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A talented photographer you are, for you caught this tiny little female bird in mid-flight in Louisville, Kentucky as it hovered at a flower to sip nectar. What is this bird, not much bigger than the flower?
2. You observe a black-capped little bird pluck seeds from a feeder, carry them to a tree, and then hold each seed in its foot while it hammers it open. Name the bird.
3. You drive to Illinois, where you spy a black-billed bird perched outside man-made nesting boxes, and you are taken by its iridescent blue-black or purplish-black plumage. What is this member of the swallow family?
4. You hop across the pond to England. How tranquilly this stately, pure white bird swims down the River Isis, gracefully curving its long neck as looks at its orange bill with a black knob at the base is reflected in the water. Can you identify it?
5. In the waters of the National Wildlife Refuge near the Kennedy Space Center, you spy a large wading bird balancing on one leg. You examine carefully not only its plumage but its head and beak, and conclude that it is what species of bird?
6. You've left the Northern Hemisphere for New Zealand. You come across a brown bird with long beak, stout legs, somewhat barbed feathers--and no wings? What is this flightless fowl?
7. While in the American subtropics, you photograph a male bird with a a golden head, brilliant green and red plumage, and long flowing tail feathers (that unfortunately the camera cuts off a tad). Still there's enough to identify the bird as what?
8. At the South Georgia Islands, you look out over the Southern Ocean at a large, mostly white bird (there's some black on the wings) with an incredible wingspan. What do you see?
9. Back to the USA. You watch a gray junco approach some sunflower seeds guarded by a male songbird with a crested head, a short thick bill, and bright red plumage, who suggests the junco back off. What is this tough red bird?
10. Your camera captures a magnificent bird of prey, with a hooked beak, white head, and brownish-black plumage, just as it is getting ready to take flight. What is this impressive raptor?
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