowitcher,
eastern kingbird/warbling vireo, yellow warbler/hooded warbler, snowy
egret/great egret, barn swallow/cliff swallow, common tern/Forster's
tern, American bittern/least bittern.
20. If the average temperature were to rise five degrees F, name the
three species in the following list most likely to be lost as known Ohio
nesters and the three most likely to be gained: orchard oriole,
yellow-headed blackbird, alder flycatcher, Nashville warbler,
Mississippi kite, Wilson's plover, fish crow, northern goshawk, western
meadowlark, northern shrike, tricolored heron, black-capped chickadee,
Wilson's snipe, house finch, golden-crowned kinglet, black-necked stilt,
hooded warbler, Brewer's blackbird, American bittern, king rail, marsh
wren, red-cockaded woodpecker.
21. Which of the following show obvious differences in bill and/or leg
colors as adults depending on the time of year? European starling,
Wilson's phalarope, black-crowned night-heron, snowy egret, laughing
gull, herring gull, blackpoll warbler, blue grosbeak, snow goose,
broad-winged hawk.
22. A friend calls you on the phone in January. She's in Cleveland,
looking at a gull floating on the water. It shows no black on the upper
sides of the folded wings. Which of the following on the Ohio list might
it be, based on this characteristic alone? Little gull, Bonaparte's
gull, glaucous gull, Franklin's gull, black-legged kittiwake, ivory
gull, Thayer's gull, Ross's gull, Iceland gull, Sabine's gull.
23. Which of the following species are known to have been far more
common in Ohio a hundred years ago than today? Barn owl, Eskimo
curlew, gray partridge, ivory-billed woodpecker, eastern meadowlark,
yellow warbler, spotted sandpiper, common raven, bobolink, ring-billed
gull.
24. Which of the following species are generally estimated to have been
far more common in Ohio two hundred years ago than a hundred years ago?
Barn owl, eastern meadowlark, common raven, snow goose, brown-headed
cowbird, passenger pigeon, mute swan, gray partridge, greater
prairie-chicken, swallow-tailed kite.
25. More than one published work has borne the title "The Birds of
Ohio"; name the authors.