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Let's see if we can think up birds names that begin with each letter of the alpabet <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I'll start with A A is for Albatross <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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C is for Cardinal <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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F is for Falcon <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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I is for Ibis <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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~*~KATE~*~
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M is for Magpie <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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N is for Nuthatch <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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Q is for Quail <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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That was an easy one lisa!
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S is for Starling... sorry to but in.. lol.. but hey, looked fun..
Hi, I'm Lin, a newbie.. don't do much birding, but like to watch the wild birds in the yard.. mostly too busy taking care of my indoor flock.. :rolleyes:
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T is for Turkey <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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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="" /> )
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W is for Woodpecker <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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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
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Y is for Yellow Bellied Sapsucker <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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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
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and P is for parrot. :music:
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P is for Pileated woodpecker
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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
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Woo hoo! Ah but can we do the alphabet again without hitting any duplicates this time? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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I'll start with the American Avocet , a "large, handsome, and gregarious shorebird that commonly feeds and rests in flocks of up to several hundred." Although I may have seen this bird on one of my trips to the Atlantic Coast, I've yet to make a positive ID.
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B is for Baltimore Oriole (bird OR baseball team......hmmmm, I'm getting an idea......) <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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C is for Chickadee-dee-dee.... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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D is for Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker
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Gee, G is for grouse.
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H is for Hummingbird and I just had my first two backyard sightings of the summer over the past few days!!!
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I is for Indigo bunting, my elusive Indigo Bunting! Twice in the past month I was where they are, but never spotted one! Someday.......
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Jumping Jehosephat (sp?) J is for JAEGER, a gull-like bird.
Mmmmmmmmmmm....Baps
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K is for the killdeer, one of my all-time favorites.
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Leaping Lizards! L is for Lark.
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M is for Mockingbird, another one of my favorite visitors.
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N is for Nighthawk which, according to my Birder's Dictionary, is the name for either of two species of the genus Chordeiles, crepuscular (?!) and nocturnal insect-eating birds of the goatsucker family, Caprimulgidae. *Goatsucker* family???!!! 
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O is for Owl, much easier!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Quite a quizzer, but I found Q is for Quiscalus, the latin name for grackle. (Can you tell I'm an elementary teacher?)
Mmmmmmmmmmm....Baps
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R is for Red-headed Woodpecker (aka, "Woody"!! <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> )
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S is for the sweet-sounding Song Sparrow
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U is for the Umbrella Cockatoo making its debut on the Bella Birding Forum.
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V is for the Veery whose haunting, flutelike song is a characteristic twilight sound of moist deciduous and mixed woods where it breeds.
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W is for Waxwing...(Cedar, that is! Is this cheating? Are there other types of waxwings? Remember, I'm still a novice..! ;-) Shelley <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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X is for the elusive Xema sabini, probably better known to you as Sabine's Gull. Larger than a Little Gull and smaller than a Black-legged Kittiwake, this gull breeds in High Arctic, and is highly pelagic in migration. (Of course I'm sure you all knew this already, lol.)
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Y is for Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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And finally..Z is for Zebra Finch...one of those lovely special finches that people breed as pets. It is a member of the class known as Grassfinches. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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