Night Birds on and off Nantucket Quiz

Answer: Pigwidgeon

This tiny owl first appears at the end of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". He is given as a gift to Ron Weasley because of the loss of Scabbers, his rat.

Answer: A nightingale

In "The Nightingale", an emperor finds the nightingale in the forest and brings it home to his garden, but then replaces the real bird with an artificial one. The artificial one breaks and the emperor becomes very ill. The real nightingale returns and cures him with its song, but swears the emperor to secrecy.

Answer: An owl

In the second book, "Yours Truly", Truly does see a barred owl, but because her best friend sees it first, she doesn't count it. So at the end of that book, she is still hoping to find one without help.

Answer: Old Brown

Squirrel Nutkin is very proud of his tail and while the other squirrels treat Old Brown with respect, he teases Old Brown. Old Brown loses his temper and catches Squirrel Nutkin. Squirrel Nutkin only escapes by losing his tail. After that, he isn't so proud and doesn't tease the owl anymore.

Answer: Kiwis

Kiwis are the flightless birds from New Zealand and are featured in several books from that country. They are nocturnal (meaning they are active at night) and they nest on the ground.

Answer: Whippoorwill

The neighbors are called Whippoorwills because they fill their yard with trash and are rather mean. Despite that, the heroine, Claire, tries to help their dog, which is chained in the yard. She sees that the dog is not just a piece of trash. This book is more about a dog than about birds.

Answer: Owl Moon

This picture book is a great introduction to birding at night. The young girl in the book sees a horned owl, but as she has been told by her brothers, "Sometimes there's an owl and sometimes there isn't". This is a great father-daughter book.

Answer: Tori Nighthawk

Tori Nighthawk wrote and illustrated the book, "Don't Judge a Bird by its Feathers" when she was only 13. In the book, a bird of paradise learns not to choose its mate by appearances only.

Answer: An owl

One He-owl is chosen to be a member of the council by Aslan. Later, the talking owls form a "parliament" (a group of owls is called a parliament of owls) because they are unable to meet during the day when other animals can meet.

Answer: A black-crowned night-heron

Dido Twite is trying to stop an evil plot by Hanoverians to build a cannon that will shoot the king of England (and also the recoil will push Nantucket into New York). They are able to foil the plot because the gunnery expert hired by the Hanoverians is an avid birdwatcher and wanders around looking for the black-crowned night-heron.