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Raptor Quiz Normal Version
1.) What bird is this?
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/westnile/images/redtailed.jpg
2.) Is this an Eastern Screech-Owl or a Great Horned-Owl?
http://www.houstonaudubon.org/html/ScrOwlAMmed.jpg
3.)What kind of vulture is this?
http://cabezaprieta.org/images/hedrick/turkey_vulture_2.jpg
4.)Is this a falcon, hawk, vulture? Or a harrier?
http://www.greglasley.net/Images/Red-shouldered-Hawk-0004.jpg
5.)Are eagles in the same family as hawks?
Raptor Quiz Harder Version
1.)Is a Crested Caracara in the same family as a California Condor?
2.)Is the Peregrine Falcon the biggest falcon on Earth or is a Gyrfalcon?
3.)True or false? Black Vultures follow Turkey Vultures to dead animals because they don't have a very good sense of smell.
4.)Name the families these birds represent. Turkey Vulture, Barn Owl, and American Kestrel.
5.)Two of these are Accipiters. Which are they; Northern Goshawk, Elf Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Osprey, and Roadside Hawk.
6.)Two of these are Buteos, which are they? Gray Hawk, Great Horned-Owl, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, and Crane Hawk.
Raptor Test Advanced Version
1.) The Eurasian Kestrel is a rare vagrant in various parts of the U.S.A. and Canada. But where is it most likely to turn up?
2.)Name 5 rare birds of prey in the U.S. and Canada.
3.)Name every eagle and sea-eagle species recorded in the the U.S.A. and Canada.
4.)What are the 3 Accipiters represented in the U.S.A. and Canada?
5.)What are all the families represented by birds of prey (durnial or nocturnal) in the U.S.A. and Canada?
6.)True or false? Ospreys are the only birds that dive feet first and plunge straight for the water.
7.)True or false? There are only 6 species of Buteos in North America (not the tropical countries, Mexico, or Hawai'i).
8.)True or false? Red-Tailed Hawks are sometimes harassed by more than one Fish Crow.
9.)Is it true that vultures urinate on their legs to avoid catching disease from walking in dead animals that they feed off of.
10.)Many, many years ago, King Vultures were recorded in Florida. Who recorded them? What years did this take place in, and is the King Vulture in the Family Cathartidae?
