Birds

A Quick Quiz

January 14, 2011 by Corey 23 Comments

Here is a very quick quiz for those of you with a short attention span.  This quiz is simple, straightforward, and to the point, unlike a certain Avian Quizmaster’s confusing masterpieces.  All you have to do to answer this quiz is figure out what is in the image below and put your answer in the comments.  Creative answers are as welcome as correct ones and everyone who enters wins!  What is the marvelous prize that winners get?  A weekend full of birds!*  What more could you possibly want?  We here at 10,000 Birds are here to please you, the reader.  So, what, exactly, is in this picture?  You can click it for a larger version.  The answer will be added to this post at some point in the future provided enough people make accurate, interesting, or entertaining guesses…

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*To claim your prize please leave your house and look for birds.  And, no, we’re not responsible if you get hit by a truck, a tree falls on you, or you stand downwind of Jochen.  In other words, bird at your own risk.

Written by Corey
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.