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Welcome, Lin, you're not butting in at all!! Everybody is welcome to play <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> What sorts of birds are in your back yard?

U is for Upland Sandpiper (ok that was hard to find <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

V is for Vulture

W is for Woodpecker <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm...I sure picked a bad time to jump into this thread..XXXX

With help from my trusty field guide, I found..
Xanthocephalus zanthocephalus

***more commonly known as Yellow-headed blackbird**

So does that cover X and Y ?? (somebody else can try for the ZZZZ).. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Joanne

Y is for Yellow Bellied Sapsucker <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Zosterops japonicus
also from the Latin

It's a common sight in Japan and China.
I love the translation of its Chinese name:
'dark green embroidered eye bird'
sounds so much prettier than white-eye

and P is for parrot. :music:

P is for Pileated woodpecker

OOPS!! What the heck happened there!? When I was reading the posts in this game, all that appeared on my screen was up to *O*. By the time I posted my *P*, I saw entries down to *Y*!!!

You guys are FAST!!!!!

I'm a newbie here so it'll take me a bit of time to get used to this board.

That's my excu <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> se and I'm sticking to it!! ;-)

Shelley

Woo hoo! Ah but can we do the alphabet again without hitting any duplicates this time? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />