Bird Quiz #5- Created by Michael G. Shepard

Difficulty Rating:  Novice to Intermediate

There are seven species in this photo.  Novices should be able to see adequate field marks to identify at least five of these.
Intermediate birders should be able to fairly easily identify six, and take a good guess at the seventh (its field marks don't 
really show.  There are multiple plumages of several species.  See if you can age and sex every bird in the image.  Click on the image to see my best answers.  If you don't agree, please let me know at comments@birdinfo.com

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Photographic information:  This photo is a digital image, taken with an Olympus C-700 Ultra Zoom at 10x optical zoom.  It has been sized, but otherwise unaltered.  Taken by Michael G. Shepard at Esquimalt Lagoon, Colwood BC on February 22, 2003.

	Answers (not guaranteed correct) #1 Common Goldeneye (adult male).  Yellow eye and large white circle on the face #2 Lesser Scaup (adult male).  Note the head shape. #3 Northern Pintail (immature male).  It is acquiring the chestnut head and white neck and chest. #4 Northern Pintail (female).  Long neck, fairly evenly colored neck and head, a bit on the gray side of brown. #5 Mallard (female).  Chunky build, pale tail. #6 American Wigeon (male).  "Baldpate", white wing patch. #7 & #10 Mallard (female).  Typical plumage. #8 & #9 Mallard (male).  Typical plumage. #11 & #12 Northern Pintail (adult male).  Typical plumage. #13 Glaucous-winged Gull (adult).  The field marks don't show, so it's a guess based on range. #14 Northern Pintail (female).  Fine scalloped plumage, on the gray side of brown. #15 Northern Pintail (male).  Note the pointed tail and pattern of rear (compare with bird #11). #16 Brewer's Blackbird (female).  Longish tail, brownish almost coppery plumage, with darker wings and back. #17 Brewer's Blackbird (probably male).  Field marks don't show well, but appears darker than #16. Click HERE to go back the the larger image
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