Round 1 -Tabloid Headlines Round
These are recent headlines taken from the birding press (magazines and web). All you have to do is identify what they are about. Shouldn't be difficult, three points for each correct answer.
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Round 2 - Odd one out round
Which is the odd one out? One point for guessing the odd one out and a further two points if you can explain why.
No.1
a) Blue Tit
b) Long-tailed Duck
c) Black-headed Gull 
d) Great Grey Shrike 
No.2
a) Starling 
b) badger 
c) Grey Heron
d) Avocet 
No.3
a) Bill Oddie 
b) Ring-necked Parakeet 
C) Urban Birder David Lindo
d) George Michael
No.4
a) Hooded Crow
b) Archbishop Desmond Tutu
c) Blackcap
d) Jean Paul Gaultier 
Round 3 - What have we Pixalated?
Ok, this round is actually inspired from Buzzcocks. I have distorted these bird images with special effects. Two points for each correct answer.
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Round 4 - Missing Words Round
Here are headlines from various birding and wildlife publications. Three points for each missing word guessed correctly and a bonus point if you can name the publication as well. This week’s obscure guest publication is the The Sun newspaper.
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Thanks for taking part, I hope it has been fun. Also thanks to everyone who has read my blog in 2009, see you in the field sometime next year.
6 comments:
Round 1.
1. Feeding Turkey fat to the birds.
2. Eastern Crowned Warbler.
3. Admission prices at WWT reserves.
4. Finding Slender-billed Curlew.
Round 2.
1. A (Blue Tit), as the others have three words in the bird's name.
2. A (Starling), as the others are not used as emblems for wildlife/conservation organisations.
3. D (George Michael), as the others live in London.
4. D (Jean Paul Gautier), as the others are named after an item of clothing, he makes them.
Round 3.
1. Red-footed Falcon
2. Little Stint
3. Common Whitethroat
4. Laughing Gull
5. Cirl Bunting
6. Greater Scaup
7. Brambling
Round 4. All complete guesses, so I've answered them as Paul Merton might do. Not got a clue about any of the publications.
1. Extinctions
2. Seabird
3. Osprey
4. Severn Trent
5. Alien
6. Waxwing
7. Eagle
8. Worzel Gummidge
Round 1
1. RSPB gives a warning against the feeding of turkey fat to garden birds.
2. To do with Red Kites and Bitterns all making significant increases in numbers?
3. Something to do with Scotts pine?
4. To do with thelarge scale search for slender billed curlew?
Round 2
1. Blue tit, its got bright colours and not just black grey white.
2. Badger, the only mammal.
3. Ring necked parrakeet, only bird.
4. John Paul Gaultier, only one not black and grey?
Round 3.
1. Red Footed Falcon
2. Temminck's Stint
3. Whitethroat
4. Laughing Gull
5. Yellowhammer
6. Scaup
7. Brambling
Round 4
1. holiday
2. bird
3. dodo
4. cypriot
5. avian
6. kite
7. sore
8. harsh weather
Hopefuly I haven't done too badly let me know :)
Here are my answers, Kay. Don't laugh!
Round 1
1. Was this the thing about the turkey fat that Martyn was on about? Apparently you shouldn't put it out for the birds as it's bad for them.
2. Tufted Puffin seen at Oare Marshes in Kent?
3. Something to do with Peter Scott? Have they abolished admission charges to Slimbridge? I hope so!
4. To do with re-opening the debate around the possible Slender-billed Curlew seen some years ago in Britain?
Round 2
1. Great Grey Shrike. You saw all the others in 2009, but not the shrike?
2. Badger. It's not a bird. This is surely too easy and therefore wrong?
3. David Lindo. The other three could be found on Hampstead Heath. Lindo more likely to be seen stringing Ortolan Buntings in Wormwood Scrubs.
