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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birdQUIZ 
Finally I can say-I know! waving my hand madly!
WBNU
I’m really a newbie at bird identification but the fact he is clinging to the side of a tree and has a white belly I’m guessing it’s a White-breasted Nuthatch? Oh, I just noticed I must be right because I see Marg signed her’s WBNU. Wait,that’s a U on the end. What would that stand for? Maybe I’m not right.
Dittos
White breasted nuthatch.
I don’t think it would be fair if i guessed!
It probably wasn’t fair I guessed either 😉
White-breasted nuthatch
Thanks everyone . . I want others to have the option to guess before giving the answer! Marg . . . I am glad you did give this bird a try! Although, what I think YNJ was talking about was the fact that I have already given him the answer on what the bird is!
I’ll come in at the end, after everyone including the “teacher” has identified the bird, and chirp: “white breasted nuthatch” eagerly 🙂
I knew this little guy because I studied it on Monarch’s site. Love the shot!! so far, I’ve only seen one in my backyard, wayyyyy up in the tree, and I’ve discovered the western ones must be so much more shy then the eastern ones! Beautiful shot! Great game!
I’m English and only really know English birds though I have visited the States and watched birds through the kitchen window in N.J.
So I couldn’t say what kind of nuthatch it is, but it looks like a nuthatch of some kind.
Or perhaps it is a reed bittern with plumage colour problems and the photo is turned sideways 🙂
My guess is White-breasted Nuthatch too, though I don’t see what field mark(s) is/are not visible.
Linda in Erie: W=White; B=breasted; NU=Nuthatch. 🙂
Thanks everyone for all your comments! I don’t think that I can pretend this is anything but what you all believe is a White-breasted Nuthatch.
Yes, you are right for this being a White-breasted Nuthatch! Great job everyone!
I guessed a White-breasted Nuthatch, as well.
I got this one. I didn’t know you had a bird quiz blog. This is great!
White-breasted Nuthatch
It’s a white breasted nuthatch!!!