Birds Quiz

This bird is found near water and it dives to the water to catch fish. It has a rattling call.

This bird changes color from winter to spring. It remains in the upper Midwest all year.

This bird is the largest wading bird in Minnesota. It is found along ponds and fields. It nests in colonies, high in trees.

This bird makes a beautiful basket nest in cottonwood and elm trees. It usually arrives back in Minnesota on the first week of May. There is a baseball team named after it.

The name of this bird describes two features of its body.

When this birds calls, it repeats its name over and over. It nests on the ground or flat-roof buildings. The chicks can run within a few hours after hatching.

This bird's call is a sad "coo-coo" . It is commonly seen and heard in neighborhoods.

One of the calls of this bird is it's name

This bird's name is similar to the way it looks. The bird in the photo is displaying to protect its territory from other males.

This species of waterfowl is over- populated in much of the upper Midwest. They nest on the edge of shallow ponds. They are one of the first migratory birds to return to the upper Midwest.

This woodpecker is migratory. It feeds on ants on the ground, and nests in trees. There were Native American clans named after this bird.

This is a common duck found in shallow ponds.  The mated pair nest in trees and the young will jump up to 50 feet to the ground from the nest.

This is a small bird. Its spring call is "see-see-here-here-Peter-peter". In the sunlight, its feathers are iridescent blue. The bird has been described as a jewel in the trees. It migrates here in the Spring.

This bird is the smallest bird in the upper Midwest. Its eggs are the size of a pea. It has very fast wing beat (50 beats/sec).

This bird is the Minnesota State Bird. It is a diving bird and feeds on small fish. It migrates from Gulf of Mexico in the Spring.