4. Jean Paul Gaultier. The other three are black and grey. Gaultier is neither of these things.
Round 3
1. Red-footed Falcon.
2. Spotted Sandpiper.
3. Whitethroat.
4. Med Gull
5. Cirl Bunting.
6. Scaup.
7. Brambling.
Round 4
1. No idea, but I'll guess from The Sun to have a chance of a point.
2. Birding. The Sun?
3. Jedi. The Sun.
4. Pigeon. From The Sun.
5. From The Sun?
6. Lady. Bird Watching magazine?
7. From The Sun?
8. Outdoor sex. From The Sun?
Round 1
Bird feeding.
Eastern crowned warbler.
Something to do with WWT.
Something to do with Slender billed curlews or the lack of.
Round 2
No 1 Blue tit. All the others are monochrome?
No 2 Starling as it hasn't been used as an emblem?
No 3 George Micheal, he doesn't live in London
No 4 No idea, Blackcap (guess)
Round 3
No 1 Red footed falcon
No 2 Bairds sandpiper
No 3 Common whitethroat
No 4 Franklins gull
No 5 Cirl bunting
No 6 Greater scaup
No 7 No idea, Brambling (guess)
Round 4
No 1 Scilly
No 2 Birding
No 3 Osprey
No 4 Twitching ;-)
No 5 Mackerel
No 6 Thrush
No 7 Sora
No 8 Lee Evans ;-)
And here are the answers:
Round 1 - Tabloid Headlines Round
1. Fat lot of good – turkey fat dangerous for garden birds says RSPB (Birdguides)
2. Crowning Achievement – Eastern Crowned Warbler found in Durham in October, a first for the UK (Birdwatch)
3. Scott free – controversy around culling of Ruddy Ducks to protect White-headed Duck (Ruddys originally escaped from Slimbridge) (Birdwatch)
4. Slender chance - volunteers will be scouring more than 35 countries around the Mediterranean, Middle East and the Indian subcontinent in the hope of confirming the existence of the Slender-billed Curlew (Birdwatch).
Round 2 - Odd One Out Round
1. B (Long Tailed Duck) is the odd one out as all the others have the name of a colour in their name.
2. A (Starling) is the odd one out as all the others are used as an emblem for conservation organisations (Badger - The Wildlife Trusts, Heron - WMBC and Avocet - RSPB).
3. C (David Lindo) is the odd one out. All the others are (or have been) associated with Hampstead Heath in London, wheras David Lindo is associated with Wormwood Scrubs.
4. D (Jean Paul Gaultier) all the others have an item of clothing in their name, wheras Jean Paul Gaultier makes/designs clothing.
Round 3 - What Have We Pixallated?
1. Red-footed Falcon
2. Little Stint
3. Common Whitethroat
4. Franklin’s Gull
5. Cirl Bunting
6. Greater Scaup
7. Brambling
Round 4 - Missing Words Round
1. More things to do on FACEBOOK (Birdwatch)
2. The WARBLER capital of the world (Birdwatching)
3. Return of the NATIVE (RSPB, about Stone Curlews)
4. PIGEON tossers fined (The Sun, Brits fined in Poland for throwing Pigeons http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2734449/Pigeon-tossers-fined.html )
5. Gannets hit by PELICAN Predators (Birdwatching)
6. IBIS invasion (NWT Tern)
7. Sight for AZORE eyes (Birdwatch, about Azorean Yellow-legged Gull)
8. RONNIE WOOD scares off birds (The Sun, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1528240.ece )
Results coming up soon...
In first place, proving he's not just an expert on beards and Fudge quackers it's Mr Richard Powell with a whopping 27 points. Well done Local Birder!
In second place St Ives Birds Photo Journal with a very respectable 23 points.
Closely followed by Mr Telescope with 22 points. Clever tactic in the missing words round!
And in fourth place it's Tim with 15 points, never mind Tim!
Thanks to all for being good sports and taking part, hope you enjoyed it and if you're very lucky I might even do another one at Easter!
DISCLAIMER: The opinions above do not necessarily represent the views of Brightside Birding ;-)
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