Identify the species shown in each photo by clicking the multiple choice answers. I hope to make short quizzes like this a regular feature of this website, so please leave feedback on what you like or dislike about it. Thanks!
Northeastern Backyard Beaks
Congratulations - you have completed Northeastern Backyard Beaks.
You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%.
Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%
Your answers are highlighted below.
Question 1 |
Eastern Towhee | |
Northern Cardinal | |
Song Sparrow | |
House Finch |
Question 1 Explanation:
Question 2 |
Field Sparrow | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | |
Dark-eyed Junco | |
Tufted Titmouse |
Question 2 Explanation:
Question 3 |
House Finch | |
American Goldfinch | |
Common Grackle | |
Northern Cardinal |
Question 3 Explanation:
Question 4 |
White-breasted Nuthatch | |
Blue Jay | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
Tufted Titmouse |
Question 4 Explanation:
Question 5 |
Black-capped Chickadee | |
Tufted Titmouse | |
Blue Jay | |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Question 5 Explanation:
Once you are finished, click the button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect.
There are 5 questions to complete.
I know my beaks!
This is great! However, if you hover over the image the hover tip gives away the answer. 🙂
Hi David,
I like this feature a lot. I live in California and haven’t seen a couple of these species before. Had to consult your Guide to Birds for a little help.
I think you should not have the hover-over give away the ID.
Thanks. I think I’ve fixed the hover issue, so the photo titles shouldn’t be giving it away any more.
The result “You scored…” needs to be much more obvious – bold or larger font or something.
A lot of people follow blogs using some sort of aggregation tool to make it all practical. I follow a couple of dozen, and without Google Reader that would not happen. However, since I read the blog first using Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader) I saw the “answer” pictures at the same time as the beaks. Along with such stuff as “You scored %%SCORE%% out of %%TOTAL%%. Your performance has been rated as %%RATING%%”. Many blogs only show the first few lines and require you to go to the blog’s site to read the rest. If you put such a break before the quiz starts that might work around the problem of revealing the answers.
I just had to get to your blog, rather than reading it in Google Reader, to get it to work. This is an excellent tool to help me be forced to see ALL the details of a bird. I’m very prone to know birds only by some very obvious behavior, shape, or flight pattern, and not be able to even notice the finer details.
Great photos and fun quiz. Keep them coming please.
Fun! Keep them coming please.
Fun, looking forward to more. Thanks!
Great stuff! More please!
I would second RH’s suggestion to hide the full post from feed aggregators, but please don’t turn this on for ALL posts. This was a great quiz and I’m looking forward to seeing more.
Add me to the “great fun, keep ’em coming” camp!
lot of fun…….and yes…i don’t have a life.
This was fun! More please 🙂
Wow, I don’t know diddly! So helpful for learning details. And lots of fun.
super fun i hope you make more because i love birds!
The questionnaire is amazing, I scored 50% but it was great learning about birds and nature.