Goodness, how well we all did this week! Our joint winners, with 16 out of 16, were Sarah and Fran and Bobby Freelove – congratulations to all. But in honourable joint second place were Alittlebitoutoffocus and Anne – 14 out of 16, and the one place where both of you tripped up was getting your sparrows and finches the wrong way round, a very understandable blip. Thank you all for playing, and if you have any particular preferences for next week’s quiz, let me know, otherwise I shall devise something fiendish.
The answers…..
1) Goldfinch
2) Juvenile Robin (cheeky I know)
3) Starling
4) Shelduck
5) Grey Heron
6) Woodpigeon
7) Jackdaw
8) Long-tailed tit
And now for the bird families. A bit more challenging I thought!
1) Spinifex pigeon IGeophaps plumifera) – Pigeon family
2) Blue-rumped parrot Psittinus cyanurus – Parrot family
3) Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica) – Swift family
4) Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) – Woodpecker family
5) Kurricane Thrush Turdus libonyana – thrush family
6) Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus – Sparrow family
7) Lawrences goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) – Finch family
8) White-browed wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis – Wagtail family
So, how did we all get on? I think some families are much easier to identify than others, and with some, seeing a video would probably have made it much easier (for the wagtail, for example). Anyhow, all revelation, comments and requests are greatly valued, as always. In the meantime, see you tomorrow!
Yay! Not often I get top marks in a quiz. I dithered over the Finch and Sparrow too – I could have gone either way but finally decided no 7 had a finchier face.
Yes! Though sparrows and some finches have a very similar diet, so I guess the bills of some of them are very difficult to tell apart. Well done you.
Also the finch was on a nyjer feeder so i thought that might be a clue 😎.
Oh yes! I didn’t spot that. Duh!
Yay! Me too! Of course I didn’t send them in … 🙂 I spotted the Finch because I thought it had a finchier beak, if that’s a thing!
Well done Rosalind! And yes, you are the second person to mention the bill, so there is definitely a ‘finchy-beak’ thing going on 🙂
Well, you did pick all my favourites ! 😄
Hah! I’m glad. I think I’m enjoying setting these quizzes as much as other people are enjoying having a bash at them.