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posted May 10th, 2012; last edited May 10th, 2012 –– David Sibley Today’s quiz features a bonus And we have a winner! Congratulations to Laramie, and thanks to everyone who entered! There will be another quiz giveaway next week – stay tuned. Everyone who submits a perfect score by 9 PM Eastern Time on Thursday May 10th, will be entered in a drawing to [...] posted May 8th, 2012; last edited May 8th, 2012 –– David Sibley Part 3 of my introduction to learning bird songs is now up (click here). In this discussion, tempo refers to the overall “pace” of the song, the number of notes or phrases per second. We describe this as fast or slow, and over the course of the whole song the tempo can be steady [...] posted May 7th, 2012; last edited May 7th, 2012 –– David Sibley Like a previous quiz this one shows warblers as they are so often seen in the field – with just the underside of the body visible. Clues such as tail shape, overall size, behavior and other subtleties can be very helpful with experience. In this quiz I focus on the more objective features of plumage. [...] posted May 2nd, 2012; last edited May 2nd, 2012 –– David Sibley This quiz shows just the bodies of five species of small drab songbirds with wingbars. In other quizzes I’ve given a big clue in the form of telling you the family of the birds in the quiz (e.g. “More Warblers”), but in this quiz your challenge is to identify the family. This level of identification [...] posted May 1st, 2012; last edited May 1st, 2012 –– David Sibley Molt is the process of feather replacement. All birds do it; they have to grow new feathers once or twice a year to stay warm, dry, and airborne, and in many cases they grow differently colored feathers at different seasons to match their surroundings or to impress others of their species. Among the small [...] posted May 1st, 2012; last edited May 1st, 2012 –– David Sibley This quiz shows warblers as they are so often seen in the field – with just the underside of the body visible. Clues such as tail shape, overall size, behavior and other subtleties can be very helpful with experience. In this quiz I focus on the more objective features of plumage. When all [...] posted April 29th, 2012; last edited April 29th, 2012 –– David Sibley I recorded this sound (with my iPhone, please excuse the poor quality) on 29 April 2012 near my house in Concord, MA. Have a listen and see what you think. For a little additional background information, which will also give you a hint, read the footnote below.1 Click this link to listen to [...] posted April 26th, 2012; last edited April 27th, 2012 –– David Sibley Unidentified Elaenia, Chicago, IL. April 2012. Photo copyright Ken Koontz, used by permission. The still-unidentified Elaenia, found by Ethan and Aaron Gyllenhaal in Illinois, has provided one of the most exciting and interesting bird identification challenges in recent years. It is either a first North American record of Small-billed Elaenia, or second North American [...] posted April 16th, 2012; last edited April 16th, 2012 –– David Sibley I was musing on the value of learning bird topography this morning, wondering why it is so important to know the greater coverts and supercilium and all the rest. The easy answer is that it gives us a framework to describe the color patterns of birds, but I think there’s even more to it than [...] posted April 6th, 2012; last edited April 6th, 2012 –– David Sibley Update: Congratulations to Alvan, the winner of the Backyard Birds poster. Thanks to all who took the quiz and entered. The response was fantastic, and keep watching for another prize giveaway in the near future. Today’s quiz introduces a new feature – a prize! If you get all three questions correct, be sure [...] |
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