core

Question 1

game bird

Answer 1

any grouse, partridge, quail, pheasant, ptarmigan migratory bird or wild turkey

Question 2

diving duck

Answer 2

habit of feeding in water deep enough they have to dive for their food

Question 3

comb

Answer 3

freshly outcrop on the top of the hear or over the eye

Question 4

crop

Answer 4

muscular pouch part way down the oesophagus: grain eating birds

Question 5

dabbling duck

Answer 5

also called puddle duck

Question 6

puddle duck

Answer 6

shallow water, tip up where the birds submerges its head and breast (tail sticks up in air)

Question 7

introduced species

Answer 7

brought to North America from another country

Question 8

native species

Answer 8

originated in North America

Question 9

gallinaceous

Answer 9

upland game birds

Question 10

wetland birds

Answer 10

migratory game birds that includes the waterfowl

Question 11

spruce grouse

Answer 11

medium sized two types: Franklin, hudson

Question 12

blue grouse

Answer 12

largest of the grouse, two types: sooty (costal) and the dusky (interior)

Question 13

ruffed grouse

Answer 13

fan shaped tail, both males and females can be a reddish or greyish mottled brown

Question 14

sharp tailed grouse

Answer 14

heavily barred with dark brown, cinnamon and buff

Question 15

omnivore

Answer 15

eats veggies and meat

Question 16

bell or dewlap

Answer 16

piece of skin that hangs from under the throat

Question 17

bovids

Answer 17

horned family

Question 18

annuli

Answer 18

(measures animals age) darkened rings which indicate periods of slower horn growth

Question 19

white waterfowl with black tips

Answer 19

snow goose

Question 20

plumage

Answer 20

refers to covering of its feathers, you can identify a species and its sex and age

Question 21

speculum

Answer 21

coloured patch on the wing help identify species

Question 22

dalls and stones sheep

Answer 22

thinhorn sheep

Question 23

annuli

Answer 23

way to tell age on horns

Question 24

browser

Answer 24

animal feeds on twigs, leaves, and shoots

Question 25

black tail

Answer 25

found mostly in coastal bc (smallest of the three)

black tail

Question 26

mule deer

Answer 26

widely distributed across bc (largest of the three)

Question 27

white-tailed deer

Answer 27

south eastern and south central bc and peace country (mid-sized)

Question 28

fallow deer

Answer 28

non native deer mainly on Sidney, Maine and James island.

Question 29

recovery position

Answer 29

for someone that is unconscious

Question 30

where do you lose the greatest amount of heat

Answer 30

you lose most of your heat from your head

Question 31

bighorn sheep

Answer 31

found on open, mountainous slopes with rugged terrain

curled horns

Question 32

thinhorn sheep

Answer 32

dalls and stones sheep look like domestic sheep, mountainous slopes with rugged escape terrain

Question 33

mountain goat

Answer 33

billies and nannies very similar in appearance

Question 34

northern pintail

Answer 34

thin white and brown neck and long, pointed tail are distinctive

Question 35

shoveller

Answer 35

a colourful, medium-sized dabbler which at first glance looks like a mallard with green head.

Question 36

American wigeon (baldpate)

Answer 36

generally greyish brown sides but with a distinctive yellow-white crown, dark green mask through eyes

Question 37

wood duck

Answer 37

most intricately and multi-coloured of our ducks

Question 38

gadwall

Answer 38

a generally grey duck with distinctive black rump and white belly, rusty brown on the upper wing

Question 39

blue winged teal

Answer 39

small dark coloured duck with a noticeable white crescent in front of its eye and large chalk blue patch on its upper wing

Question 40

green winged teal

Answer 40

smallest dark brown duck in north America and its distinctive vertical white bar separating the spited buff breast, reddish brown head