Twenty Questions: USA Bird Quiz (1 Viewer)

[tim.birdboy]

Is it a Buteo hawk?

 

[ayasuda]

Is it an accipiter. Oops, should have waited.

 

[dantheman]

Is it larger than a peregrine?

 

[Larry Lade]

8. Is it a Buteo hawk? No
9. Is it an accipiter? No
10. Is it larger than a peregrine? About the same size, 16 inches, but weighs less.

 

[dantheman]

I make it that narrows it down to about one of two! (unless I'm mistaken . . . )

Does it have white underparts?

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a Prairie Falcon

 

[Larry Lade]

11. Does it have white underparts? Yes
12. Is it a Prairie Falcon? No

 

[dantheman]

Is it White-tailed Kite?

 

[Larry Lade]

13. Is it a White-tailed Kite? No

 

[dantheman]

Doh! Thought that white underparts had clinched it! Non migratory, non Buteo, same size as Peregrine but not as heavy?? Assume it is a US bird ?. . . (since that's the title of the quiz!) . . . oh well!

(Unless you're counting part of the underparts and its Aplomado Falcon . . . )

 

[Larry Lade]

*Note: This is a USA Bird Quiz, but that does not necessarily mean that the bird might not also live in other areas of the world.

 

[emupilot]

I think "raptor" could be more inclusive than we think, so we could be barking up the wrong tree right now.

Is it an owl?

 

[Larry Lade]

14. Is it an owl? Yes

 

[dantheman]

(so I was mistaken then )

Is it a Barn Owl?

 

[Larry Lade]

15. Is it a Barn Owl? Yes

dan, you are the man!

It is a Barn Owl.

Congratulations!

 

[Larry Lade]

Quiz # 2
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[OwlTalon]

Is it larger than a Red-tail?

 

[Larry Lade]

1. Is it larger than a Red-tail? No

 

[ayasuda]

Is it a passerine.

Way to go dantheman. Pulled that one out of the air.

 

[Larry Lade]

2. Is it a passerine? Yes