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Unit 1 Lesson 1 Birding Test

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of kingdom of birds does this bird belong to?

a)

Grosbeaks

b)

Buntings

c)

Finches

d)

Hawks

2.

What bird is this?

a)

Pine Siskin

b)

American Goldfinch (winter plumage)

c)

House Finch

d)

Eurasian Siskin

3.

What bird is this?

a)

American Goldfinch (male)

b)

American Goldfinch (female)

c)

American Goldfinch (winter plumage)

d)

Pine Siskin

4.

Which of these birds belong to the kingdom of finches?

a)

Pine Siskin

b)

American Goldfinch

c)

Black-capped Chickadee

d)

House Finch

e)

Purple Finch

5.

What bird is this?

a)

Dark-eyed Junco

b)

Light-eyed Junco

c)

Pink-sided Junco

d)

Baby Blackbird

6.

What kind of kingdom does this bird belong to?

a)

Grosbeaks

b)

Juncos

c)

Buntings

d)

Finches

7.

What bird is this?

a)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

b)

Lazuli Grosbeak

c)

Bleeding Finch

d)

Pine Grosbeak

8.

What is the most common bird at Finch Lake?

a)

House Sparrow

b)

House Finch

c)

American Tree Sparrow

d)

Eurasian Sparrow

9.

What bird is in a kingdom with a Baltimore Oriole and a Blue Jay?

a)

Northern Cardinal

b)

American Goldfinch

c)

Pine Siskin

d)

Downy Woodpecker

10.

Which bird eats safflower seeds?

a)

American Goldfinch

b)

Downy Woodpecker

c)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

d)

House Finch

11.

Which birds LOVE to eat peanuts?

a)

White-breasted Nuthatch

b)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

c)

Downy Woodpecker

d)

Blue Jay

e)

Northern Cardinal

12.

Which bird(s) eats thistle and Nyjer seed?

a)

House Finch

b)

American Goldfinch

c)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

d)

Pine Siskin

e)

Black-capped Chickadee

13.

What is the only bird at Finch Lake that mimics other birds?

a)

Northern Cardinal

b)

Red-headed Woodpecker

c)

American Crow

d)

Blue Jay

14.

BONUS!

What bird is this?

a)

Hairy Woodpecker

b)

Pileated Woodpecker

c)

Northern Flicker

d)

American Three Toed Woodpecker

15.

What bird eats safflower seeds?

a)

Northern Cardinal

b)

Blue Jay

c)

Downy Woodpecker

d)

American Goldinch

16.

Which of these birds feeds on the ground regularly?

a)

Dark-eyed Junco

b)

Northern Cardinal

c)

American Tree Sparrow

d)

Blue Jay

e)

American Goldfinch

17.

What bird is this?

a)

Red-headed Woodpecker

b)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

c)

Pileated Woodpecker

d)

Hairy Woodpecker

18.

What bird is this?

a)

Pileated Woodpecker (female)

b)

Pileated Woodpecker (male)

c)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

d)

Imperial Woodpecker

19.

Which foods does the Red-bellied Woodpecker enjoy eating?

a)

Peanuts

b)

Big sunflower seeds

c)

Suet

d)

Nyjer seed

20.

What bird is this?

a)

Purple Finch

b)

House Finch

c)

Cassin's Finch

d)

Pine Siskin

21.

What bird is this?

a)

White-breasted Nuthatch

b)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

c)

Downy Woodpecker

d)

Brown Creeper

22.

What bird is this?

a)

Hairy Woodpecker

b)

Downy Woodpecker

c)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

d)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

23.

Which birds eats on the hopper?

a)

Northern Cardinal

b)

Blue Jay

c)

White-breasted Nuthatch

d)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

e)

All of the above

24.

What bird is this?

a)

Northern Cardinal

b)

Blue Jay

c)

Pyrrhuloxia

d)

Black-capped Chickadee

25.

BONUS!

What bird is this?

a)

Woodhouse's Scrub Jay

b)

Florida Scrub Jay

c)

Northern Mockingbird

d)

Southern Mockingbird

e)

Prothonotary Warbler

26.

What bird eats carpenter ants as a favorite?

a)

Pileated Woodpecker

b)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

c)

Brown Creeper

d)

Red-headed Woodpecker

e)

Hairy Woodpecker

27.

What bird is this?

a)

Blue Jay

b)

Gray Jay

c)

Northern Cardinal

d)

Black-capped Chickadee

28.

Which birds LOVE to eat at the log jammer?

a)

Hairy Woodpecker

b)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

c)

Downy Woodpecker

d)

Black-capped Chickadee

e)

Pileated Woodpecker

29.

What bird is this?

a)

Baltimore Oriole (male)

b)

Northern Cardinal

c)

Baltimore Oriole (female)

d)

Blue Jay

30.

The Indigo Bunting is only here in the summer.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

All finches are here year round.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Things you can do to help birds...

a)

Build a trap

b)

Build a birdhouse

c)

Hunt them

d)

Feed them at feeders

e)

Help scientists study their population by making charts

33.

Things you can do to identify a bird...

a)

Memorize calls

b)

Know the wing pattern

c)

Know where they like to be

d)

Know the beak shape

e)

Know where they like to fight

34.

Finches are...

a)

Small

b)

Have a pretty thick beak for cracking seeds

c)

Tiny beak

d)

Loud, noisy, annoying calls

e)

Rare

35.

Grosbeaks are...

a)

A bit larger than an American Robin

b)

A bit smaller than an American Robin

c)

Thick beak

d)

Do not vary in color

e)

Spring and summer visitors

36.

Woodpeckers and Nuthatches vary in size.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Woodpeckers and Nuthatches have very sing-song calls.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

If you see a baby bird on the ground...

a)

Pick it up and keep it as a pet

b)

Leave it on the ground

c)

Look for a nest, if there is, put it back gently

d)

Feed it to your dog

39.

What does the Rose-breasted Grosbeak eat? (so far)

a)

Millet

b)

Sunflower seeds

c)

Suet

d)

Safflower seeds

e)

Peanuts

40.

Finches have a rollercoaster type wing pattern.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The Baltimore Oriole eats...

a)

Oranges

b)

Jelly

c)

Bugs

d)

Seeds

e)

Suet

42.

What group is the Dark-eyed Junco in?

a)

Sparrow-like Birds

b)

Birds of Paradise

c)

Juncos

d)

Other Unorganized Birds

e)

Grosbeaks

43.

What group is the Black-capped Chickadee in?

a)

Finches

b)

Buntings

c)

Grosbeaks

d)

Other Unorganized Birds

44.

What bird is this?

a)

Boreal Chickadee

b)

Northern Bushtit

c)

Carolina Chickadee

d)

Black-capped Chickadee

e)

Mountain Chickadee

45.

Most of the female Woodpeckers and Nuthatches are identical to the males.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Which of these descriptions describes warblers?

a)

Small

b)

Eats seeds

c)

Brightly colored

d)

Extremely rare

47.

What bird is this?

a)

Yellow Warbler

b)

Palm Warbler

c)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (male)

d)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (female)

48.

When are warblers at Finch Lake?

a)

Migration

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Winter

49.

How big are warblers?

a)

5-9 inches

b)

5-7 inches

c)

4 inches

d)

7 inches

50.

Some warblers like to be near the shoreline.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

BONUS! What bird is this?

a)

Cape May Warbler

b)

American Redstart

c)

American Yellow Warbler

d)

Blackburnian Warbler

e)

Orange Ring-eyed Warbler