I don't know if you picked up on the sarcasm, I thought it was a very tough quiz! And no one was more suprised than me with 4/5. Very nice pictures, I know some of these are hard to get a good look at let alone a great picture! I think I know which one I got wrong but I need to try and figure it out what it really is. Thanks for the challenge!

Hard to pick up the sarcasm when you just about nailed it. LOL

Tray, is there a Sharp-tailed in the mix?

Vespers on sweet clover...do I get a point and 1/2

Yes, sort of........it’s not called Sharptailed anymore.

I’ve got pics of #4 singing if that helps. LOL
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Vespers on sweet clover...do I get a point and 1/2
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Nope, sorry that’s a negative point for you

large groups behaving like that are probably Snow Buntings
Longspurs are in flocks of 10-20 birds
That behaviour is to distract Gyr Falcons.....there probably was one 100-200 yards away sitting in a field or post.

1 Swamp
2 Le Contes
3
5Grasshopper
4 Bairds

fixed it for you.


Actually you have to look at when Tray took the picture, cause they changed the names a few years back. It's like museum specimens named for the current time.

Good exercise Wilson Jr

The 5th photo sure looks like a bison rub on the side. How big was the rock ?

1. Swamp Sparrow
2. Nelson’s Sparrow
3. LeContes Sparrow
4. Bairds Sparrow
5. Grasshopper Sparrow

Good job guys, I tried not to make it extremely hard. I have lots of pics of some of these birds in juive plumage which can be super challenging, sometimes have to find a adult with them to get ID.

Rock was only about 2ft tall, located in a cattle pasture so that’s probably the culprit. That country has millions of rocks so they have many options.

I don't know much about sparrows, but I do know there are too many to keep track of! lol

Just wait for the Warbler thread Lee Steimeyer, especially the fall one.