Misc.
A glossy black and white corvid native to the Palouse
What is the Black-billed Magpie?
The number of chickadee species common in Whitman county
What is 2? Black-capped Chickadee and Mountain Chickadee
Habitat that is the most prolific in the Palouse region
What is agricultural or grassland habitat?
"Chi-ca-go"
What is the mnemonic for California Quail?
The season with the highest numbers of waterfowl
What is Winter?
The author of the Sibley field guides first name
Who is David?
A hawk with 3 Washington species in it's genus
What is an Accipiter?
Habitat consisting of streamside vegetation with typically deciduous trees
What is riparian habitat?
The mnemonic for the song of the Black-capped Chickadee
What is a two-syllable song such as "fee-bee" or "see-dee"
The most concentrated season for numbers of migrant songbirds/passerines/neotropics
What is Spring?
A Palouse species who's vocalizations and shape is similar to a woodpecker, but feeds strictly on fish
What is a Belted Kingfisher?
The # of owl species in the Palouse with "horns" or "ears"
What is 4? (Western Screech-Owl, Short-eared Owl, Long-eared Owl, and Great-horned Owl)
Habitat inhabited by breeding Hairy Woodpeckers, Brown Creepers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Red-breasted Nuthatches
What is coniferous forest habitat?
A warbled "witchity-witchity-witchity". Commonly heard in wetland habitat during the spring and summer
What is the song of the Common Yellowthroat?
The season the Palouse sees the most owl species
What is Winter?
A typically fenced in hotspot frequented by phalaropes, ducks, and other shorebirds during migration.
What is a sewage treatment plant or sewage pond?
A neotropical migrant that shows up in the Palouse and has one species in it's taxonomic family
What is the Yellow-breasted Chat?
Habitat preferred by wintering Black Turnstones, Surfbirds, Harlequin Ducks, and Black Oystercatchers
What is rocky shoreline/coastal habitat?
A bubbly melody reminiscent of a sewing machine
What is the song of the Marsh Wren?
The time of year birds begin to appear following post-breeding dispersal
When is July-August or early Fall?
The names of every Washington sparrow named after a habitat
Savannah Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, and Sagebrush Sparrow
The # of bird species recorded in the United States rounded to the nearest 100
What is 1,200?
The zone of ocean which offshore tubenoses are most abundant in
What is the pelagic zone?
A repetitive insect-like "che-bek che-beck che-bek"
What's the mnemonic for the song of the Least Flycatcher?
The month in which inland Surf Scoters most commonly occur
What is October?