birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Are there four or five - neither! Four and a half (but the half still needs a name, so five names!).
Very close though!
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Are there four or five - neither! Four and a half (but the half still needs a name, so five names!).
Very close though!
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Now I have just thought of a new plan for scoring that should prove interesting! In addition to the posted score, for every incorrect guess the total reward for guessing correctly will be boosted by 1 point. So if I post a picture, and someone guesses correctly on the first try, they win they given score. If one person guesses incorrectly before the the correct guesser, they get an extra point. Two people guess incorrectly, two extra points. So basically it's a jackpot that will steadily increase with every wrong answer.
This process will start again whenever a new quiz picture is posted. Only rule is - you (as a single person) can only guess once until I confirm your answer as right or wrong, so you can't make ten outrageous guesses and boost your score considerably when you get it right.
Basically, the game play won't change at all except for the odd extra point!
This process will start again whenever a new quiz picture is posted. Only rule is - you (as a single person) can only guess once until I confirm your answer as right or wrong, so you can't make ten outrageous guesses and boost your score considerably when you get it right.
Basically, the game play won't change at all except for the odd extra point!
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
OK so this one was originally worth 30 points (I fogot to post that) and now has 12 guesses - so that means if the next guess is correct, you win 42 points! One little bit of advice for people getting confused on this one - your problem lies in the two (one and a half) gulls on the right. The other three are indeed Herring, Great Black-backed, and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
So the new total scores are as follows!
Gold Storm-Petrel with 75 points (4 correct guesses)
Silver Tim.Birdboy with 71 points (4 correct)
Bronze Birdingcraft with 68 points (2 correct)
4th BEBirder with 63 points (4 correct)
5th Mark Harper with 59 points (2 correct)
6th Dave B with 42 points (only 1 correct!)
7th Wee Kayso with 36 points (only 1 correct, but the very first one)
8th Owltalon (on leave) with 32 points (1 correct)
9th PrairieMerlin with 11 points (1 correct)
So the new total scores are as follows!
Gold Storm-Petrel with 75 points (4 correct guesses)
Silver Tim.Birdboy with 71 points (4 correct)
Bronze Birdingcraft with 68 points (2 correct)
4th BEBirder with 63 points (4 correct)
5th Mark Harper with 59 points (2 correct)
6th Dave B with 42 points (only 1 correct!)
7th Wee Kayso with 36 points (only 1 correct, but the very first one)
8th Owltalon (on leave) with 32 points (1 correct)
9th PrairieMerlin with 11 points (1 correct)
jcwings
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Wow birderbf- you have a lot of time on your hands to keep track of such a complex scoring scale. 
I have had trouble discerning that there are five gulls in this photo. I think I see the back half of a gull at the extreme right of the shot. I'll play again and say (from left to right): Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, also Herring, and #5 a first or second cycle Herring (rear half only).
I have had trouble discerning that there are five gulls in this photo. I think I see the back half of a gull at the extreme right of the shot. I'll play again and say (from left to right): Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, also Herring, and #5 a first or second cycle Herring (rear half only).
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birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
#22 has arrived
I have had trouble discerning that there are five gulls in this photo. I think I see the back half of a gull at the extreme right of the shot. I'll play again and say (from left to right): Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, also Herring, and #5 a first or second cycle Herring (rear half only).[/QUOTE]
I can hardly tell what cycle who's in, but I feel pretty confident that indeed you are looking at a Herring, a Greater Black-backed, a Lesser Black-backed, another Herring (zooming in confirms, despite the ringed bill, which can be easily misleading at such a distance) and the half bird appears to be the right size, shape, and colors for a third Herring Gull.
If anyone wants to battle out their case, feel free. Meanwhile, 42 points for JCWings! You are tied with Mark Harper, and since you both have one correct guess each, that tiebreaker doesn't work.
Anyway... #22! Begining at 20 points.
I am not old enough to work in most places!Wow birderbf- you have a lot of time on your hands to keep track of such a complex scoring scale.
I have had trouble discerning that there are five gulls in this photo. I think I see the back half of a gull at the extreme right of the shot. I'll play again and say (from left to right): Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, also Herring, and #5 a first or second cycle Herring (rear half only).[/QUOTE]
I can hardly tell what cycle who's in, but I feel pretty confident that indeed you are looking at a Herring, a Greater Black-backed, a Lesser Black-backed, another Herring (zooming in confirms, despite the ringed bill, which can be easily misleading at such a distance) and the half bird appears to be the right size, shape, and colors for a third Herring Gull.
If anyone wants to battle out their case, feel free. Meanwhile, 42 points for JCWings! You are tied with Mark Harper, and since you both have one correct guess each, that tiebreaker doesn't work.
Anyway... #22! Begining at 20 points.
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Storm-Petrel
registered dude
hey, thats not fair!!! oh well, thats what i woulda guessed... ya need harder ones birderbf!
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Quiz #23 has come to town
Don't worry harder ones are coming!
Well done BEBirder, seems you've stolen the lead.
20 points for this next one because it may not be terribly obvious. Then again, maybe it will. ID it:
hey, thats not fair!!! oh well, thats what i woulda guessed... ya need harder ones birderbf!
Don't worry harder ones are coming!
Well done BEBirder, seems you've stolen the lead.
20 points for this next one because it may not be terribly obvious. Then again, maybe it will. ID it:
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birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Perhaps! Another twenty for the Quizmonster! This one was taken in Victoria, British Columbia, last August. The previous two before that were from Jones Beach, New York.
Next one is a toughy - 30 points for the first correct guesser.
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birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Yes, it was a fun bird. Seemed perfectly wild to me, but I also have seen a white muscovy duck at this location.
Your combo is wrong however. 31 points now!
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
That's exactly what I said in the report I sent to NYSARC!
The quiz is now worth 32 points...
prairiemerlin
registered guy
Canada Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, some kind of escaped hybrid (jk - Barnacle Goose), Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Ring-billed Gull.
Neil G.
Neil G.
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
Greater White-fronted Goose (flavirostris)
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Northern Shoveler
Barnacle Goose
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull (those are really impossible to ID, unless you had a spotting scope, which none of us do... )
what the heck is that large gull looking bird in the right-hand corner. ill guess Herring gull
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Northern Shoveler
Barnacle Goose
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull (those are really impossible to ID, unless you had a spotting scope, which none of us do...
)what the heck is that large gull looking bird in the right-hand corner. ill guess Herring gull
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Greater White-fronted Goose (flavirostris)
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Northern Shoveler
Barnacle Goose
Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull (those are really impossible to ID, unless you had a spotting scope, which none of us do...
what the heck is that large gull looking bird in the right-hand corner. ill guess Herring gull
Both close! Add two to the jackpot...
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
everything i said earlier except the herring gull a little blue heron and the ring billed gull glacous gull
birderbf
Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Ummmm.... no. :-O
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