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...
While we’re on the subject of truly sensational hummingbirds, I’d like to introduce one of the finest specimens to be found in the Greater...
We Queens birders who live near Forest Park are still filling feeders and scattering seed for the hungry avian hordes, and with the amount...
At last, I believe I’ve found an ID challenge too diabolical for even the crack cadre of avian savants that tend to respond to...
First off, no, we will not be eating birds nor looking at birds that are about to be eaten in this quiz. Instead, we...
Though most people probably have only heard of eiders in relation to eiderdown pillows, the Common Eider is a bird well worth getting to...
The Black Scoter Melanitta americana, called the American Scoter by some and Melanitta nigra by others*, is a large seaduck rather readily identified by...
Via Kim, The Curious Birder, who posted this great video on Facebook. If this doesn’t make you laugh or at least grin, well, 10,000...
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