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Have you ever sat in your backyard and filtered out the sound of
traffic and the hum of your neighbors air conditioner? If you have
you may have noticed the sound of several birds chirping. But,
could you identify those birds just by their song? It is a
challenge as most birds have multiple songs that are not nearly the
same.
Solve this puzzle and learn something at the same time as you
join the hobby of bird watching (and listening). It is the second
most popular hobby in the U.S. only exceeded by gardening. That
being said I would guess that if you have a bird feeder you are
considered a bird watcher and if you have a plant you are
considered a gardner.
Identify the songs of the birds in the audio clips. The birds
used are quite common and all can be found in Minnesota. The first
bird song is the first number of latitude and so on. Pick the bird
from the list below and use the last or only digit. There are no
twists, turns or hidden parts to this puzzle. The same bird will
not be used more that once and of course not all the birds listed
are used. To listen to the audio clips go to the related web page
link listed above. The Latitude clip has 7 bird songs, the
longitude has 8. Each song is seperated by a few seconds of
silence. In some of the clips other birds can be heard in the
background, it is only your goal to identify the bird in the
foreground.
Any spelling errors are unintentional and not meant to lead you
astray, please ignore them. You will be looking for a camo taped
waterproof match container.
1. Bald Eagle
2. Mallard Duck
3. Robin
4. Nuthatch
5. Canadian Goose
6. Crow
7. Scarlet Tanager
8. Red Headed Woodpecker
9. Common Loon
10. Catbird
11. Red-tailed Hawk
12. Brown Thrasher
13. Flicker
14. Horned Lark
15. Chickadee
16. Coopers Hawk
17. Bluebird
18. Pileated Woodpecker
19. Meadowlark
20. Red winged blackbird
21. Rose Breasted Grosbeak
22. Mourning Dove
23. Great Blue Herron
24. Cardinal
25. Pheasant
26. Wood Duck
27. Oriole
28. Ruby Throated Hummingbird
29. Starling
30. Killdeer
31. Barred owl
32. Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker
33. Chipping sparrow
34. Dark Eyed Junco
35. Purple Finch
36. Blue Jay
37. Eastern Kingbird
38. Blackbird
39. Tufted titmouse
40. Gold Finch
41. American Red Start
42. Yellow Warbler
43. Trumpeter Swan
44. House Sparrow
45. Common Nighthawk
46. Brown Headed Cowbird
47. Downy Woodpecker
48. Bufflehead
49. Red Bellied Woodpecker
50. Spotted Sandpiper
Important, when you think you have the puzzle solved enter the
solution into geochecker, the final location is not the solution
you will get from the puzzle, the final location will be revealed
in geochecker.