As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster.  Jory had a heck of a Thanksgiving and we think the turkey is still having some effect on him… Rules are the usual, regularly occurring birds in the ABA area (Code 1-3), the question to [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. Wednesday we started this week’s quiz by publishing a single clue. We said it was possible to guess the identity of the answer with that single clue.  Congratulations to Jason who had the correct answer (and thanks [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster.  This week’s quiz is short and sweet though more clues will be added if it turns out no one can figure it out…we 10,000 Birds bloggers are confident that our readership can “get it in [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. Jory has come up with an entertaining quiz that lets those who spend waaaay too much time looking at field guides a chance to shine. The rules are completely different this time.  There is no [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster, who assures we 10,000 Birds bloggers that he was not out in the sun too much and did not experiment with peyote prior to making this week’s quiz…and I guess we have no choice but [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster.  A word of warning before you scroll down and try this quiz: Jory is just back from the southwestern United States and it seems like he caught some excess sun (that, or maybe he was [...]

Once again Jory has agreed to provide 10,000 Birds readers with an identification quiz.  This one is different from his typical quiz: as a specific bird is not being identified and word play is involved instead of field marks and bird behavior.  Good luck (you’re going to need it!) and remember to post your guesses [...]

Once again Jory has agreed to provide 10,000 Birds readers with an identification quiz.  Good luck and remember to post your guesses in the comments! It’s Wednesday.  That means time to put on your “10,000 Birds Avian Thinking Cap” again. This quiz is structured around tidbits that I find interesting when browsing various reference sources [...]

Jory Langner served up another challenging avian ID quiz this week. Here is his answer: The Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz (if you haven’t tried it yet, don’t proceed to the answer below!) presented the following clues, just for fun: This bird would be a lifer for me. There was virtually no chance of [...]

Last week, Jory Langner gave us a truly evil Avian ID Quiz. Now, he’s back with another test of your ornithological prowess.  Don’t let the title fool you… this one is tough! Last week’s Avian ID Quiz was apparently a bit too easy.  Here’s another quiz just for fun. As before, it is based on [...]

Jory Langner has contributed some sterling guest posts in the past on 10,000 Birds, sharing how it feels to be born again as a birder and how much effort goes into a New York State Big Year. Fresh off his star turn as a founding member of the 10,000 Birds Butcher Birders, he’s back to [...]

Jory Langner is an Albany-area birder whose musings during his New York State Big Year last year were presented here. His birding adventures across the state garnered him an impressive list of 310 species, including Audubon’s Shearwater and Grey-cheeked Thrush, which the other three Albany-area big year birders failed to find. Not only was he [...]

Today’s Welcome Wednesday is written by Jory Langner, an Albany-area birder that I first met at an ungodly hour before driving north for two hours in a failed attempt at seeing a Tufted Duck. He likes birds, long walks on the beach in pursuit of birds, and chicken salad on rye. He is also trying [...]