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Well, apparently “Too Easy Tanner Spring Quiz” was a total misnomer, as only two of the three images had the birds in them correctly identified despite some rather valiant guesswork by brave birders who were not afraid to look slightly foolish. Let’s go through the images one at a time and see how everyone did.  [...]

When things are slow bird-wise in Central Park, especially on a warm, sunny day, one good spot to check for birds is Tanner Spring, on the west side of the park near the 81st St entrance.  There is always some water there for birds to drink, bathe in, and just plain enjoy.  Of course, photographers [...]

It has been nearly a week since the Flying Feeder Birds Diabolical Quiz was posted so I offer my apologies for the slightly late posting of the answers.  Though, in my defense, not many of our usually intrepid 10,000 Birds readers dared to guess the identities of the birds in the three images provided. Oh [...]

Just plain feeder birds are too easy for 10,000 Birds readers to identify, even in diabolical format, so this diabolical identification quiz features flying feeder birds!  The three pictures below all depict feeder birds doing that activity for which birds are known and envied, flying!  Can you name what bird is in each of the [...]

First off, no, we will not be eating birds nor looking at birds that are about to be eaten in this quiz.  Instead, we will be looking at images of birds on porcelain plates that I saw in the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a recent visit.  Let me state for the record that I [...]

I 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 [...]

I’ll admit it… you guys are good. Our ID quizzes have evolved over the years to contend with and challenge the arrogant (oh, did I say that?) perspicacity of our readers. Corey is so scared of you eagle-eyed armchair ornithologists that he’s been reduced to posting blurry plumage pics, which many of you still recognize. [...]

“Diabolical to the Extreme!” was an apt name for the latest quiz, it turned out, mostly because the most any single person managed to get correct was three birds out of five. Nate, Donna, and noflickster managed that feat and will split the prize of a life bird per month in 2010, so each will [...]

Though there is a long history of diabolical quizzes on 10,000 Birds it has been quite some time since we had one.   And though I have great confidence in those who faithfully follow the blog I think this one quiz might be a bit too diabolical for even the most knowledgeable of 10,000 Birds [...]

I thought that this quiz might be a bit easier than previous diabolical identification quizzes and I think I was right.  Not that I am trying to downplay the sheer brilliance of Jason, who managed to build off of Jochen‘s two-and-a-half correct answers and get all four right (amazing, simply amazing)!  Maybe my diabolicity is [...]

Ah, the first day of September.  The air was crisp, clean and cool after overnight northerly winds, and the trees in Forest Park were alive with migrant wood-warblers that had been a couple of hundred miles north a mere twelve hours earlier.  As I strolled through the park the high-pitched twitterings of a big flock [...]

As promised, it is time for the answers to A Diabolical Quick Quiz which was posted way back on Sunday.  I must say that it was far more diabolical than I thought it would be, with only one of the three questions being answered completely correctly, though one could argue that the third was also [...]

All of the pictures here were taken at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today.  Please leave your guesses as to what species are depicted in the first two shots in the comments.  For the third picture I am just asking for the total number of species in the picture but if you want to list them, [...]

Sabrina, a coworker of mine who lives in Tampa, Florida, sent me the pic below of a mystery bird that has been showing up of late and roosting all night on a beam on the roof of her porch.  Mike, Charlie, and I had wildly divergent guesses, and when Sabrina eventually got a shot that [...]

This will be the last Jory-written quiz for awhile while he and his family recover from a horrendous flood that destroyed the interior of their home.  Hopefully, the legions of fans he has accumulated while serving as the 10,000 Birds’ Quizmaster will be patient and keep visiting, and, once he is ready to write some [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster, who is being a bit lazy this week… Turn the table on the quizmaster.  This week’s quiz is short. Make up a quiz question and post it in the comments. If you see a quiz [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. Boy oh boy, what a quiz.  As soon as I sent it to Corey for processing (thanks Corey!), out comes an email from the CayugaBirds listserv with the same exact question.  I guess Cayugans read [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. Sometimes you learn some avian trivia from non-birders.  The information on this week’s quiz comes from my wife Hope, who is a non-birder.  She pointed out this term to me while she was reading Sunday’s [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. On a personal note, this year I’m conducting a “Little Year”.  No snickering please.  I consider it a hybrid, half Big Year (seeing as many species as possible) and half small carbon footprint (local to [...]

As always, the “Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz” is brought to you by Jory Langner, our esteemed Avian Quizmaster. Brrrr.  It’s cold out there.  It’s winter in North America now, no time for long quizzes, no lounging around in the park or on your back porch.  It just cold and time to be quick [...]