Raptor

Question 1

american kestrel

Answer 1

pale when seen from below and warm, rusty brown spotted with black above, with a black band near the tip of the tail. Males have slate-blue wings; females’ wings are reddish brown.

Question 2

American White Pelican

Answer 2

pure white pelican

Question 3

Bald Eagle

Answer 3

should be known

Question 4

Barn Owl

Answer 4

white heart-shaped face and white chest with small brown spots. The back is tawny, marked with black and white spots.

Question 5

Brown Pelican

Answer 5

brownish-gray bodies, and the head is bright yellow and white.

Question 6

Burrowing Owl

Answer 6

small, sandy colored with bright-yellow eyes

Question 7

California Gull

Answer 7

slate-gray back and wings, white head and body, and black wingtips with white spots. black wingtips. eye is dark, and its legs are greenish-yellow

Question 8

Common Tern

Answer 8

white with black cap and black wingtips

Question 9

double-crested Cormorant

Answer 9

black body. orange chin. whitish grey beak with hook on end.

Question 10

Eastern Screech Owl

Answer 10

very short, stocky body, with a large head and almost no neck. Its wings are rounded; its tail is short and square. Pointed ear tufts. wood color body.

Question 11

Ferruginous Hawk

Answer 11

rust colored

Question 12

Golden Eagle

Answer 12

dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their heads and necks

Question 13

Great Black-backed Gull

Answer 13

seagull with black back

Question 14

Great Grey Owl

Answer 14

silvery gray overall, patterned with fine white, gray, and brown streaking and faint barring. yellow eyes shine through the fine gray-and-brown concentric circles of the facial disk. Two pale arcs form an “X” between the eyes.

Question 15

Great Horned Owl

Answer 15

light gray to dark brown feathery ear tufts, white on throats

Question 16

Merlin

Answer 16

slaty gray to dark gray; females and young are browner. The chest is usually heavily streaked and the under wings are dark.

Question 17

Osprey

Answer 17

white head and belly with a distinctive brown eye-stripe. dark back

Question 18

Peregrine Falcon

Answer 18

blue-grey back, white underparts, black head, yellow beak and talons

Question 19

Red-Tailed Hawk

Answer 19

hawk with red tail, light brown to grey body, white underside.

Question 20

Snowy Owl

Answer 20

black or brown markings on the body and wings. salt and pepper pattern on wings