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Play My Bird Guessing Game
Click the Pics to Hear the Sounds and Guess the Bird
Clue Card
- I hunt other birds
- I also eat insects and bats
- My eggs are white or reddish brown
- I live in foothills or conifer woods
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Merlin Falcon
Falco Columbarius
Clue Card
- I forage in water by submerging my head
- My young leave the nest within a day
- I live in marshes, swamps, city parks or lakes
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Mallard Duck
Anas Platyrhynchos
Clue Card
- I forage on the ground for seeds
- I feed my offspring "pigeon milk"
- I live in open woods, grasslands or on farms
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Mourning Dove
Zenaida Macroura
Clue Card
- I hunt mainly at night or at dusk
- My eggs are a dull white color
- I live in woodlots, forrests and the open country
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Great Horned Owl
Bubo Virginianus
Clue Card
- I forage in shrubs or decidious trees for insects
- My eggs are white with specks of brown/black
- I live in aspen groves or decidious woods
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Warbling Vireo
Vireo Gilvus
Clue Card
- I forage in trees or shrubs and harvest acorns
- My eggs are green/blue with brown/gray spots
- I live in oak, pine or beech tree woods
- Click my pic to hear the sound I make
Which Bird Am I?
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For the Answer
A Bluejay
Cyanocitia Cristata
Fun Birding Facts:
Noah's Big Year Hot Spots - 2015
In the US:
- - People age 55+ have the highest birding participation rate at 30%
- - Most birders are college graduates and 56% are female
- - Of the top five states with the highest birding participation rates, three start with the letter "w": Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming (the other two are Vermont and Alaska)
- - One American bird-nerd, Oregonian Noah Strycker, beat the Big Year world record (the number of bird species seen by one person in one year) for 2015, by trekking across the globe to see 6,042 bird species
Sources & Credits
Photo Credits:
Background Photo - Vicki's Nature via Compfight cc
Endangered Philippine Eagle - Staticflicker.com
Spoon-billed Sandpiper -Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Endangered Shoebill -Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 1 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 2 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 3 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 4 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 5 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Bird Question 6 Photo:Wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons
Background Photo - Vicki's Nature via Compfight cc
Endangered Philippine Eagle - Staticflicker.com
Spoon-billed Sandpiper -
Endangered Shoebill -
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Sound Sources:
Merlin Falcon Sound: Mark Mattingly
Mallard Duck Sound: Tonly Phillips
Mourning Dove Sound: Mike Koenig
Great Horned Owl Sound: Mike Koenig
Warbling Vireo Sound: Mike Koenig
Bluejay Sound: Mike Koenig
Bird Facts Source:
Audubon.org
Merlin Falcon Sound: Mark Mattingly
Mallard Duck Sound: Tonly Phillips
Mourning Dove Sound: Mike Koenig
Great Horned Owl Sound: Mike Koenig
Warbling Vireo Sound: Mike Koenig
Bluejay Sound: Mike Koenig
Bird Facts Source:
Audubon.org
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