Quiz: Identify Them in Flight

Waterbirds in flight, Florida 2013 (photo by Don Weiss)
Waterbirds in flight, Florida 2013 (photo by Don Weiss)

Can you identify these birds in flight?

Hints:

  • Don Weiss took the photo at Merritt Island, Florida.
  • I see 6 species.   Do you see more?
  • The pink ones are my favorite.
  • I see wood storks.  (But I’m wrong!  They are white pelicans.)

 

(photo by Don Weiss)

The Answer … or at least part of the answer …

Annotated birds in flight (photo by Don Weiss)
Annotated birds in flight (photo by Don Weiss)
  1. Glossy ibis
  2. White pelican –> white tail & black doesn’t extend all the way to the body
  3. Common tern?  (Certainly a tern)
  4. Snowy egret (kc saw yellow feet)
  5. Great egret
  6. Roseate spoonbill
  7. White ibis

Any others?

5 thoughts on “Quiz: Identify Them in Flight

    1. Oooooo, kc! I didn’t see the snowy egrets. Do you see wood storks at the back? If so we now have 7 species

    2. I don’t see the wood stork though I am squinting at the photo. I think there is a snowy egret above the great egrets. It think I see yellow feet.

    3. kc, I’m wrong about the wood storks. Those are white pelicans. (ducking my head in shame)

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