Clues, guidelines etc
- One point for each species
identified, except for 8, 9, 15, 17, 22, 25, 26 & 30 where there is
one point for getting the noun in the common name and one for getting the
full name.
- All figures are from photos and
are not necessarily to scale; bills and/or tails might appear
fore-shortened due to angle of view.
- None of the species was in the
last quiz.
- All except one have been
recorded around Canberra.
- One (and only one) species
appears under 2 numbers ie it’s here twice..
- Two are VERY VERY uncommon in
the ACT, and another is VERY uncommon; 2 others might not be recorded in a
given year.
- The names of 5 species contain
all the vowels in the alphabet.
- Three names contain a common
adjective; another 2 contain another common adjective.
- Five names contain
‘White-’, but there is no ‘White-fronted’.
- One name contains a name of a
country other than Australia.
- One is a national pastime.
- One shares a first name, more
or less, with Vivien Leigh’s character in Gone with the Wind
- None has a first name that
rhymes with ‘footy’
- Be careful with the ducks.
- 22 points - good;
27 points - superior; 32 points – Ace Spotter; 37 points
– positively uncanny [40 points max]
- Queensland entries subject to a
10% penalty.
Send your conclusions to me if you want to, not to the list.
May I present a recent testimonial received via email? “Earlier
this year I was introduced to bird-watching and was beginning to derive great
pleasure from learning to recognize the different birds in my suburb.
However, since attempting one of your quizzes I have become confused and
depressed, and have given up the activity
altogether.”
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