Breeding Code Quiz #3

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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 a House Wren carrying a stick into a nest box in your yard. How do you code this behavior?

1 point

CN - Carrying Nesting Material

B - Woodpecker/Wren Nest Building

N - Visiting Probable Nest Site

Clear selection

It's fall and the leaves have dropped. You can now see many of the previous summer's bird nests! How do you report this nest (see photo)?

1 point

UN - Used Nest

No code

H - In appropriate Habitat

Clear selection

You observe a Green Heron hunting for fish while out atlasing in June. You only see one heron. How do you code the heron?

1 point

No Code

H - In Appropriate Habitat

T - Territorial Defense

Clear selection

You observe an Eastern Phoebe fly off its nest under the eaves of your house. You gingerly peak inside the nest with a long mirror and see five whitish eggs and one speckled blue egg. What breeding code do you use for the cowbird egg?

1 point

NE - Nest with Eggs

ON - Occupied Nest

UN - Used Nest

Clear selection

Well done! You've found one of the few nesting locations for Sandhill Cranes in New York! As you watch a crane, you see a Red-winged Blackbird start attacking it. How do you code the behavior of the blackbird?

1 point

H - In Appropriate Habitat

T - Territorial Defense

A - Agitated Behavior

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You are standing in a forest opening and see a Black-crowned Night-Heron flying overhead. It is flying in direct flight and you are not aware of any water in the block you are standing in. How do you code the heron?

1 point

No code

H - In Appropriate Habitat

F - Flyover

Clear selection

You observe a bird box in a friend's backyard, and see a House Wren perched at the edge of the box with something white in its bill (see picture). How do you code your observation?

1 point

B - Woodpecker/Wren Nest Building

CF - Carrying Food

FS - Carrying Fecal Sac

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