How to tell a Virginia Rail vs. Sandpipers?
Virginia Rail has very curved end to its bill and has more solid colouration
How to tell Vaux's Swift?
Brownish, and very small
Merlin vs. American Kestrel
Size, Merlin has dark back, Kestrel has redish back
Hawks vs. Falcons
Tomial tooth, big eyes
Sharp-Shined Hawk vs. Coopers hawk
Sharp shined has notched tail base, Coopers has the a more rounded tail base
What are the order and family of the Belted Kingfisher?
Alcedinidae, Coraciiformes
How to tell Common Nighthawk?
Big long mouth and smaller beak
Order and family of Double Crested Cormorant?
Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae
How to distinguish a Dunlin?
Black patch on chest
How to distinguish a Sanderling?
Shorter bill sandpiper, medium size
What is the order and family of Great Horned Owl?
Strigidae, Strigiformes
How to differentiate Northern Pintail, Gadwall and American Wigeon?
Gadwall is fat as hell, American Wigeon has very patterned head, Northern Pintail has a long pointed tail and wigeon pattern on back
How to tell greater vs less scoup?
Lesser has pointed head
Sooty vs Ruffed Grouse?
Sooty Grouse has a sooty tail bar, Ruffed has the brown tail line
What is the order and family of Grebes?
Podicipediformes and Podicipedidae
Spell Leech's Storm Petrel's order and family
Hydrobatidae, Procellariiformes
Spell the two birds names in Alcidae
Pigeon Guillemot and Marbled Murrelet
How many Cs in eagle's order or family name?
2
What is the Osprey family name?
Pandionidae
What is the Parasitic Jaeger's family name?
Stercorariidae
Rhinoceros or Rhinocerus?
Ceros
ID Short-Eared Owl?
Medium sized one! Not red like Saw-whet and not Grey like Western Screech
What is the Turkey Vulture order and family?
Cathartidae, Cathartiformes
How to ID Western Sandpiper?
Tiny as a hummingbird almost!
Wilson's Snipe ID
More yellowish colour, black tipped bill
Long billed dowitcher ID
More reddish colour and long bill
How to tell if one of the yellowlegs?
Yellow Legs!!!