Here are 15 bird and 5 plant photos that I have posted during the last week. I will give the identifications at the end of the post.
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#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14
#15
#16
#17
#18
#19
#20
ANSWERS
#1 Long-tailed Duck (male)
#2 Bufflehead (male)
#3 Mute Swan
#4 Horned Grebe
#5 Hooded Merganser (female)
#6 Red-breasted Merganser (male)
#7 American Tree Sparrow
#8 Red-tailed hawk
#9 Northern Cardinal (female)
#10 Dark-eyed Junco
#11 Common Goldeneyes
#12 Mallard (female)
#13 Trumpeter Swans
#14 Red-bellied Woodpecker (male)
#15 Wood Duck (male)
#16 Silver Maple (Acer sachharinum)
#17 Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
#18 Goldenrod gall with woodpecker drilling
#19 Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
#20 Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Miles Hearn
I did better, but maybe you made it easier! I think you need to grade us (joking). That would motivate me to memorize harder–I’ve always been academically competitive. I want to get them ALL, every time! We need gold stars. They can be awarded with a ceremony at the beginning of walks!
I realize it will be easier to get “commended” on the spot when the weather is warmer. Harder to feature birds and ducks, though, in “outdoor quizzes”!
Ha ha–more jokes. Supposing spots are awarded on subsequent walks based on how one does on the quiz, instead of how quick one is to crash the server. But of course, it may be those of us who are most challenged who need the walks the most!