Birds

[GingerRose]

A wildlife education poll

 

 

[ElloryJaye]

Do you maybe want to place a geographical restriction on this, or at least have people note what country they're in?  Pretty sure several of these are birds found primarily in the US (some also in parts of Canada, but I'm too far north for at least one)—people from other continents won't have seen them in the wild.

 

[blunose2772]

My favorite cardinal I've seen in the wild

 

[Calliers]

LOL @blunose2772!

 

I've heard of like 99% of them, but only seen like 4 IRL.

[Steel13]

Having grown up in the wilderness of upstate NY, I have seen all of these with some regularity. I probably see the least of killdeer, but they tend to be closer to water and I'm usually further inland than they like. I always put out lots of feeders and birdhouses and try to make friends with as many as possible, though vultures are usually only interested in roadkill. 

[Tystie]

I thank a year in Canada for being able to tick off cardinal, blue jay, and American robin. I thank parts of Europe for seeing vultures. Everything else (except killdeer, about which I have no idea) I see in my garden…along with more besides.

 

(I’m in Scotland.)

[uniQChick]

@GingerRose How come the second question missing Finch and Wren birds?

[TheSmolFoxWeeb]

I have a friend named Sparrow :3

[GingerRose]

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[Jelle]

13 hours ago, ElloryJaye said:

Do you maybe want to place a geographical restriction on this, or at least have people note what country they're in?  Pretty sure several of these are birds found primarily in the US (some also in parts of Canada, but I'm too far north for at least one)—people from other continents won't have seen them in the wild.

 

That's the thing, I live in Europe and some of the names ring a bell only because I've heard them in media from America

[Eroell]

13 hours ago, ElloryJaye said:

Do you maybe want to place a geographical restriction on this, or at least have people note what country they're in?  Pretty sure several of these are birds found primarily in the US (some also in parts of Canada, but I'm too far north for at least one)—people from other continents won't have seen them in the wild.

 

 

You're right Europe there are different species of birds than in America. There are no c ardinals,  blue jays, titmouses and kildeers. Well yah we have similar birds but not exactly these species

[daveb]

And some of the ones you do have are actually quite different. For example, European robins are not even in the same genus as North American robins.  

They don't even really look much alike other than being smallish songbirds with red in the vicinity of their chests.  

[iff]

@GingerRose

 

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