Bird Quizzes

Bird Quizzes Test your identification skills and learn more about North American Birds. Difficulty Ratings Novice: You are becoming familiar with all the common bird species in your area. Intermediate: You are readily able to identify most birds you encounter. Advanced: You are delving into plumage and vocalization variations, becoming familiar with the subtleties. Have Fun!!!	Latest Quiz Shot 27 November 2006 Seabirds in Flight photo by Tony Markle Rating: Intermediate Click on the photo for a larger image. Answer is posted in Quiz #11, #12
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Contents of this page change from time to time. If you are coming here from an old link, you may find a totally different quiz shot than expected. In most cases, older images have been incorporated into the quizzes listed below. Missing quiz numbers are for discontinued challenges, or those under development.
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#16 Nifty Warbler Rating: Advanced

#15 Bath Time Rating: Intermediate to
Advanced
Two shots of bathing beauties.

#14 Baby Birds Rating: Novice to Advanced
**Updated 1 September 2006**
Five shots currently available.

#13 At Rest Rating: Novice to Intermediate
Two shots of birds at rest.

#12 What a Dive! Rating: Intermediate
       Under development - three shots currently
       available. Photos of birds heading
       underwater. Not too difficult.

#11 In Flight Rating: Intermediate
     **updated 27 November 2006**
      Eleven shots of winged creatures in flight.
      Most are fairly easy, but a couple might take
      a bit of thinking.

#8 Continental Extremes
   Rating: Novice to Advanced
     So you thought my earlier quizzes were
     geographically challenged (most shots taken
     within 5 minutes of home), but were too
     polite to speak out. Well, problem solved
     temporarily. This quiz has two shots, one
     taken at Sanibel Island FL by Mary Beth
     Stowe, and the other from Nome AK,
     photographed by Jean Brandt. Go for it!

#7 Gulls Rating: Novice to Advanced
     Try your hand at identifying the species and
     age of each individual, then click on the
    image for some answers. Many of these birds
     are adults, so novices have a pretty good
     chance of at least getting them down to
     species. Some of them are difficult for me
     (see discussion) so I wouldn't mind some
     help with id.

#6 Bad Angles Rating: Intermediate
     **updated 1 October 2006**
     As birders, we don't always get to see birds in
     textbook configuration - sometimes they just
     don't cooperate. I've exaggerated things a bit
     for quiz purposes, but here are some bad
     angles on fairly common birds. There are
     sufficient field marks showing to identify each
     to species.

#5 In the Lagoon
     Rating: Novice to Intermediate
     A single photo with seven species. 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 identify every bird in the image.

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