Have you noticed that most bird species have English names that consist of two words (for example, Yellow Warbler), some have three words (Lesser Black-backed Gull), and some have names that consists of only one word (for example, Osprey). Today’s question is this: How many bird species that we see regularly in NJ have English names consisting of only one word? I found twenty of them. For bonus points, there are six other one-word species that have appeared in NJ, but don’t appear here every year.
Take your time, think about it, write down all your answers, and in a day or so you can look at the entire list by clicking here.
Osprey, one of the twenty annual NJ bird species that consists of a single word.
Photo contributed by Vicky Mcerlean.
What bird species do you see here?
More specifically, let’s focus on the dark bird. What is it?
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This bird was found by my nephew after a storm in Florida.
Can you identify what it is?
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How many species of birds are in this photo, and what are they?
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Here’s the kind of shoreline that birders love to see in August.Click on the photo for a larger image.
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Four large birds perched on some metal structure in the distance. Can you identify them?
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