[prairiemerlin]

Try these! I didn't make them too hard, take a shot!

http://keinetworks.org/duck/forum54.jpg


http://keinetworks.org/duck/forem55.jpg


http://keinetworks.org/duck/forum56.jpg


http://keinetworks.org/duck/forum57.jpg


http://keinetworks.org/duck/forum58.jpg

[M Cowming]

No.2 Red eyed vireo?
No.4 Pectoral Sandpiper?
No.5 Ruff?

[godwit]

No. 2 Red-eyed Vireo
No. 4 Least Sandpiper
No. 5 Pectoral Sandpiper

Can't do t'others

Dave

[prairiemerlin]

#2 is indeed a Red-eyed Vireo
#4 is a Least Sandpiper
#5 is a Pectoral Sandpiper

Only 2 more left!

Here's the score:

M. Cowming: 1
Dave 2

[godwit]

Fairly wild guesses at 1 and 3 would be Palm Warbler and Scarlet Tanager.

Dave

[prairiemerlin]

Absolutely correct!

Sorry Dave, but you don't get a prize. (Even though you did get 4 out of 5!)

More quizz photos coming!

[godwit]

Which one did I get wrong, I'm confused now?

Dave

[prairiemerlin]

M. Cowing beat you to Red-eyed Vireo. You correctly identified all of them, but M. Cowing got Red--eyed Vireo before your did.

Okay, here is a new set. There are only two photos, but there are multiple birds in both photos. Take a shot at these!

http://www.keinetworks.org/duck/forum59.jpg

http://www.keinetworks.org/duck/forum60.jpg

[Bluetail]

Brain's not functioning today.

I'm OK with the 3 Starlings in the second pic (I hope!)
Think the bird in the foreground of the first is a juv Wilson's Phalarope

That's me lot.

[TorchBCT]

link 2 American Robin and Starling.

[prairiemerlin]

Jason: you are in a ways, correct. There are only 2 starlings in the second photo. Wilson's Phalarope is incorrect.

Torch - Yes, starlings and a robin. The question remains; what is the brown bird in link #2? It's not a juvenile starling!

[Bluetail]

Lesser Yellowlegs for the large wader then? Extreme left-hand wader (pure guess this): Western Sandpiper?

Ah yes, I can see the robin now. The pale bird's really throwing me. Northern Mockingbird? Don't really think so though.

[prairiemerlin]

Yes, the shorebird is a Lesser Yellowlegs. Sorry - the wader on the far left is not a Western Sandpiper.

The mystery of the pale borwnish bird in photo #2 still stands. Two hints here: the photo was taken in southern Michigan, and here's a blown up version showing the pale bird:

http://www.keinetworks.org/duck/forum61.jpg

[Bluetail]

Originally Posted by Brown Creeper

and here's a blown up version showing the pale bird:

http://www.keinetworks.org/duck/forum61.jpg

Thanks. So it really is a pale bill - I was hoping it was a blade of grass! So I'm back to thinking about Evening Grosbeak. Discounted that before because the bird looks too pale and pink. The bill still looks a bit too pointy, but I can't see what else with a pale bill fits.

[Surreybirder]

How about a really wild guess--sapsucker sp.

[prairiemerlin]

Jason, you are overlooking one thing. The bird's bill isn't really pale, its just the way the light's hitting it. Here's an even more blown-up pic:

http://www.keinetworks.org/duck/forum62.jpg

Surreybirder, it is not a sapsucker, but you are getting closer!

[Surreybirder]

It couldn't be a clark's nutcracker, could it?

[prairiemerlin]

No, not Clark's Nutcracker. Your other guess was very close though!

[Surreybirder]

My excuse is that I've not been in N. America since 1986!
OK, I'll try northern flicker.
Ken

[prairiemerlin]

Northern Flicker is correct! However, most of those shorebirds haven't been indentified.

[TorchBCT]

Long-billed Curlew for upper middle shorebird pic.?

[prairiemerlin]

Not a Long-billed Curlew. Compare it in size to the Lesser Yellowlegs in the foreground

[TorchBCT]

Is that a long curving bill in the pic of that bird? or is it an stick? I'm at a loss....

[erizzo]

Could the far left one be a semipalmated???
I think I'm realy wrong but I dont care

[Bluetail]

OK - pretty much pure guesswork:

Left to right: Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher and Sanderling.