Saturday, August 21, 2010

Diabolical Shorebird Chick Quiz

*Spoiler Alert!!! Answers are now posted below in comments section*

Inspired by the Diabolical Quiz series on 10,000 Birds, I have created a Diabolical Shorebird Chick Quiz, using photos I took of all the various shorebird chicks I found this season in Churchill, MB. Also included in this quiz are a few non-shorebird chicks. A final hint... some chicks are repeats, so some species will be used more than once... Answers will follow shortly... good luck!

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9 comments:

  1. Well, might as well take a stab at it....

    1) Hudsonian Godwit
    2) Purple Sandpiper
    3) White-rumped Sandpiper
    4) Mallard
    5)Baird's Sandpiper
    6) Lapland Longspur
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    8) Pectoral Sandpiper
    9) Hudsonian Godwit
    10) Gull, Herring?
    11) Baird's
    12) Least
    13) Spotted Sp
    14) Greater Yellowlegs
    15) Long-billed Dowitcher

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  2. I like to think the cute factor makes up for the diabolical-ness. Well, we still need more answers... so far only number 7 has been answered correctly, with a picture of 2 American Golden Plover chicks.

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  3. 1 Yellowlegs (I ain't going to differentiate betwen Greater and Lesser!)
    2 Wilson's Snipe
    3 Stilt Sandpiper
    4 Shoveler
    5 Least Sandpiper
    6 Smith's Longspur
    7 Am Golden Plover
    8 Stilt Sandpiper
    9 Yellowlegs
    10 Parasitic Jaegar
    11 Short-billed Dowitcher
    12 Yellowlegs
    13 Stilt Sandpiper
    14 Pectoral Sandpiper
    15 Hudsonian Godwit

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  4. I am going to try and fail miserably. And steal some answers from Mr. Anonymous ahead of me...

    1. Marbled Godwit
    2. Wilson's Snipe
    3. Stilt Sandpiper
    4. Northern Shoveler
    5. Stilt Sandpiper
    6. Smith's Longspur
    7. American Golden Plover
    8. Stilt Sandpiper
    9. Hudsonian Godwit
    10. Pomarine Jaeger
    11. Short-billed Dowitcher
    12. Dunlin
    13. Stilt Sandpiper
    14. Least Sandpiper
    15. Short-billed Dowitcher

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  5. Very good so far. Still have some more to go. Two species have not been mentioned yet that are included in this quiz. Also, note number 3 has two answers.

    Correct Answers thus far are:

    4. Northern Shoveler
    5. Least Sandpiper
    7. American Golden Plover
    8. Stilt Sandpiper
    10. Correct genus with Stercorarius, but wrong species
    11. Short-billed Dowitcher
    12. Dunlin
    14. Least Sandpiper
    15. Short-billed Dowitcher

    Keep going! And have fun! I'm giving people until later this week to get their answers in before I post the answer key.

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  6. Finally, here are the answers... hope you enjoyed the quiz!

    1. Whimbrel
    2. Red-necked Phalarope
    3. Short-billed Dowitcher in a nest with 3 Hudsonian Godwit chicks
    4. Northern Shoveler
    5. Least Sandpiper
    6. Savannah Sparrow
    7. American Golden Plover
    8. Stilt Sandpiper
    9. Whimbrel
    10. Parasitic Jaeger
    11. Short-billed Dowitcher
    12. Dunlin
    13. Red-necked Phalarope
    14. Least Sandpiper
    15. Short-billed Dowitcher

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