San Diego Birdies
Bird Taxonomy
Birds of UCSD
Freaky Bird Facts
Modern Bird Trials & Tribulations
100
What bird is this?
What is a Brandt's cormorant?
100
What family do jays belong to?
What are corvids?
100
Is this a crow or a raven?
What is a raven?
100
Who is this?
What is a shoebill stork?
100
What Australian sanctioned conflict was waged against a large flightless bird species?
What is the Great Emu War?
200
What does SDBA stand for?
What is the San Diego Bird Alliance?
200
What family are towhees in?
What are sparrows?
200
What raptors haunt Muir's trees at dusk?
What are great horned owls?
200
Which two bird groups wrap their tongues around their skull?
What are woodpeckers and hummingbirds?
200
What is the name of the world's largest parrot that is fighting off extinction?
What is a kākāpō?
300
How many bird species have been recorded in San Diego County (estimate the hundreds place, i.e. "100" or "200")?
What is 500+ species?
300
What feisty coastal seabird are terns closely related to?
What are gulls?
300
What are the yellow-bellied birds on Library Walk that sound like laser guns?
What is a Cassin's kingbird?
300
What bird is known for skewering its prey on sharp points (giving it the nickname "Butcherbird")?
What is a Loggerhead Shrike?
300
What is the primary pathogenic threat native Hawaiian honeycreepers face?
What is avian malaria?
400
What is San Diego County's avian biodiversity ranked in the continental US?
#NUMBER 1 !!!! 😜
400
What type of raptor is related to parrots?
What are Falcons?
400
What little songbirds do UCLA study on UCSD's campus?
What are dark-eyed juncos?
400
What joint is this?
What is an ankle?
400
What current avian pathogen is on scientists' radar for causing massive outbreaks within both birds and mammals?
What is avian influenza (H5N1)?
500
How many bird specimens does the San Diego Natural History Museum have in their collections?
What is 54,000+ specimens?
500
What modern birds was the Dodo related to?
What are pigeons and doves?
500
What is the name of the kookaburra at the Birch Aquarium?
What is Banjo?
500
Northern Fulmars and many other seabirds exhibit what defense mechanism to protect themselves?
What is vomiting stomach oil?
500
Two corvids made the news recently for hybridizing with each other due to their ranges beginning to overlap from climate change effects. What are these two species?
What are blue jays and green jays?
