12/16/2009
Which owl, the smallest in the world, nests in the holes of the Saguaro Cactus?
Anwser: The Elf Owl
12/14/09
What time of year do Mourning Doves nest?
Answer: All year long.
12/9/2009
Which Southwest United States sparrow has an unstreaked breast, very black triangular throat patch, and a white eye stripe and whisker?
Answer: The Black-throated Sparrow
12/7/2009
Which finch resembles a minature Meadowlark and sings its name?
Answer: The Dicksissel
12/2/2009
In what part of a tree do Townsend’s Warblers spent their time?
Answer: In the tree tops ( a major cause of warbler neck!)
12/1/2009
What hawk genius likes to soar and has broad-banned tails and rounded wings?
Answer: The Buteos
11/29/2009
Which family of birds frequently flies in formations similar to gees but is strangely silent?
Answer: Cormorants
11/28/2009
Which Southwestern flycatcher maleis vivid red with a black back, nape and wings?
Answer: The Vermilion Flycatcher
11/27/2009
What large conspicuous wren of the southwestern U.S. has a heavily spotted breast, a streaked back and a barred tail?
Answer: The Catcus Wren
11/26/2009
Which Southeastern U.S. nuthatch has a rown cap and prefers loblolly pines?
Answer: The Brown-headed Nuthatch
11/25/2009
Which Buteo migrates in large flocks called kettles and has broad bands on its tail?
Answer: The Broad-winged Hawk
11/24/2009
What Southwestern Vireo is easily confused with the Bell’s Vireo except for its gray rump and living is a drier habatat?
Answer: The Gray Vireo
11/8/2009
Which U. S. finch is the only bird with red underparts and a blue head?
Answer: The Painted Bunting
11/6/2009
What yellow-throated warbler has a broad white tail patches?
Answer: The Magmolia Warbler
11/5/2009
What jay is named for the food it eats?
Answer: The Pinyon Jay
11/4/2009
What is the largest member of the nightjar family in NA?
Answer: The Chuck-will’s-widow
11/1/2009
Whick grosbeaks are gray with an olive head and rump?
Answer: The female Pine Grosbeak- did I catch any of you with this one?
10/28/2009
Which grosbeak has a long tail, is overall red with dark wings and bills?
Answer: The male Pine Grosbeak
10/27/2009
Quiz: What birds of prey have short rounded wings, long tails, eat birds & different species in family overlap in size?
Answer: The Accipiters
10/26/2009
What east U.S. thrush has a rusty-brown back, white eye ring, white below with large dark spots?
Answer: Wood Thrush
10/25/2009
Quiz: Which head bobbing, gray-backed, wren has rdish rump and tail, builds nest in rocky areas?
Answer: Rock Wren
10/23/2009
Quiz: What owl is mostly white and hunts by day?
Answer: The Snowy Owl
10/22/ 2009
Quiz: What warbler has yellow crown, black eye stripe and whisker, white underneath and chestnut flanks?
Answer: The Chestnut-sided Warbler
10/21/ 2009
Quiz: What is the only Empidonax Flycatcher to pump it’s tail downwards?
Answer: The Gray Flycatcher
10/20/2009
Quiz: Which duck resembles the female Black duck, but has a greener speculum bordered in black?
Answer: The Mottled Duck
10/19/2009
Quiz: Which dabbler is gray with a white belly, black tail coverts, and chestnut in it’s wings?
Answer: The Gadwall