Think You Know Your Birds? Take This Quiz.

What species of waterfowl is the first to migrate south in the fall, and last to migrate north in the spring?

• A.

  Mallard

• B.

  Pintail

• C.

  Canada Goose

• D.

  Blue winged Teal

• E.

  Wood Duck

What common wild bird can talk like a parrot if properly trained?

• A.

  Robin

• B.

  Crow

• C.

  Red-winged Blackbird

• D.

  Meadowlark

• E.

  Great horned Owl

Which wading bird stands perfectly still with its bill pointed up when approached?

• A.

  Great Blue Heron

• B.

  Cattle Egret

• C.

  Green Heron

• D.

  Bittern

• E.

  Sandhill Crane

Which common bird can accurately mimic the calls of many other species of bird that it hears?

• A.

  Grackle

• B.

  Goldfinch

• C.

  Blue Jay

• D.

  Cardinal

• E.

  Downy Woodpecker

What bird never builds its own nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of many other types of birds, leaving the foster parents to raise their young?

• A.

  Starling

• B.

  Brown-headed Cowbird

• C.

  Mourning Dove

• D.

  Redhead Duck

• E.

  House Finch

Name this bird.