Bird List 2

Question 1

Answer 1

Northern Mockingbird

Question 2

Answer 2

White-breasted Nuthatch

Question 3

Answer 3

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Question 4

Answer 4

Blue Jay

Question 5

Answer 5

Mourning Dove

Question 6

Answer 6

White-throated Sparrow

Question 7

Answer 7

Song Sparrow

Question 8

Answer 8

Red-tailed Hawk

pale V on mantle, brown head-white breast-streaked belly-white vent, dark patagium in flight (front of wing), short broad tail, longer wings than cooper’s

Question 9

Answer 9

Cooper’s Hawk

longer tail than RT, black/white bars on tail, shorter/broader wings than RT, much smaller than RT (~1/2), adults have red eyes

Question 10

Answer 10

Northern Flicker

male has mustache

Question 11

Answer 11

Black Vulture

legs black but sometimes white from uric acid, black secondaries and white primaries in flight

Question 12

Answer 12

Turkey Vulture

red head, white tipped beak, red legs sometimes white from uric acid, longer wings than BV w/ silver secondaries and primaries

Question 13

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 13

Northern Mockingbird

Song: mimicked phrases, each given 3 or more times (usually) - extremely variable

Question 14

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 14

White-breasted Nuthatch

Song: series of low notes in a loose trill, can vary a lot in tempo

Question 15

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 15

White-breasted Nuthatch

Call: whining “YANK”

Question 16

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 16

Blue Jay

Calls: loud screams, many of which sound like “JAY”

Question 17

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 17

Mourning Dove

Song: hooting “Hooo-OOOooo… hooo….Hoohooo…”

Question 18

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 18

White-throated Sparrow

Song: “poor sam peabody, peabody, peabody” (very loose mnemonic)

Question 19

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 19

Song Sparrow

Song: “maids, maids, put on your TEA-kettle-ettle-ettle” (very loose mnemonic)
usually starts with a couple clear notes followed by buzzy/raspy trills and an abrupt ending

Question 20

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 20

Red-tailed Hawk

Song: shrill scream

Question 21

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 21

Cooper’s Hawk

Song: repetitive “kek-kek-kek-kek…”

Question 22

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 22

Cooper’s Hawk

Call: single “kek”

Question 23

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 23

Northern Flicker

Song: loud “SKEW” or “PE-OUGH”

Question 24

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 24

Northern Flicker

Call: repeated “wik-wik-wik…” (can go on for very long time)

Question 25

Answer 25

House Finch

Question 26

species and mnemonic/description of call

Answer 26

Rich, meandering warble. Husky.