Miniature Moderately Diabolical Waterfowl Quiz
By Corey • February 3, 2010 • 18 commentsI am not too sure how difficult this quiz is but I guess we will quickly find out. Here is a single picture of a single bird and your job is to guess what it is in the comments. Obviously guesses like “duck” of “goose” are not specific enough (literally: we are looking for a species name). The first to get the correct answer will get the first species discovered and described by Mike, Corey, or Charlie named after them.
So what species is represented by the ugly picture above? Remember to leave your guess in the comments! The answer will be provided by the end of the day.
And the answer is Harlequin Duck. Congratulations to Mike of The Feather and the Flower for being the only one correctly identify the mystery diver (even if he had the unfair advantage of being present when the photo was taken)!
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Scoter Sp.
I’m thinking White-winged Scoter.
I’m thinking it’s the crest of a melanistic Hoopoe.
Is “duck, duck, goose” allowed as a guess?
Jochen, no fair - you googled it, didn’t you?
Wren, is birding ever fair?
That looks like the tail of a sage grouse or prairie chicken. Corey, when you said you had a diabolical quiz in mind, I never expected you to go THAT far…
Mallard Hen
Ruddy Duck?
Ruddy Duck
Harlequin Duck, either female or juvenile male?
Goldeneye?
Ruddy Duck
Hooded Merganser
Sungrebe
Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Duck or Northern Shoveler
even if he had the unfair advantage of being present when the photo was taken!
Unfair? I just call that commitment - everyone else was welcome to be there when you took the shot, weren’t they?
Besides, it was the only diving bird I could think of that had brown, pointed tail feathers and a brown rump.
-Mike
@noflickster: Well, I’ll retract the unfair part but the rest stands. I knew I shouldn’t have said “This will make a great quiz picture” with you standing next to me…
Kidding, just kidding, you were standing at least ten feet away…