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ANSWERS to the CBC Quiz

by Sylvia Gallagher
updated Nov. 23, 2001



01.   Eared Grebe   27.   Which sparrow?
02.   Western Grebe   .. . . .a.   Chipping  . . . 
03.   Western Grebe   . . . . b.   Rufous-crowned . . . . 
04.   Cattle Egret   . . . . c.   Chipping . . . . 
05.   Great Egret   . . . . d.   Chipping. . . . . . . .
06.   Which accipiter?   . . . . e.   Rufous-crowned. . . . 
. . . . a.  Cooper's Hawk   28.  Which race? . . . . 
. . . . b.  Cooper's Hawk   . . . . a.   Belding's . . . .
. . . . c.  Sharp-shinned Hawk   . . . . b.   Nevadensis 
. . . . d.  Sharp-shinned Hawk   29.    Which sparrow?
. . . . e.  Cooper's Hawk   . . . . a.   Song . . . . 
07.   Cooper's Hawk   . . . . b.   Fox;  Lincoln's  . . . 
08.   Red-tailed Hawk   . . . . c.   Lincoln's . . . 
09.   Red-shouldered Hawk   . . . . d.   Fox. . . . 
10.   Red-tailed Hawk   . . . . e.   Lincoln's
11.   Red Knot or Dunlin?   . . . . f.    Fox
. . . . a.   Red Knot   . . . . g.   Fox 
. . . . b.   Dunlin   30.    White-crowned
. . . . c.   Dunlin   31.    Brown-headed Cowbird 
. . . . d.   both   . . . .  Tricolored Blackbird
. . . . e.   Red Knot   32.    Brown-headed Cowbird
12.   W. Tattler or S. Sandpiper?   33.    Which goldfinch?
. . . . a.   Wandering Tattler   . . . . a.   Lawrence's 
. . . . b.   Spotted Sandpiper   . . . . b.   Lesser 
. . . . c.   Wandering Tattler   . . . . c.   American 
13.    Curlew or Whimbrel?   . . . . d.   Lesser
. . . . a.   Long-billed Curlew   34.    Which female teal?
. . . . b.   Whimbrel   . . . . a.   Blue-winged
. . . . c.   Whimbrel   . . . . b.   Blue-winged
. . . . d.   Whimbrel   . . . . c.   Cinnamon
. . . . e.   Long-billed Curlew   35.    Which yellowlegs?
14.   Sanderling or Sandpiper?   . . . . a.   Lesser
. . . . a.   Sanderling   . . . . b.   Greater
. . . . b.   Least Sandpiper   . . . . c.   Greater
. . . . c.   Least Sandpiper   . . . . d.   Lesser 
. . . . d.   Western Sandpiper   36.    Which sapsucker?
. . . . e.   Least Sandpiper   . . . . a.   Red-breasted (daggetti) race
15.    Bonaparte's    . . . . b.   Red-breasted
16.    California & Ring-billed    37.    4 Common wintering warblers
17.    California    . . . . a.   Yellow-rumped (Audubon's)
18.    California    . . . . b.   Common Yellowthroat
19.    Cassin's    . . . . c.   Orange-crowned Warbler
20.    Tropical    . . . . d.   Townsend's warbler  (uncommon)
21.    White-throated Swift   38.    Which gnatcatcher?
22.    Tree Swallow   . . . . a.   California
23.    Crow or  Raven?   . . . . b.   California
. . . . a.   Crow   . . . . c.   Blue-gray
. . . . b.   Raven   . . . . d.   California 
. . . . c.   Raven   39.    Rose-breasted
. . . . d.  Crow   40.    Western & Summer
24.   Mockingbird or Shrike?    41.    Bullock's Oriole
. . . . a.   Shrike   42.    Black-chinned Hummingbird
. . . . b.   Shrike   43.    Hermit Thrush
. . . . c.   Shrike   44.   Which 3 hawks? 
25.   Vireo or  Kinglet?   . . . . . . . . White-tailed Kite,
. . . . a.   Kinglet   . . . . . . . . American Kestrel,
. . . . b.   Hutton's    . . . . . . . . Rough-legged Hawk
. . . . c.   Kinglet   45.    Common Goldeneye 
. . . . d.   Hutton's   46.    Common Loon
. . . . e.   Hutton's    47.     2 other buteos. . .
. . . . f.    Kinglet   . . . . . . . . Ferruginous Hawk,
. . . . g.   Kinglet   . . . . . . . . Rough-legged Hawk
. . . . h.   Hutton's    48.    Red-breasted Merganser
26.  Yellow-rumped Warblers    49.    Which 2 terns?
. . . . a.   Myrtle   . . . . . . . . Caspian & Forster's Terns
. . . . b.   Myrtle   50.    2 Empidonax flycatchers?
. . . . c.   Myrtle   . . . . . . . . Pacific-slope Flycatcher
. . . . d.   Audubon's   . . . . . . . . Gray Flycatcher

 


Last Modified May 23, 2010

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