Quiz time

A nice easy one . . .

tufted duck

Too easy!

Yep, Tufted Duck

Resin

Hey Resin ! , was not too easy, ! I had to look up......LOL

But you still got it right!

You want to post the next round?

okey I will , but I dont have good pictures, or maybe that is actually ....lol !! very good idea....

what is it ?? ( next round )

Yellow-rumped Warbler ???

Yep YRW

Okay, here's another ....

Northern Shroveler? female

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Female Northern Shoveler is absolutely correct !!!

Cool linth, I had edited to add female, hehe!

wow !!

got to late for my own quiz...LOL !. But everybody got it right..lol (yellow-rumped warbler)

http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/birdsong.html
I was trying to find an audio of the northern shoveler- on my CD it kinda sounds to me like 'shovel-shovel, shovel shovel" (using some imagination) and kind of a funny sound. I'm trying to make it sound like it's name. On my CD, the red tail hawk screams tail, all one long sylable, while the redshoulder is shoulder, two syllables, don't know if that holds up in reality.
Above link is mnemonics to bird calls. I gotta love the mallard one.......

Here's another . . .

Common Merganser

female

Yep, your turn now!

Bonus point for anyone who can give the UK name for Common Merganser

Resin

Goosander

Yep!

Try this one .....

I'll go for female Orchard Oriole

Resin

Would be nice to see it's side or back, lol.. Linth, do you have another view? And Ben wants to know where the picture was taken.

I was going to say Bullock's Oriole

Ben says Orchard

I will go with Ben and Resin Orchard Oriole...

Resin, does this photo change your response, slightly ....... Of course, there is always the chance that I am wrong !!!

The photo was taken in Maryland ....

OK, first-summer male O.O.!

Resin

Resin, you got it !!! I am relatively new at bird identification and this one confused me until I talked to some "experts". It's difficult to believe that it goes from this coloration to that of the mature male Orchard Oriole. I suppose if not for the black chin patch the male and female would look similar during the first year.

Ben gets joint honours, too!

Here's the next . . .

Common Wood Pigeon ???

Yep, Wood Pigeon

OK, time to get tough!!

Tennessee Warbler?

Sorry, nope . . .

Photo taken in Northumberland, UK

Resin

Juvie Painted Bunting?

Edited to say, What a bad guess...lol!

Garden Warbler?

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I give up! UK Birds hard for me to ID, lol!

Olivaceous Warbler?

Scratch that. A Chiffchaff ?

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is it nightingale ??