This one’s probably a bit unfair. A couple hints: it’s invasive and almost never grows to be this big. Taken after being cut down in November 2004, although the stump is still there.
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Week 2 Answer
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
This one’s a fairly small bird, perched on a peanut feeder. That should eliminate a lot of things, although I have seen just about every yard bird of that size on that feeder at one time or another. The underside is a bright reddish brown, the tail is long, thin, and spotted, and the throat [...]
Week 2
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Taken 1/12 in the yard. Still haven’t looked at comments, so email or use click on the picture and use the flickr page if you have an account. Answer next weekend.
Week 1 Answer
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Let’s start with the fact that it’s a small, brown bird (not everything in these quizzes will be birds). The size and color limits us to sparrows, wrens, creepers, and that’s about it. Sparrows all have thicker bills and creepers are almost always found on tree trunks and not on little twigs (besides being thinner, [...]
Week 1
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Taken 1/5 at Met State. Still haven’t looked at comments, so email or use click on the picture and use the flickr page if you have an account. Answer next weekend.
New Quiz
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
For 2008, I’m going to start a weekly quiz. It’ll be the Waltham Taxon of the Week and may include just about anything. I’ll attempt to post a picture once a week and the following week post some information about it and a new picture. I’ll attempt to actually take the picture during the week, [...]