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Diabolical Extreme Close-Up Quiz

November 4, 2012 by Corey 28 Comments

This quiz is truly diabolical. All three pictures show small fragments of birds that were photographed in Queens in the last two weeks. That is all the information you get.

Put your guesses in the comments, using the common names of species. So if you think the first picture is of a Song Sparrow please type something like “I think the first picture is a Song Sparrow.” Don’t type something like “sparrow” because that will neither help us figure out what picture you were guessing nor what species you were guessing it was.

The first to get all three earns the respect of birders everywhere and those who fail to guess all three but at least make an attempt will earn the respect of the few birders who bother to read the comments. Those who clicked through to this post and don’t guess will be shunned by all birders and birds forever and ever. Take a guess, jerk!

Without further ado…

Diabolical Extreme Close-Up Quiz Picture 1

Diabolical Extreme Close-Up Quiz Picture 2

Diabolical Extreme Close-Up Quiz Picture 3

Good luck! And if you want to browse previous diabolical quizzes here on 10,000 Birds you are a sicko. Nonetheless, here is the link.

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.