Wildlife ID Test for Fun

[Patti Edens]

A little fun quiz

The eye is the window to the soul...

Can you ID these souls?

I'll add some hints later if needed, but I don't think you wildlife experts will need them. And, I'll post the answers in a few days.



Use these numbers in your answers (or guesses ).

[lhdvies]

What a great post!!! I'll not show my ignorance by guessing (as that's what most of mine would be),but really look forward to the answers!
Leon

[Patti Edens]

Thanks, Leon. Some are really easy. I'll bet you know at least 4 or 5 without even thinking about it.

Here's the first clue...

There are 20 Birds, 1 Reptile (easy, easy!) and 3 mammals (2 of which are in the Rodentia Order)

[houtex01]

Very cool Patti...recognize a few of them...

Ron

[scottbuckel]

OK Patti I'll bite, here's guesses for about two thirds of them:

1.
2.
3. Cinnamon Teal
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Great Egret
6. Orchard Oriole
7. Laughing Gull
8.
9. Carolina (Green) Anole
10. Common Nighthawk
11. Eastern Cottontail
12. Vermillion Flycatcher
13. Grey Squirrel
14. Roadrunner
15.
16.
17. Red-tailed Hawk
18. American Robin
19.
20. Black Vulture
21. Osprey
22. Great Horned Owl
23. Wood duck (male)
24. Wood duck (female)
25. Blue-winged Teal

Some of the others look familar, but I just can't figure them out.

Scott

[Patti Edens]

Wow! Scott, thanks for playing. You know your critters! Great job.

All of the answers you posted are correct except for:

6. It's an adult female Oriole, but I don't think it's that one. I shot it down in south Texas at a ranch if that helps. The eye does look like an Orchard Oriole though. Maybe I identified it incorrectly? I'll post a photo of the whole bird and we'll see.

10. This one is the insect.

12. Not the VF, but a very common red bird in the Houston area. Sort of ratty looking.

17. Yep, it's a hawk, but not that one. I also shot this one down in south Texas.

20. In south Texas again. This one has the yellow bill.

21. This is a male juvi of a very common bird around here. The adult is striking with his red epaulet.

I'll go find that Oriole and be back...

[Patti Edens]

Here's the Oriole and a juvi one that was hanging around too. I shot them in June on Steve Bentson's place (Dos Venadas) in the Valley. What do you think? Orchard or Bullocks? I'm not sure from the whole bird, much less just the eye.

[Patti Edens]

Some clues on the ones Scott didn't answer:

1. Capistrano
2. S Texas again. This one isn't as pretty as the one in New Mexico/Arizona and Calif.
8. Coo
15. Rodent
16. The other "Who cooks for you?" bird.
19. Little, chubby S Texas Coo'er.

[scottbuckel]

Patti - Here are my revisions (the underline and italics are the old incorrect answers):

1. Cliff Swallow
2. ????
3. Cinnamon Teal
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Great Egret
6. Orchard Oriole (I was assuming a female Oriole anyway) Since you posted the full photo I think it is an Altamira Oriole
7. Laughing Gull
8. Mourning Dove
9. Carolina (Green) Anole
10. Common Nighthawk Bee of some sort (I don’t know the invertebrates very well)
11. Eastern Cottontail
12. Vermillion Flycatcher Northern Cardinal
13. Grey Squirrel
14. Roadrunner
15. Prairie Dog
16. Barred Owl
17. Red-tailed Hawk Harris Hawk
18. American Robin
19. Common Ground Dove
20. Black Vulture ????
21. Osprey juv Red-winged Blackbird
22. Great Horned Owl
23. Wood duck (male)
24. Wood duck (female)
25. Blue-winged Teal

This is kinda fun, and a little mentally challenging - thanks for creating it.

[sandboa]

I'll take a shot before I read the other answers, just to be fair. No books, just memory:

1. (can't guess)
2. bugging me...but i can't guess
3. Cinnamon Teal
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Great Egret
6. Why can't I think of a yellow-headed bird??? An oriole?
7. Laughing or Franklin's Gull
8. Dove...maybe WW Dove?
9. Anolis carolinensis (whoo hoo- I knew one!)
10. Bee
11. Mexican or 13-lined Ground Squirrel (can't tell from the eye)
12. Cardinal
13. looks like a Rabbit (but rabbits aren't rodents so that is throwing me off a bit??)
14. Greater Roadrunner
15. Cat
16. Dove (?)
17 Hawk...maybe Harris'?
18. ??
19..??
20. ??
21. ??
22. Great Horned Owl
23. Wood Duck (male)
24. Wood Duck (female)
25. BW Teal

[Patti Edens]

Scott, Almost got them all this time. My clues were a little vague on purpose. Enough torture. Here are the answers - not sure about that Oriole though. I probably have that one wrong.

The Prairie dog is actually a Mexican Ground Squirrel. Most likely impossible to tell from an eye.

And I confused you on # 16. It is the other, other one. The barred owl is most known for that sound, but a White-winged Dove makes that sound too.

#2 is a Scaled Quail.
#20 is a Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Thanks again for playing!

The Key:



The RW Blackbird


The Cuckoo


The Scaled Quail


The White-winged Dove


The Harris Hawk

[lhdvies]

Beautiful shots Patti! Just like my personal situation I failed the "eye test"

[Patti Edens]

Originally Posted by lhdvies

Beautiful shots Patti! Just like my personal situation I failed the "eye test"

LOL. Thanks, Leon. I'm getting in that same boat.

[Patti Edens]

Originally Posted by sandboa

I'll take a shot before I read the other answers, just to be fair. No books, just memory:

1. (can't guess)
2. bugging me...but i can't guess
3. Cinnamon Teal
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Great Egret
6. Why can't I think of a yellow-headed bird??? An oriole?
7. Laughing or Franklin's Gull
8. Dove...maybe WW Dove?
9. Anolis carolinensis (whoo hoo- I knew one!)
10. Bee
11. Mexican or 13-lined Ground Squirrel (can't tell from the eye)
12. Cardinal
13. looks like a Rabbit (but rabbits aren't rodents so that is throwing me off a bit??)
14. Greater Roadrunner
15. Cat
16. Dove (?)
17 Hawk...maybe Harris'?
18. ??
19..??
20. ??
21. ??
22. Great Horned Owl
23. Wood Duck (male)
24. Wood Duck (female)
25. BW Teal

Chris, We cross posted. You have a good memory! Of the mammals, only two were rodents, the grey squirrel and the mexican ground squirrel.

Thanks for playing.

[GSM]

Patti:

even if I see the full soul I cannot identify. good fun though