After the past two birdQUIZ’s that were hard. . . . I figured it was time to do an easier birdQUIZ for everyone. I captured this bird in flight here in New York State and thought it was a little tricky with the way the wing is blocking some of the bird! Be sure to use your field guide and make sure to look for all available field marks.
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Welcome everyone to the birdQUIZ blog that will help you with your bird identification skills. Feel free to use any kind of reference you have available for your identification (Sibley’s Field Guide is recommended)!! Good Luck Everyone!
If you need spoilers click on the comments but I strongly suggest that you try to identify the bird first before moving down to see what answers have been given already. The person who commented could be wrong!! Most or all of these birds have been identified in the hand already and we know the answer (unless we say we don't know the answer).
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12 responses so far ↓
Liza Lee Miller // April 9, 2008 at 1:16 am
My guess is Common Merganser. The bill is what does it for me.
Pinar // April 9, 2008 at 1:23 am
I guess Common Merganser too.
Animal Guy // April 9, 2008 at 9:13 am
male Common Merganser
Sue // April 9, 2008 at 10:04 am
Common Merganser
threecollie // April 9, 2008 at 11:41 am
Me too
Adam R. Paul // April 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm
CoMe fer sure
Tim H // April 9, 2008 at 2:12 pm
[i]Mergus merganser[/i], no doubt about it. Nice photo!
Linda in Erie // April 9, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Male Common Merganser. I thought of saying Cardinal just to be different.
Jochen // April 10, 2008 at 5:05 am
Cardinal, no doubt!
mon@rch // April 10, 2008 at 7:17 am
I guess that I can officially say that Cardinal is wrong!! LOL!
aullori // April 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm
You got me… now if this is a common merganser I’m just recently familiarizing myself with this bird… so I’m staying (stunningly I know) quiet on this guy. (I just cannot figure out how that wing is working there… it’s a bit like looking at an escher lithograph)
mon@rch // April 15, 2008 at 10:38 pm
This was an easy one for everyone! This is a Common Merganser! Great job everyone!
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