Twenty Questions: USA Bird Quiz (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

Neil, you have stumped us! You win!

Twenty Questions and we have not gotten the bird. So you win. You reveal the identify of the bird you were thinking of and begin a new quiz since no one was able to guess it.

 

[prairiemerlin]

The bird I was thinking of was a Wandering Tattler. What I thought ayasuda meant by "Is it a sandpiper?" was that it had sandpiper in the name... sorry for any confusion...

Neil G.

 

[Larry Lade]

Brendan, I don't think anyone offered jacana as a guess.

Others birds, I think it might have been: Surfbird, Wandering Tattler, American Woodcock, Common Snipe or perhaps something else like a Northern Lapwing (which might have occurred in California).

 

[Larry Lade]

So, a Wandering Tattler it is!

You start a new quiz, Neil.

 

[Larry Lade]

Technically, I believe the family Scolopacidae includes sandpipers, but not them exclusively, that is, there are tattlers, yellowlegs and Surfbirds in that family. So strictly speaking, a tattler is not a sandpiper. So, I think Neil was correct saying that the bird was not a sandpiper.

I found this statement at this URL

The family Scolopacidae is composed of a large variety of shorebirds, including Wandering Tattlers, snipe, sandpipers, yellowlegs and Surfbirds.

Edit: However, reading further in the above mention URL I found this:

........which differentiates these tattlers from other sandpipers.......

Here the author is using the term sandpiper in a broader sense, indicating the tatters, snipe, yellowlegs, etc. are broadly considered to be "sandpipers". So, go figure!

 

[prairiemerlin]

OK, I'm thinking of another bird - it's easier this time! :t:

 

[ayasuda]

The bird I was thinking of was a Wandering Tattler. What I thought ayasuda meant by "Is it a sandpiper?" was that it had sandpiper in the name... sorry for any confusion...

No worries. I was going to try wandering tat. eventually, but Larry put a merciful end to this round. So I willk start with the obvious question.

Is it a passerine.

 

[prairiemerlin]

1. Is it a passerine? Yes

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a warbler

 

[prairiemerlin]

2. Is it a warbler? No

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a sparrow.

 

[birderbf]

Well, for the last word, I don't see how a tattler isn't any less of a sandpiper than a turnstone or a Surfbird. And also Larry, I didn't venture Northern Jacana as I had just checked the books and it has not been recorded in CA (that was an early question).

As for this one, does the bird come to feeders?

 

[prairiemerlin]

3. Is it a sparrow? No
4. Does the bird come to feeders? No

 

[Larry Lade]

Is it larger than an American Robin?

 

[prairiemerlin]

5. Is it larger than an American Robin? No

I'm going to be gone for a couple days up in Monterey for a pelagic trip, so don't expect any updates until late Sunday or early Monday. Good luck

ng

 

[ayasuda]

Is it an insectivore.

 

[prairiemerlin]

Yay! The hotel has an internet connection...

5. Is it an insectivore? Partially

ng

 

[Accipiter91]

does it consume fruits?

 

[prairiemerlin]

6. Does it consume fruits? Yes

 

[emupilot]

Is it in the thrush family?