Secret Bird II (6 Viewers)

[Accipiter91]

Good Job tim.birdboy the answer is Black Scoter! Here is your next "secret bird"...

(1) Audubon wrote that the eggs of this bird "are from four to six, of a dull white, spotted with reddish-brown towards the larger end".

 

[birderbf]

Oh come on!

Really no clue on this, and too lazy to get a book with egg descriptions out, but I'll guess. Tricolored Heron?

 

[featherbrain1223]

Eastern Phoebe??

 

[Larry Lade]

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

[prairiemerlin]

Black-capped Chickadee?

 

[Accipiter91]

Oh come on!

Gee! Try not to hide your dissapointment... 3

Sorry guys but you are all wrong! I know that last clue was garbage but it was the best I could come up with at the time! You guys are too smart! :brains:

(2) Sexes of this "secret bird" show distinct segregation by habitat on the winter range, with males showing dominance over females.

 

[Larry Lade]

Hooded Warbler

 

[prairiemerlin]

American Redstart.

 

[birderbf]

Painted Bunting?

 

[Accipiter91]

Congrats Larry Lade the answer is Hooded Warbler! I will post another "secret bird" tonight...

 

[Accipiter91]

So much for tonight... well better late than never!

(1) This "secret bird" breeds on the Antarctic coastline and nearby islands.

 

[featherbrain1223]

Ummmm, there are tons of birds that fit that description, for this clue you have to go by luck alone...

Arctic Tern

 

[54rogan43]

Snow Goose...:t:

 

[prairiemerlin]

Audubob said the Antarctic coastline - South Polar Skua?

 

[Accipiter91]

Sorry...keep guessing!

 

[Mabel]

Chinstrap Penguin?

 

[Larry Lade]

Giant Southern Petrel

 

[birderbf]

Snowy Sheathbill?

 

[featherbrain1223]

Whoopsie! ANTarctic, 8-P ummmm, all the good guesses have been taken... Brown Skua (just a little tiny tip on Antarctica)??

 

[Accipiter91]

Sorry Guys! Here is your next clue...

(2) This "secret bird" measures 16-18 cm in length and has a 38-42 cm wingspan.