Shelduck at East India Docks
Hi Everyone, winners of this week’s quiz were Fran and Bobby Freelove, with 20 out of 20 (and you can’t get better than that!) Second was Anne, who got 17 out of 20 which is remarkable cosidering that she lives in South Africa. And third was Alittlebitoutoffocus, with a respectable 12 out of 20 – it was the ladies who tripped him up. Well done to all of you, and let me know how you got on if you didn’t submit your answers. Next week, plants!
Hi Everyone, here are the answers to Sunday’s quiz. I hope you enjoyed it!
Part One
The correct answers were: 1) f 2)h 3)i 4)g 5)b 6)j 7)e 8)c 9)a 10)d
1) Mallard (Anas platyrhyncohos)
2) Gadwall (Anas strepera)
3)Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
4) Wigeon (Anas penelope)
5) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
6) Pochard (Aythya ferina)
7) Tufted duck (Aytha fuligula)
8) Eider (Somateria mollissima)
9) Smew (Mergellus albellus)
10) Common Goldeneye (Buchephala clangula)
Part Two
The answers were: 10)d 11)b 12)j 13)e 14)f 15)i 16)g 17)a 18)d 19)c 20) h
11) Teal
12) Pochard
13) Tufted duck
14) Mallard
15) Shoveler
16) Wigeon
17)Smew
18) Common goldeneye
19) Eider
20) Gadwall
Photo Credits
1)By Bengt Nyman – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49064212
2) Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
3) AshishTripurwar / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
4) Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
5) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
6) Dr. Raju Kasambe / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
7) Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
8) Ross Elliott / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
9) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
10) https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/ / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
11) Josephus37 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
12) Alpsdake / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
13) Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
14) Kyores / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
15) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
16) Photo by Laitche / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
17) Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
18) Mehmet Karatay / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
19) Thomas Quine / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
20) Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Thank you for the fun quiz – we have mallards here as well as different teals. Other than that it was guesswork all the way – especially with the females: akin to completing a crossword puzzle!
Yes, the beaks have it for sure! Well done Anne. I’m sure I wouldn’t have done half as well on South African waterfowl…
We were pleasantly surprised, it’s the females, as in most birds, that prove the most difficult. As you said the beaks can tell you an awful lot.
I am sending you a virtual round of applause (and a virtual gold cup as well :-))