Breeding Code Quiz #4

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Try our fun quiz to put your understanding of breeding behaviors and atlas codes to the test!

Some questions have more than one correct answer. Click on the one code you would use given the scenario provided and accompanying photo.

Refer to the breeding code definitions for help: https://ebird.org/atlasny/about/breeding-codes

You observe crows mobbing a Red-tailed Hawk in February. How do you code the behavior of the crows?

1 point

A - Agitated Behavior

H - In Appropriate Habitat

No Code

Clear selection

As you walk through an old growth forest upstate, you are startled by a large accipter flying straight for your head while giving an alarm call. You dive to the ground and as the bird passes overhead you realize you survived a Northern Goshawk attack. That was scary! How do you report this behavior?

1 point

T - Territorial Defense

A - Agitated Behavior

DD - Distraction Display

Clear selection

You are standing in a field and see a Common Tern fly past carrying a fish in its bill. How do you record this behavior?

1 point

CF - Carrying Food

H - In Appropriate Habitat

C - Courtship, Diplay, or Copulation

F - Flyover

Clear selection

You observe a Common Yellowthroat singing at a trail junction. Your friend told you about this bird a week ago and said it had been singing perched out in the open and would make for some good photos. How do you report your observation?

1 point

S - Singing Bird

S7 - Singing Bird Present 7+ Days

T - Territorial Defense

Clear selection

You observe a beautiful red-form Eastern Screech-Owl sitting in a cavity in September. How do you record your observation?

1 point

No code

H - In Appropriate Habitat

N - Visiting Probable Nest Site

Clear selection

As you walk along Fire Island in late July, you encounter a juvenile Roseate Tern. You are excited because this is an endangered bird! How do you report your sighting?

1 point

FL - Recently Fledged Young

No Code

H - In Appropriate Habitat

Clear selection

You observe a young male Northern Cardinal in the woods behind your house. How do you code him?

1 point

FL - Recently Fledged Young

No code

H - In Appropriate Habitat

Clear selection

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